{"id":3370,"date":"2018-02-28T21:10:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T21:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/?p=3370"},"modified":"2018-03-01T21:44:36","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T21:44:36","slug":"1-in-3-women-say-they-have-a-mentor-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/1-in-3-women-say-they-have-a-mentor-at-work\/","title":{"rendered":"1 in 3 Women Say They Have a Mentor at Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

In today’s world, one of the more popular pieces of advice to young employees is to find a mentor. The benefits are many, and not just for the person being mentored — research<\/a> shows that those who serve as mentors report higher job satisfaction and commitment to their employers.<\/p>\n

So, who’s making it their business to find a mentor? Women in tech are more likely than men in tech to have a mentor at work, according to the latest reading of an ongoing query<\/a> by Comparably<\/a>. More than 10,000 workers across the technology industry participated in the study.<\/p>\n

A closer look<\/b><\/p>\n

About 34% of women in tech say they have a mentor vs. 29% of men in tech, according to the data.\u00a0In industries outside of tech, men are more likely to say they have a mentor (34% men vs. 32% women).<\/p>\n

Tech<\/p>\n

\"TCH1\"<\/p>\n

Non-tech<\/p>\n

\"NONTECH\"<\/p>\n

From a diversity perspective<\/b><\/p>\n

Thirty-three percent of Hispanic\/Latino workers in tech say they have a mentor, followed next by 31% of African Americans, and 30% of Caucasians, Asians\/Pacific Islanders, and “Other.”<\/p>\n

\"diversity\"<\/p>\n

For the young<\/b><\/p>\n

The data confirms that the percentage of people who have a mentor declines steadily after age 25.<\/p>\n

\"MENTORAGE\"<\/p>\n

The latest reading is as of Feb. 28.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In today’s world, one of the more popular pieces of advice to young employees is to find a mentor. The benefits are many, and not just for the person being mentored — research shows that those who serve as mentors report higher job satisfaction and commitment to their employers. So, who’s making it their business … Read full-story <\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":3372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,6],"tags":[36],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3370"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3370"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3391,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3370\/revisions\/3391"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}