/news/2020/10/27/op-ed-importance-mentoring-employee-growth-retention/ Building and Construction News in Portland, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest Mon, 02 Nov 2020 17:14:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.6 /news/2020/10/27/op-ed-importance-mentoring-employee-growth-retention/#comment-957602 Wed, 28 Oct 2020 20:46:03 +0000 /?p=250853#comment-957602 Thank you for your article about the importance of mentoring young professionals. My mentees are predominantly young professionals of color, and although a strong mentor of any racial/ethnic background can be very beneficial, young professionals of color often benefit from mentors that have had to navigate the white-dominated work culture in similar, specific ways. They’ve experienced seeing less qualified people being promoted ahead of them, or friends of management being brought in to the organization as favor. I would support the 91ÊÓƵ soliciting and publishing an article about the specific situation of employees of color in white-dominated workplace, and survival strategies needed for POC employee success.

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