The summer 2008 survey of MBP members indicated that:
- 70companies actively support youth mentoring
- 9,500 MBP company employees are mentors, connecting with 27,000 young people across Minnesota; this represents a 13% increase in employee engagement and a 40% increase in youth served over for the year
- 14 MBP companies have 200 or more employees involved in mentoring; 5 companies had 500 or more employees actively mentoring youth
- Companies responding to the survey contributed over $2.9 million to youth mentoring programs and 306,000 hours of employee volunteer time to the lives of young people.
Most popular types of mentoring:
- one-on-one mentoring relationships
- tutoring support, academic enrichment and job shadowing
- group/team mentoring
- e-mentoring – continuing to grow
Top three benefits to companies:
- positive impact on future workforce
- enhanced community relations
- increased employee satisfaction
Challenges faced in administering mentoring activities frequently include:
- tracking employee involvement
- recruiting and training mentors
- evaluating impact to show outcomes
- determining the type of mentoring that best fits the companies needs
- integrating mentoring with other volunteer activities
Conducted by the Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota