(ATR) Ernst & Young will begin taking applications for its new global mentoring program in the company’s Women Athletes Business Network.
"We recognized that the world of sport and the world of business don't intersect like they should"" Beth Brooke-Marciniak, EY’s global vice chair of public policy, told Around the Rings.
"The most incredible untapped pool of leadership talent rests in athletes - in particular, female athletes."
The global mentoring program will accept 25 elite athletes to pair them up with women business executives from around the world.
Ernst & Young partnered with the International Women’s Forum to access their global reach of women executives.
"We’re not bound by sport or by geography. We will have women athletes from all over the world. IWF was a natural partner with us to use their group of women around the world in various locations to mentor our athletes in the network."
The global mentoring program will serve as part of Ernst & Young’s Women Athletes Business Network, which aims to help all women in sport from the collegiate level upwards "bridge the gap" between sport training and then a future career outside of sport.
Once the initial mentoring program has been completed, Ernst & Young hopes to expand the program by sharing the knowledge created to all women participating in sport from the collegiate level and up.
The network launched an online portal for the Women’s Athletes Business Network that connects female athletes around the world with one another, provides networking help, and career services.
"You can’t touch the masses in a high-touch way, hands-on mentoring working with them one on one, but you can help a lot of people by creating content, learning best practices, knowledge, and disseminating that with technology to connect people."
Job opportunities and interviews with successful female athletes can also be found on the portal, as well as a forum for athletes to talk to one another and share experience and tips.
"So often times, [athletes] think their options are to be a coach or to be a broadcaster, and what we’re trying to do is help them with ‘What are you passionate about?’ ‘What are you interested in?’ and things that are not really considered."
A link to the portal can be found here.
Written by Aaron Bauer
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