Tips for Recruiting and Retaining Mentors

Description of Resource:

This resource contains practical tips that mentoring programs can utilize to recruit and retain mentors.

Note: This resource should not be viewed as a stand-alone or comprehensive resource on mentor recruitment and retention practices. For additional and complementary guidance, users of the resource are encouraged to consult the Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring™, particularly recommendations for Recruitment, although those in other areas should be considered for relevance as well (e.g., mentor training as a retention strategy).

Goals:

To provide mentoring programs with strategies to recruit and retain mentors.

Target Population/Eligibility of Target Sites:

Mentoring programs.

Corresponding Elements of Effective Practice:

Recruitment, Mentor Training

Key Personnel:

N/A

Additional Information:

This resource was created courtesy of the Texas Governor’s Mentoring Initiative.

Resource Name:

Tips for Recruiting and Retaining Mentors

Publisher/Source:

MENTOR New York

Authors:

MENTOR New York

Date of Publication:

2015

Resource Type:

Program Management Resources

Evaluation Methodology:

Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness

Evaluation Outcomes:

Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness

Evaluation Validity:

Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness

Accessing and Using this Resource:

This resource can be accessed freely online: https://www.mentoring.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Recruitment.pdf

References:

Evidence Base: N/A

Additional References: N/A