Building relationships and receiving trusted guidance is key to an individual’s career success. Through the PIHRA Mentor Program, PIHRA will strive to connect individuals eager to grow as an HR professional with those with the leadership and demonstrated experience to help guide their career development.
We cannot do this without our committed volunteers, which is why we developed the Mentor Program in a Box Toolkit.
The PIHRA Mentor Program strives to increase opportunities for early entrants in the HR profession through a high-impact, short-duration program that is innovative and tailored to participants’ needs. The program is led by PIHRA volunteer leaders and committee taskforce members primarily comprised of PIHRA members or mentor program alumnae.
The mentor program occurs once or twice a year, depending on available resources. It includes up to fifteen mentor/mentee pairs to begin.
The mentor program is fast paced because it lasts eight weeks. It will include two formal, in-person meetings and four virtual or in-person meetings. The program details are outlined below in the section called Program Timeline.
The program was developed to support students and young professionals (emerging leaders) in their growth, learning, and thriving within the HR field as they begin their careers. The program’s model was initially created by the SHRM & PIHRA at UCLA Student Chapter. While the PIHRA program incorporates many elements from the UCLA model, it has been expanded to include students and emerging HR leaders with 1-5 years of experience looking to enhance their knowledge and skills in human resources.
Don’t reinvent the wheel. We have outlined the mentor program for you! This documents many details about launching a mentor program. Dig in!
Please make sure to download the document, and save it on your own drive so you can customize it for your chapter.
Are you wondering, “How do I garner interest and information from potential mentors and mentees?
We got you. Well, at least we have a template that you can use as a starting point.
Now that you and your board have decided to launch your mentor program, you may need to market it to potential mentors and mentees (unless you’re partnering with a PIHRA Student Chapter or community organization).
In any case, here are some graphic templates you can use to help promote your program! Please make sure to copy the graphic, and customize for your chapter with a new name.
When you’re ready to start promoting your Mentor Program, complete the 2025 Programs Request Form. This will ensure there is a link to your mentor program on the PIHRA Calendar or website and will contain the information you need to communicate. This will also trigger the PIHRA marketing team to include the information in the weekly digest, targeted emails and/or social media.
Don’t reinvent the wheel. We have a sample timeline that you can customize to suit the program you want to launch.
Please make sure to download the document, and save it on your own drive so you can customize for your chapter.