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 July 2019, ACP has received 12,052 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 | 8,163 (68%) | |
| Translating my military experience into civilian terms | 7,386 (61%) | |
| Building a network of professionals | 7,316 (61%) | |
| Learning about career opportunities | 7,207 (60%) | |
| Refining civilian career goals and professional ambitions | 7,069 (59%) | |
| Dealing with work/life balance issues | 5,138 (43%) | |
| Searching for job opportunities | 4,455 (37%) | |
| Determining if I should go back to school | 3,433 (28%) | |
| Learning how to advance at my current job | 2,946 (24%) | |
| Learning how to deal with difficult boss or colleague/improving interpersonal relationships | 2,918 (24%) | |
| Learning how to start my own business/build my own business | 1,231 (10%) | |
| Other | 953 (8%) | |
| No, the program was not valuable | 119 (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 2018, ACP received responses from 2,022 Mentors.
Are you glad that your company is participating in ACP?
| Yes | 2,019 (99%+) |
| No | 0 (0%) |
| Unsure | 3 (<1%) |
Would you recommend ACP to a friend or colleague?
| Yes | 2,018 (99%+) |
| No | 0 (0%) |
| Unsure | 4 (<1%) |
Would you consider being a Mentor again in the ACP program?
| Yes | 1,990 (98%) |
| No | 7 (<1%) |
| Unsure | 25 (1%) |
A Snapshot of Veteran Applicants
*Reserve data included within respective military branch
67%
Enlisted servicemembers
33%
Officers
84%
Male
16%
Female
35
Median age
19%
Age 30 or younger
39%
Age 40 or older
Education Level
14%
Interested in small business/entrepreneurship
38%
Do not identify themselves as white
Since 2010, ACP Veteran Applicants have come from more than 5,300 towns and cities across the U.S.
