Someone who is respected within the field and has contacts who can help you with publications and jobs.
Someone who is knowledgeable about the university and its politics and policies.
Someone who takes the time to help with your studies and your career.
Someone who does not exploit you.
Someone who is not a disinterested observer of your career but cares about you as a person and is supportive -- like a coach cheering you on.
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the profile is similar to how junior faculty members would describe their ideal career mentor, too.
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The mentor relationship is alive and well in the sciences, where there is a strong tradition of senior researchers bringing postdocs and new assistant professors into their laboratories and grant projects. But in the social sciences and humanities, probably because of the difficult job market, relations between established scholars and newcomers to the profession seem strained.
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