Impact & Insights

“In my years of creating this program I found, with structure, follow up and enthusiastic willingness of both parties, mentorship is sustainable for the long term.”

– Tina Fox, Creator, TERN Mentoring

CREATING A POSITIVE IMPACT

TERN SCHOLARSHIP

Each year we provide TERN Scholarships to expand the impact of mentorship.

UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP

We collaborate with universities to provide scholarships to students in need.

GREATEST NEED DONATIONS

We provide donations to a “Greatest Need” identified by the Student Advisory Board.

CREATE A TALENT
PIPELINE

Alight (formerly NGA Human Resources) predicts that by 2025, 42.5% of the workforce will be Millennials (aged 25-44 during that year) and that 28.2% will be Gen Z (aged 16-24). Mentoring can help organizations learn about future hires and provide their employees a way to give back in a meaningful way.

Retaining Talent

68% of millennials who stay at their organizations for 5 or more years have a mentor, compared to just 32% of those without a mentor. (Deloitte)

Impact of Mentorship on College Campuses

GREATER ACADEMIC SUCCESS

Students who have a mentor during college demonstrate greater academic achievement and career development during their time in college.

BETTER ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT

Gallup’s past research has linked meaningful mentoring relationships during college and positive long-term outcomes for alumni after college – including higher well being employee engagement and more positive perceptions of their alma mater.

BUILDING A NETWORK

Many recent graduates are still on contact with their college mentor – 46% say they have communicated with their mentor in the past three months.

10 Reasons to Join the TERN Mentoring Journey

Mentorship is not a new concept, however, tapping into a great mentoring relationship requires more than connecting two people. In order to make it great, ensuring mutual meaning and benefit to both the parties involved requires effort, understanding, and flow.

Announcing the Launch of TERN Mentoring

Kicking Off 2022 with a Word of the Year & the Launch of TERN Mentoring

What is the meaning of TERN?

We’ve been asked what is the meaning of TERN? Ask anyone who has had to name a child and they will tell you how they agonized over it. TERN is no different. It’s my business baby. Lots of names came...