Women (and Men) Helping Women

The fastest-growing segment in the workplace is women executives. Unfortunately, recent studies have shown that the attrition rate for women who are exiting corporate America is equally high, but women who have a mentor are more likely to continue their work progress, both in the workplace and in the community.

These are the words of Gary Wheeler, former president of the Society for Human Resource Management (Atlanta Chapter), who has volunteered to assist the Robinson College of Business' Women's Mentor Program. A former executive of UPS and now head of his own consulting firm, Gary is sending out a mailing in support of the program to Atlanta human resources professionals, encouraging them to seek male and female mentor applicants from within their organization.

The mailing is part of a newly expanded and enhanced Women's Mentor Program. Open to all of Robinson's female Master's students, the program will be more visible and available to a larger number of mentors and mentees than usual. The first stage, which is currently underway, is to expand the mentor pool to 100 participants.

The second stage is to promote the program internally to female students and match applicants to mentors, based on background, area of interest and experience.

For more information on the Women's Mentor Program, click here.

For more information on becoming a mentor, contact:

Gillian Royes (404) 413-7675
Email: groyes@gsu.edu

Maryann Wysor (404) 413-7683
Email: mwysor@gsu.edu