Robert Walters Switzerland AG
Robert Walters Switzerland AG: Professionals value mentoring programmes but employers are failing to deliver
June 2017
Research from Robert Walters has found that almost three quarters 84% of professionals believe that mentoring programmes are important to achieving career success. However, just 38% of employers offer these programmes to their staff. Despite the high levels of demand for mentoring programmes among professionals, relatively few employers are choosing to implement them despite the impact they can have on attracting top calibre professionals. Nick Dunnett, Managing Director Switzerland and Germany comments: “However, despite high demand for these programmes, relatively few employers have implemented them.” “Given how popular such strategies are with jobseeking professionals, employers may be missing a valuable opportunity to attract top talent by failing to offer mentoring programmes.” EXTERNAL MENTORING PROGRAMMES CAN HELP EMPLOYERS STAND OUT The research also questioned professionals on which types of mentoring programmes they considered most valuable, with 63% saying that the opportunity to connect with a mentor outside the company was important to them. However, the research also showed that just 9% of employers offered staff the chance to connect with a mentor outside the company. Christian Atkinson, Director continues: “For many professionals the opportunity to connect to a mentor from another organisation is extremely appealing, offering them new insights and opportunities.” “For employers, these external mentoring programmes can also be valuable. By having senior staff volunteer as mentors for external programmes can be a highly effective way to raise the profile of your organisation, enhancing your reputation and demonstrating to potential candidates that your company is committed to helping professionals develop their career.” Robert Walters is one of the world’s leading specialist professional recruitment consultancies and focuses on placing high calibre professionals into permanent, interim and temporary positions at all levels of seniority. Since 2009 our Swiss team recruits across accounting & finance, banking & financial services and sales & marketing. Robert Walters was founded in 1985 and now operates across 28 countries. – Ends – End of Media Release Additional features: Document: http://n.eqs.com/c/fncls.ssp?u=YCMCHNORSL Document title: Mentoring as a talent management strategy_whitepaper_2017 Issuer: Robert Walters Switzerland AG Key word(s): Enterprise
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