Suggested "World of Work" Activities for Mentoring Pairs
(Printed with permission from the New York City Department of Education's New York City Mentoring Program)

1. Mentor and Mentee set goals for their relationship and plan a set of activities related to achieving those goals.


2. Mentor takes mentee on a tour of his/her job site and highlights the company resources and facilities which relate to their targeted goals.


3. Mentee takes mentor on a tour of his/her school.


4. Mentee receives a directory of the corporation’s office(s) and/or copy of the company’s operations.


5. Mentor gives the mentee an overview/introduction to his/her business/industry.


6. Mentor discusses with mentee the mentee’s career/post high school options.


7. Mentee sits in on a staff meeting, business meeting or in-house training session.


8. Mentor and mentee conduct a min-research project.


9. Mentor and mentee engages in one or more hand-on projects, such as:
   • Create a business letter or report on the computer
   • Write a press release
   • Create a floor plan of the workplace or hypothetical workspace
   • Create and produce a memo


10. Mentor assists mentee in identifying and leaning how to utilize various high school and corporate resources.


11. Mentor introduces mentee to supervisor and colleagues in his/her department.


12. Mentor show mentee employment opportunities in his/her profession.


13. Mentor teaches mentee one job-related skill, such as how to take a phone message.


14. Mentor works with mentee to enhance mentee’s communication skills, such as:
    • How to interact with individuals within one’s department or in a different department
    • The importance of body language
    • What language is or is not appropriate to use at work


15. Mentor and mentee work on mentee’s resume.


16. Mentor shows mentee the steps of operation of one of the company’s departments.


17. Mentor shares information on budgeting and finance, such as:
    • Income levels for various positions
    • Company or department finances, including income/expense/profit/shares
    • Creating personal budgets


18. Mentor works with mentee to enhance mentee’s planning and scheduling abilities by using the following:
    • Deadlines
    • Flow charts
    • Graphs
    • Timelines
    • Calendars
    • Pocket calendars


19. Mentor and mentee complete an evaluation of the program by discussing the following and filling out a written form:
    • What have we accomplished? Learned?
    • How is mentee better prepared to face the world of work?
    • What would we doe the same if we were going to do this again? What would we do differently?
    • What are our next steps? What areas need further work?