Robert Walters Switzerland AG: Professionals value mentoring programmes but employers are failing to deliver

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? 84% of professionals surveyed said that mentoring programmes are 
important to career development. 
 
? However, just 38% of employers offer mentoring programmes. 
 
? Just 9% of employers connect staff with an external mentor, despite 62% 
of professionals saying that these programmes are important to career 
success. 
 
Research from Robert Walters [1] 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: * 
"Career development is a consistently high priority for professionals, 
particularly those from the Millennial generation, and mentoring programmes 
are among the most popular strategies for helping them to realise their 
ambitions." 
 
"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.* 
 
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For further information, please contact Maren Schneider on 
[e-mail] or [phone]. 
 
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