Location
STEW 278
Session Number
157
Session Title
Mentoring to Retain Engineering Students and Graduates
Track Title
Human Capital/Leadership
Event Description/Abstract
ITE has identified work force development as one of three key issues facing engineering firms today; yet, as many as 50% of all graduate engineers may leave the engineering profession within 10 years of graduation. Mentors and mentees will discuss the role that mentorship can play in engineering student and graduate engineer retention in the work force.
Included in
Civil and Environmental Engineering Commons, Student Counseling and Personnel Services Commons
Mentoring to Retain Engineering Students and Graduates
STEW 278
ITE has identified work force development as one of three key issues facing engineering firms today; yet, as many as 50% of all graduate engineers may leave the engineering profession within 10 years of graduation. Mentors and mentees will discuss the role that mentorship can play in engineering student and graduate engineer retention in the work force.
