Choosing the person you will be working with and associated with for your career is a very important decision with long-lasting ramifications. Choosing someone to be a mentor who will help guide you through various steps or aspects of your career is also very important, whether that person is also your advisor or not.
There are a number of important points to consider when you begin to consider selecting your advisor or a mentor, whether at the beginning of your graduate work or part way through it.
Below is a list of resources with points you might want to think about (APS does not endorse or assume responsibility for the information posted on these web sites).
Resources from APS Archive