Cultivating Talent of Interns through Workplace Mentoring: A Critical Appraisal of a Pakistani Initiative

Abstract

This chapter critically examines a Pakistani initiative on youth mentoring at workplace, namely the National Internship Program (NIP), which aims to increase fresh graduates' capability and employability. Through a situational analysis of prevalent education systems, occupational choices and job-related tendencies of Pakistani youth in the backdrop of mega economic activities like the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), this chapter brings forth virtues and limitations of NIP. Further, an elaborative appraisal of the key features, design and process of NIP through an illustrative cycle, a conceptual model has been designed which may fulfil the mentoring needs of developing countries. This conceptual model of youth mentoring at workplace proposes a cycle of six activities: planning, engaging, performing, appraising, ensuing and reflecting.

Citation

Iqbal, M.Z. and ul Haq, M.I. (2020), "Cultivating Talent of Interns through Workplace Mentoring: A Critical Appraisal of a Pakistani Initiative", Kumar, P. and Budhwar, P. (Ed.) Mentorship-driven Talent Management, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 211-227. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78973-691-520201012