Metrics
Mentoring Program Success
Protégé Job Retention
Protégé Survey Results
Throughout each mentorship, ACP surveys our Protégés to measure their satisfaction with our program. As of August 2018, ACP has received 10,541 responses to the survey.
98% of Protégés would recommend the program to a fellow veteran.
Was the ACP Mentoring Program valuable to you in one or more of the following areas?
| Improving my résumé and interview skills | 7,164 (68%) | |
| Learning about career opportunities | 6,644 (63%) | |
| Building a network of professionals | 6,590 (63%) | |
| Translating my military experience into civilian terms | 6,532 (62%) | |
| Refining civilian career goals and professional ambitions | 6,243 (59%) | |
| Dealing with work/life balance issues | 4,400 (42%) | |
| Searching for job opportunities | 3,949 (37%) | |
| Determining if I should go back to school | 3,112 (30%) | |
| Learning how to advance at my current job | 2,637 (25%) | |
| Learning how to deal with difficult boss or colleague/improving interpersonal relationships | 2,587 (25%) | |
| Learning how to start my own business/build my own business | 1,107 (11%) | |
| Other | 782 (7%) | |
| No, the program was not valuable | 109 (1%) |
Note: Participants may select multiple categories, so percentages do not add up to 100%
Mentor Survey Results
Throughout each mentorship, ACP surveys our Mentors to measure their satisfaction with our program. In 2017, ACP received responses from 2,018 Mentors.
Are you glad that your company is participating in ACP?
| Yes | 2,014 (99%+) |
| No | 0 (0%) |
| Unsure | 4 (<1%) |
Would you recommend ACP to a friend or colleague?
| Yes | 2,009 (99%+) |
| No | 1 (<1%) |
| Unsure | 8 (<1%) |
Would you consider being a Mentor again in the ACP program?
| Yes | 1,976 (98%) |
| No | 4 (<1%) |
| Unsure | 38 (2%) |
A Snapshot of Veteran Applicants
*Reserve data included within respective military branch
68%
Enlisted servicemembers
32%
Officers
84%
Male
16%
Female
35
Median age
17%
Age 30 or younger
36%
Age 40 or older
Education Level
15%
Interested in small business/entrepreneurship
38%
Do not identify themselves as white
Since 2010, ACP Protégé Alumni have come from more than 2,430 towns and cities across the U.S.
