Mentorships: practical strategies for retaining new employees

Mentorship programs are among the most reliable company tools for fostering long-term employee retention. Despite this, results from The Uptime Institute Data Center Staffing and Recruitment Survey 2024 showed that increasing numbers of organizations have no formal mentorship programs in place. This has had little impact, however, on the number of successfully recruited new employees (see Are data center workforce initiatives effective?).

Instead of scaling back mentorship programs, employers in the data center industry should explore strategies to improve their impact and effectiveness in terms of retaining these new employees. This report outlines research results illustrating the positive impact of mentorship programs on new staff and offers practical recommendations for enhancing these programs in data centers.