Connect to Success

Are you a professional woman established in your career? Do you have a couple hours per month to share with a mentee? You can share your skills, passion and professional expertise through Connect to Success.

Connect to Success is looking for women from a wide variety fields including entrepreneurship, business, health care, science, arts & design, and trades to become mentors. As a mentor, you can help a woman who is entering or re-entering the workforce, in a professional or skilled field, or who is underemployed and looking for more meaningful employment.

You will be matched based on your personal and career interests. Your mentee will be a woman with industry standard education who is starting her career, returning to the workforce, or entering the Canadian job market.

Mentor Requirements:

• Commit to building a one-to-one career-focused relationship with a mentee for six months
• Provide advice and share experience on career development and life-work balance. Become a role model, inspiration and resource
• Share career information to help her mentee gain better understanding of employer expectations, job requirements, the hidden job market
• Provide feedback for mentee to improve quality of resumes, cover letters and interview skills
• Support mentees to build their own professional network, by connecting them with potential employers and additional networking opportunities.

All mentors are required to submit a resume, two references and attend a one-hour orientation session. Download and complete a mentor application form.

Funding for this program is generously provided by the Ministry of Community Services.