Nurturing The Relationship With A Mentor: Sealing The Deal
- You can build up the case to touch base again in a few weeks in the thank you email.
- Make follow up meeting requests informal.
In about three to four meetings, you will have a general idea regarding the quality of the mentor and if you want to label the relationship, you can suggest that in the email and see if the person is now officially willing to be your mentor!
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