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‘What do I need this for?’ That is the question young people often ask when they find it difficult to understand the applicability of their education in the real world. Career mentorship is one way of helping young people to find answers to this question. Career mentorship also provides students with the opportunity to explore their interests and make an informed decision about what they want to do in the future.
To provide youth with a firsthand glimpse of their chosen future career, IEC has created a two years Career Mentorship program. The project is funded until November 2011 by The Ontario Trillium Foundation. This program recruits volunteer mentors from different walks of lives to provide experiential learning opportunities for young people within our community.
Mentors are encouraged to share knowledge of their career or sector to individuals or groups.
Volunteer Time Required
- Speaking in classrooms (1-2 hours)
- Workplace tours (2-3 hours)
- Job shadowing (8 hours)
- Taking a co-op Student (3 or 6 hours per day for a school term)
- Internships (3-12 months)
- Apprenticeships (multiple months or years)
In order to promote community Career Mentorship, IEC works with a wide range of businesses and industries.
- Employer/Mentors
- Students/Mentees
- To understand the next generation of your workforce
- To promote your business, organization or industry
- To encourage young people to be interested in your sector
- To help shape your future human resource strategy
- To feel satisfaction for leading a socially responsible organization
Become a mentor and:
- Promote your profession or sector
- Help young people find their future career
- Better understand your future workforce
- Become a role model
- Be recognized as someone making a difference in our community
- Feel enhanced pride in your profession
Career Mentorship benefits you:
- By offering you the opportunity to explore and understand your future career
- By helping you learn what you need to do now to be successful in the career of your choice
- By introducing you to the world of work
- By Identifying strategies to help you pursue your future career goals
- By making connections and introducing you to networks in your field of interest
- By improving your communication skills and confidence
- By increasing your employability for the future