You've recently immigrated to Canada with skills, education, and valuable marketing experience, eager to secure a role where you can apply your talents. However, finding the right marketing position can be challenging. What sets apart the Canadian marketing industry? How do you expand your professional connections? What are the cultural differences and office etiquettes?
A mentor can provide answers to these questions and beyond. By connecting you with a mentor who understands your professional background and possesses insights into Canada's marketing industry, you can gain valuable guidance to kickstart your career journey in Canada effectively.
Program Qualifications:
• You have a minimum of 5 years of progressive marketing experience
• You have lived in Canada for less than five years
• Available in-person and online
• You can dedicate a total of 12 hours over 6 months (approximately 30 minutes each week or 2 hours per month) for mentorship
A mentor can help you:
• Enhance your personal development
• Understand Canadian industry trends
• Increase confidence and self awareness
• Develop effective job search and interview strategies
• Build your local professional network
• Create strong job and project on-boarding strategies
• Coach you on effective communications, cultural norms and etiquettes
Ready to Apply?
Diversity and inclusion are at the heart of what we do. We would like you to share some aspects of your background so that, should you prefer, we can do our best to match you with a mentor from a similar background. Research has shown that mentors with similar backgrounds are more likely to understand and help mentees address challenges and barriers specific to their situation.
The information you provide in this section will only be used for the purpose of matching you with a mentor. It will be kept confidential and retained for the duration of the mentorship period, and then deleted. If you choose not to provide this information, you are still eligible to participate in the program (subject to the eligibility criteria listed below.)
Disclaimer:
The mentorship platform is provided by MentorEase (https://mentorease.com) and your data will be kept private and secure following ISO 27001 web security standards and hosted in Canada on a Microsoft Azure Cloud hosting. Data is not shared with any third-parties, only the Canadian Marketing Association (CMA) and MentorEase as the technology provider. Data is kept for 2 years unless requested to be removed any time.
