Tips for Recruiting and Retaining Mentors
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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.
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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
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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
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Accessing and Using this Resource:
This resource can be accessed freely online: https://www.mentoring.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Recruitment.pdf
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References:
Evidence Base: N/A
Additional References: N/A
