You can volunteer as a mentor, look for a mentor, or both. People who want to be mentors fill out an application form on the Internet. Information asked for includes name, state of employment, grade or rank, position title, work skills, interests and hobbies. Mentees use the database to find potential mentors. It is up to the mentee to contact potential mentors, talk with them and mutually decide to begin a mentoring relationship.
Web site provides a link to the new system.
By January 1999, people volunteering as mentors will be able to include Coast Guard-specific information in their applications. For instance, optional fields are being added for assignment history, collateral duties, Coast Guard training completed and more. Also, mentees will have more powerful search tools, such as a key word search feature.