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- Overview
- What is the Employment Mentoring Program?(EMP)
- EMP Goals & Objectives
- Mentoring Engagement Model
- What are the Benefits?
- Mentee Eligibility
- Mentor Eligibility
- Contact us
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The Program’s core activity is the specialized matching of skilled newcomers with Mentors who have Canadian experience in the Client’s field. While immigrants often have mentoring needs in common, their level of knowledge about the labour market, specific mentoring needs, and understanding of how they might fulfill market demand varies greatly. Following an assessment of individual needs, skilled immigrant Clients are matched with Mentors who are capable of supporting and guiding the Mentee’s career development in Canada.
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What is the Employment Mentoring Program (EMP)? A number of research has indicated that there is a linkage between mentoring and career success. The Employment Mentoring Program (EMP) provides professional newcomers with guidance, advice, and support on career planning and development as well as access to B.C. Labour Market Information (LMI). The professional newcomers, i.e., the mentees, will be matched with the local professionals, i.e., the mentors, through the EMP ’s mentorship process. The mentees will learn about job search techniques, effective professional networking, and labour market trends. EMP provides 1-to-1 mentoring, group mentoring, peer mentoring, e-mentoring and follow up services for 2 to 5 months*. At the end of the program, we hope our clients can achieve EMP learning outcomes, which is matched with professional in the similar fields. We also hope our clients had a better ideas and understanding about their career plan and Canadian workplace culture. *Remarks: The length of the mentoring matches is for 2 to 5 months, depending on the model of delivery, the needs of each Client and the availability of suitable Mentors. The average duration is expected to be 3 months. • Active Involvement & P2P (Professional-to-Professional) Matching The program believes that the professional newcomers who are more actively involved in the EMP activities and through the Professional to Professional matching will have a higher likelihood of achieving the EMP learning outcomes. • Community Linkages & Career WorkshopsThe program hooks up with community leaders to launch different kinds of events and activities for newcomers. Career workshops such as effective resume writing, B.C. labour market information, and professional networking technique will be provided for the professional newcomers to enhance their employability skills.
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The main purpose of EMP service is to assist clients (i.e. mentees) with their short-term and long-term goals of finding commensurate employment in Canada by helping them better understand the labour market and take appropriate steps along their career path. EMP aligns with Program Principles of Settlement & Integration Services:
Skilled professional newcomers are matched with occupational specific mentors who are established residents familiar with the social, cultural, labour market and political systems inherent in BC/Canada in order to accelerate the settlement and integration process into Canadian society and BC communities.
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Remark: Mentoring Action Plan (MAP) is a guidance worksheet which can keep the mentoring relationship on track. It is believed that mentees who are more actively engaged in the MAP process would enjoy the greater EMP learning outcomes. At the end of the program, we hope our clients (i.e. mentees) can achieve EMP learning outcomes, which are matched with professionals in similar fields. We also hope our mentees had a better idea and understanding about their career pathways as well as Canadian workplace culture. •Active Engagement & P2P (Professional-to-Professional) Matching The program believes that the professional newcomers who are more actively engaged in the EMP activities and that through the Professional to Professional (P2P) matching, they will have a higher likelihood of achieving the EMP learning outcomes. •Industry Networking Events, Orientation & Workshops
The program reaches out to different industrial and community leaders to launch different kinds of events and activities for professional newcomers. Orientation provides a framework to clarify expectations between the mentor and mentee and it can help a mentee to set realistic career goals. Career workshops such as effective resume writing, Labour Market Information (LMI), and professional networking techniques as well as other, will help professional newcomers to enhance their employability skills.
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• Professional Newcomers (mentees) will be connected with local professionals with similar occupations/ expertise and able to learn about market trends and Canadian workplace culture. • Professional Mentors will get the chance to act as a leader and networker. They will share occupation-specific knowledge with people from other countries.
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To become an EMP Mentor, please click here and select Volunteer Positions’ Categories
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For more information or to join us as a Mentor or Mentee, please contact:
Ziggy Hui
S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Settlement Services 28 West Pender Street, Vancouver, B.C., V6B 1R6
Tel: 604-408-7274 Ext. 2053 We are located close to Stadium-Chinatown Skytrain Station: Red "A" spot.
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S.U.C.C.E.S.S. is a multi-service non-profit agency in British Columbia, Canada established in 1973. Its mandate is to promote the well being of all Canadians and immigrants. S.U.C.C.E.S.S. delivers services in five major areas: social services, settlement and employment services, business and economic development services, training and education services, and health services. To this day, over 100 programs have been offered by about 400 professional S.U.C.C.E.S.S. staff from 20 locations in the Lower Mainland, one in Fort St. John and two overseas offices in Taipei and Seoul.
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The objective of the Employment Mentoring Program (EMP) is to create a structured environment for "Bridging International Professional Newcomers with B.C. Professionals". This program is mainly to serve the clients of Metro Vancouver.
The program will serve unemployed and underemployed immigrants. Eligible Newcomer Clients include Permanent Residents of Canada. Priority is given to Clients with the following characteristics:
EMP Mentors should have a genuine desire to help newcomers to Canada, are established residents familiar with the social, cultural, and political systems inherent in B.C. and in Canada, have an understanding of the labour market and employment systems and, where possible, occupational specific expertise that can be shared with mentees.
