2021/06/11 by Mary McMahon, McMahon, Mary, Brigid Limerick +3
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Career Development and Diversity #Mentoring and Academic Development #career exploration #career guidance #girls #mentoring #non-traditional career
paper · doi:10.82396/cjcd.v3i1.2981
openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex publication_date 2021/06/11 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/07
This paper reports on a short term mentoring project conducted in the Australian state of Queensland to foster non-traditional career exploration for girls in the communications/information technology industry. The aim of the study was to evaluate the possibilities of a short term mentoring program to foster girls’interest in a non-traditional industry. In addition it sought to examine the viability of mentoring as a career guidance activity in schools. The findings indicate that mentoring could be a worthy addition to the repertoire of career guidance activities offered by schools and that it is a valuable process in promoting non-traditional career exploration for girls.