These Companies Run Mentorship Programs That Actually Work

New InHerSight data show that high-quality mentorship programs for female professionals are in high demand and short supply.

New InHerSight data show that high-quality mentorship programs for female professionals are in high demand and short supply.

Mentorship is widely touted as a means of supporting professional women, but a good mentorship program is hard to come by. Over 90,000 women have contributed to our database here at InHerSight, ranking their employers on 14 fixed metrics like management opportunities, salary satisfaction, and mentorship programs. And according to their feedback covering some 17,500 companies, it's pretty clear that many employers talk a bigger game on mentorship than they actually deliver. "Mentorship and sponsorship programs" is the lowest-rated factor of all 14 criteria that we capture, with an overall score of 2.2 out of five stars.

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