Supporting prospective female engineers
Passing on experience
Project:ING supports prospective female engineers at the start of their careers.
We are therefore looking for experienced female mentors who want to pass on their knowledge and experience.
Although female engineers can now be found in almost all areas of technology and science, the professional situation for women in the engineering sector remains a particular challenge.
One example: although female graduates of STEM degree courses often achieve above-average results and rarely have difficulties finding a job, their professional success in the following years often lags behind that of their male fellow students.
What are the benefits of participating?
As a mentor, you will gain an insight into the thinking of the younger generation and current developments.
You will develop your coaching and leadership skills and reflect on your own path in life.
Taking on responsibility in a mentoring program can also be advantageous for future job applications.
So even if mentors are more in a giving role, you also benefit personally from their involvement.
As a company, you can make targeted use of mentoring as a suitable and proven means of developing young talent.
You accompany female students over a longer period of time, get to know them well and specifically promote the development of skills that are of central importance in your company.
In addition, your company is perceived as a provider of social commitment.
What is expected of a mentor?
A mentor provides advice, establishes contacts with potential employers, future superiors and key people, actively supports their mentee in developing their skills, helps them overcome hurdles and generally acts as a role model for how challenges can be overcome.
How the mentoring relationship is structured in detail depends on the mutual expectations that the mentor and mentee have of each other and is agreed individually between the two.
For example, visits to companies, arranging internships, joint visits to trade fairs or other events, support with student research projects or final theses, arranging contacts, etc. are all conceivable. There is no obligation to facilitate all of these points.
