Find Your Industry Mentor!

SIA’s New Mentorship Program Is Designed to Help You Grow

News from the Show

Looking for your Yoda? You’re in luck, because the Security Industry Association (SIA) and its RISE community have launched a new mentorship program for early and mid-career professionals. The Talent, Inclusion, Mentorship and Education (TIME) program is designed to promote diversity, equity, inclusion and empowerment of underrepresented identities in the security industry by creating a well-defined pathway for learning and development.

Key components of the SIA TIME program include:

• Career development: Connecting early and mid-career professionals and students with established industry professionals to further career growth and talent development.

• Skill enhancement: Building a sustainable community of support through collaboration, networking and skill building.

• Recruitment: Attracting students to the security industry by providing insights on the wide array of career opportunities available.

• Executive leadership development: Promoting leadership development opportunities that will encourage diversity within the ranks.

As a TIME mentee, you will be able to:

• Complete program activities designed to enhance career development.

• Exchange information and receive feedback from experienced industry professionals.

• Evaluate your current skill set and identify areas for growth.

• Increase your visibility, open doors and enrich your industry network.

The 2021 cohort of TIME mentors are an impressive and diverse group of security industry professionals, coming from a wide variety of companies and holding executive leadership positions and roles in engineering, sales, operations, project management, standards, distribution and more.

The SIA TIME mentorship program runs for 12 monthly sessions and holds semiannual orientations.

Interested in participating? Stop by SIA’s booth (#6077) to learn more!