EXECUTIVE CAREER MENTORING
What is Executive Career Mentoring?
Executive Career Mentoring, established in 2004, provides business executives and alumni with an opportunity to share their knowledge and experience with current Robinson College of Business students.
One of the Career Advancement Center’s most highly rated programs among mentors and student mentees alike, this unique program continues to evolve and grow!
Mentor Information
Why serve as an executive career mentor?
Mentors have an opportunity to shape the future by sharing their professional experience with tomorrow’s business leaders who are actively exploring career paths, industries and functional areas as they pursue professional development opportunities.
We encourage you to consider joining our robust network of business executives and alumni who are committed to supporting current Robinson students' personal and professional development. During the fall and spring semesters, we proactively recruit students who are enrolled in Robinson’s graduate and undergraduate programs and are passionate about their careers.
Your Mentoring Commitment – Flexible and Hybrid
Each semester, we connect mentors with students during Executive Career Mentoring week.
During this time, we facilitate an initial meeting between mentors and up to 3 student mentees in-person, or virtually, based on mentors’ availability and preferences.
Following this one-time commitment, we ask mentors and mentees to provide us with feedback regarding their initial meeting(s) and facilitate ongoing mentorship where there is mutual interest. Although there is no formal obligation, we encourage mentor and mentee matches to connect at least 3 times throughout the rest of the semester to maximize this experience.
Additional information is provided to facilitate this process via Robinson’s PeopleGrove platform, which provides mentors and mentees with an ongoing virtual connection as well as resources to guide interactions and the ability to provide feedback.
How do I volunteer to serve as an executive career mentor?
To become an executive career mentor, follow these steps.
- Join our community on Robinson’s PeopleGrove mentoring platform and complete your mentor profile by February 1 for the spring semester or September 1 for the fall semester.
- Register to participate in Executive Career Mentoring Week under the Events tab.
- A confirmation email will be sent to finalize your participation.
We will leverage this AI-driven system to match you with student mentees based on your professional background and their career interests.
Mentee Information
Information for Student Mentees
Interested students are asked to complete a detailed mentee profile in Robinson’s PeopleGrove AI-driven platform, which matches students with mentors based on common career interests, industries, and functional area backgrounds.
To be matched with a mentor during Executive Career Mentor week, follow these steps.
- Join our community in Robinson’s PeopleGrove mentoring platform and complete your mentee profile by February 1 for the spring semester or September 1 for the fall semester.
- Register to participate in Executive Career Mentoring week under the ‘Events’ tab.
- A confirmation email will be sent to finalize your participation.
We will leverage this AI-driven system to match you with mentors based on your professional background and their career interests.
In addition, you can contact mentors through PeopleGrove virtually throughout your Robinson experience to ask professional development questions.
Do we offer other mentoring activities?
Executive Mentoring Week also includes live panel discussions, virtual flash mentoring, and coffee chats to generate interest and facilitate networking as well as additional mentoring conversations.
Questions?
If you have any questions regarding Executive Career Mentoring, please contact one of the following staff members.
Sharry Conroy
sconroy2@gsu.edu
Clare Higgins Morton
chmorton@gsu.edu