Why Finding A Mentor Matters

Host Amir Bormand meets with Trish Pandya, the Senior TA Manager at Alluxio. She and Amir discuss the significance of mentors - and how forming a meaningful connection with the right mentor can help you grow professionally and personally. Highlights 3:12 - Trish shares why she began to search for a mentor. 8:29 - What qualifies someone as a mentor? 14:13 - How to know if mentorship is or isn't working for you. 18:48 - Trish offers her insights on becoming a better mentor to her team. Guest: Trish Pandya is a Talent Acquisition Leader with 10 + years of experience in the San Francisco Startup Arena as a recruiter for startups that empowers minorities, including the female, minority, and underrepresented communities in the San Francisco Bay Area, and aspires to do this nationwide. She is currently the Senior Manager of Talent Acquisition at Alluxio, which is an open-source data orchestration software for the cloud for enterprise companies. She aspires to spread the word with a twisted sense of humor about her views on talent acquisition/recruiting, thoughts on diversity and unbiased hiring, scaling teams with structure, the importance of mentorship, and of course, the crazy world of working in tech. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trishnapandya/ ___ Thank you so much for checking out this episode of The Talent Tango, and we would appreciate it if you would take a minute to rate and review us on your favorite podcast player. Want to learn more about us? Head over at https://www.elevano.com Have questions or want to cover specific topics with our future guests? Please message me at https://www.linkedin.com/in/amirbormand (Amir Bormand)