Corporate and Corporate Foundation Partnership Opportunities

Partnering with MentorNet provides a social return in investment in the following ways:

• Visibility - Broad exposure to online community of ~19,000 students and professionals
• Recruitment - Access to next generation of talented, motivated engineers and scientists
• Outreach - Maintain campus presence during non-recruiting seasons
• Diversity - Increase the representation of women and others underrepresented in science and technology workforce
• Involvement – Vehicle for employee volunteerism and philanthropy
• Development - Build management/coaching skills
• Retention - Enhanced employee satisfaction
• Leadership - Maintain U.S. and global competitiveness by expanding and retaining talented workforce
• Priority – Sponsors receive priority access to protégés
• More than half the protégés who were planning to start a full time job within the next year considered, applied or accepted a job at their mentor's employer

Visionary Partner $100,000+ (annual support)

At this level of support, a corporation is not only supporting MentorNet's general mission to change the face of America's technology workforce, but is additionally focused on a special initiative, such as outreach to minority serving communities, global outreach, focus on women's issues, academic career development, working with community colleges, computing, physics, biosciences or others. As a Visionary partner and a leader in your commitment to diversity and to improving access to technology-based careers for everyone, the corporation gains:

• all the benefits of partnership listed below
• name recognition associated with the special initiative
• significant impact on and access to all the program features and benefits of MentorNet

Strategic Partner $50,000+ (annual support)

Benefits to MentorNet Strategic Partner sponsors:

• Top priority in matching your employees with student protégés in our One-on-One E-Mentoring program
• Unlimited access to searchable résumé database of students from MentorNet's participating colleges and universities
• Input in the selection and recruitment of participating colleges and universities
• On-site mentor recruiting event or mentoring workshop for your employees
• An annual report and customized semi-annual status reports of participation in the One-on-One E-Mentoring program
• Maximum visibility throughout the MentorNet web site, including your logo, corporate profile, and links to your website, as well as the highest recognition in MentorNet printed collateral materials
• Premium placement in MentorNet News e-newsletter, delivered once every two months to more than 25,000 subscribers: 1) a 75 word announcement with links, prepared by you, in each issue and 2) a feature article highlighting your support of diversity in science and engineering
• Priority media exposure via press releases and editorial coverage of MentorNet
• Real-time customized access to the MentorNet Partners Resource Center, providing online participation statistics, recruiting tools, program materials, evaluation results, and MentorNet Partners directory.
• Seat on the MentorNet Advisory Board

Leadership Circle Partner $25,000+ (annual support)

Benefits to MentorNet Leadership Circle Partner sponsors:

• High priority in matching your employees with student protégés in our One-on-One E-Mentoring program.
• Access 6 times per year, at your discretion, to searchable résumé database of students from MentorNet's participating colleges and universities
• An annual report and customized semi-annual status reports of participation in the One-on-One E-Mentoring program.
• Significant visibility on MentorNet web site, including your logo, corporate profile, and links to your website, as well as recognition in MentorNet printed collateral materials
• Opportunity to place 75-word announcement with links, 6 times per year, in MentorNet News e-newsletter, delivered once every two months to more than 25,000 subscribers
• Priority media exposure via press releases and editorial coverage of MentorNet
• Real-time customized access to the MentorNet Partners Resource Center, providing online participation statistics, recruiting tools, program materials, evaluation results, and MentorNet Partners directory

Sustaining Partner $10,000+ (annual support)

Benefits to MentorNet Sustaining Partner sponsors:

• Preference given to matching your employees with student protégés in our One-on-One E-Mentoring program
• Access 4 times per year, at your discretion, to searchable résumé database of students from MentorNet's participating colleges and universities
• Opportunity to place 75-word announcement with links, 2 times per year, in MentorNet News e-newsletter, delivered to more than 25,000 subscribers
• Visibility on MentorNet web site, including your logo, corporate profile, and links to your website, as well as recognition in MentorNet printed collateral materials
• Annual report
• Media exposure via press releases and editorial coverage of MentorNet
• Real-time customized access to the MentorNet Partners Resource Center, providing online participation statistics, recruiting tools, program materials, evaluation results, and MentorNet Partners directory

Advocate (for those wishing to donate any amount)

Your generous support helps MentorNet deliver the highest quality mentor-protégé experience possible and gives members of underrepresented groups the opportunity to pursue their technical career goals.

"MentorNet brings value to corporations on multiple dimensions. It provides an exceptionally cost-effective way for employees to engage in the attraction and retention of women and others underrepresented in the science and engineering disciplines at the collegiate level. Mentees benefit from penalty-free advice from those who have gone before them, while their mentors benefit from the opportunity to engage in developing the technical talent pipeline so critical to their company's future. MentorNet has become one of the cornerstones of IBM's Women in Technology and multicultural outreach programs."

To join the MentorNet as a corporate partner, please contact MentorNet's Development Team.

Are there specific colleges or universities that your company would like to invite to participate in MentorNet?

Please contact MentorNet's Program Team or 408.296.4405 for more details on our college and university partnerships.

*A note about Priority in Matching: We encourage volunteer mentors in industry to sign up with MentorNet and welcome mentors both from sponsoring companies (at the levels listed above) as well as from non-sponsoring companies. We do our best to match as many mentors with protégés as possible each year. The best chance for a match, however, is when the mentor's company is a contributing sponsor. Depending on the level of partnership, we do our best to give top visibility to all mentors from these organizations before suggesting mentors outside of our community of sponsors.