How to cope with the lack of guidance?

Fresh graduate who is currently working at a SM L/S hedge fund (first job out of uni) for a couple of months now. While I can ask my senior analysts and PM's questions every now and then when they're free, there's generally not much guidance or a structured framework to follow for the investment and research process. Am borderline struggling right now especially since I'm assigned a pretty tough sector to cover. Any tips would be greatly appreciated

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“He was very responsive and prepared for the meeting. He actually read the JD, resume, and looked up linkedin which sometimes other mentors doesn't actually go over those to prepare things beforehand. I appreciate his direct comments I think it saved time and actually helped me to know exactly where to improve. I also appreciated him admitting if he doesn't know about specific HF strategy. Only thing I'd suggest for him is probably sending actionable key takeaways after the meeting because other mentors did and that was very helpful. ”

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