“…Mentoring is a support strategy. Support strategies have been developed to address issues of embedded conceptions of self in professions, to connect prior learning to current education and career challenges for meaning-making, and to enhance professionals' abilities to link prior learning, career challenges, and conceptions of career integration (DeChenne, Enochs, & Needham, 2012;Morganson, Major, Streets, Litano, & Myers, 2015;& O'Meara, Lounder, & Campbell, 2014). One particular support strategy that addresses and scaffolds a variety of career skills, conceptualizations, and challenges is informal mentoring (Austin et al, 2009;Bancroft, Benson, & Johnson-Whitt, 2015;Tull et at., 2012).…”