Early infiltration, exposure, and experience with real-world employer/workplace expectations are key to developing a high-talent, savvy, productive, and successful workforce. Identify a few high school students to pour into as a mentor. Understand, they may drop the ball–that’s what youth do sometimes, but be their support/guide through the bad and good times to buttress and enable their success!
Mentorship can be especially important and impactful in developing homegrown talent in high-demand, highly specialized, hard-to-recruit positions. Mentees grow to become loyal, prepared, productive professionals and outstanding ambassadors for their respective employers (and mentors).
Corporations absolutely should take on investing in schools and students from low-income communities where raw “acres of diamonds” (high talent and diverse candidates) exist; but they need the right refining and resources to become the polished precious jewels they can truly become! (Shout out to Rev. Russell Conwell, founder of Temple University, for the “acres of diamonds” reference!)
Jamie Birt, writer for Indeed.com, suggests, “Mentors encourage and enable another person’s professional or personal development. A mentor can help focus their efforts by setting goals and giving feedback…Mentors can provide specific insights and information that enable the mentee’s success.”
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