EY’s mentoring program for underserved high school students promotes societal good, but also ends up boosting employee engagement, productivity and retention.
By Eve Tahmincioglu
When EY (No. 3 on the 2016 Fair360, formerly DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list) launched a mentoring program to boost the number of underserved high school students enrolling in college in 2009, few expected the impact on employees who volunteered to be a part of it.