Mentoring Connections note: While Ana Marie enjoys her well-deserved vacation and Romanda takes on a new adventure driving from London to Mongolia, Jericho is skillfully taking care of the Mentoring Coordination department. Our new Program Assistant Meri is now the first smiling face you’ll see when you visit us! We are very happy to have Meri as [Continue]
It’s unbelievable how two years can pass so quickly when you’re having fun. My first day as Laurie’s Mentoring Connections first hire doesn’t feel like it was two years ago, and the memories of each team member joining our team are still very fresh in my mind. Two years sounds like a long time when [Continue]
Photo: Alexander and Main by Laura Zee on deviantART If you like the idea of volunteering as a way to build your resume, be strategic when searching for the right volunteer position. Try asking yourself a few questions before starting. What are my interests? Determining what you want to get out of your volunteer experience will help [Continue]
The volunteer interviewed below has been a Mentoring Connections mentor since March 2009, and is a Registered Midwife in BC. She has a dual role as a lecturer and midwife in BC, and has 18 years of previous teaching experience with a post-secondary midwifery program in the UK. (Q) In your experience, what are some [Continue]
Photo credit: Here’s Kate on Flickr I was reading “How to Connect in Business in 90 Seconds or Less” by Nicholas Boothman and learned of a study done at Harvard that I found extremely interesting and very applicable to both everyday life and to our networking and job searching. A researcher named Dr. Nalini Ambady [Continue]
My Mentorship Story written by Kirsty Peng, Mentoring Connections mentee edited by Catherine Rana The safe thing to do would have been to stay in the same place for my whole life, and enjoy the familiarity of my surroundings. The decision to move away from home would certainly lead to huge changes in my life. But [Continue]
Photo Credit: PurpleGecko on Flickr The Turks expected an attack from British ships patrolling the waters of the Gulf of Aqaba to the West. Lawrence decided to attack from the east instead, coming at the city from the unprotected desert, and to do that he led his men on an audacious, six-hundred-mile loop – up [Continue]
Photo: Touch by Daupo on deviantART. If you’re looking for a professional job right now, chances are you spend a good part of your day dissecting your resume and cover letter, trying to make it perfect. Should I use my functional resume or chronological resume? Should I highlight my education or highlight my work experience? I encourage you [Continue]
The LEED Certified Project Manager interviewed below has been a Mentoring Connections mentor since January 2009. He has six years of design and project management experience with corporate, educational and institutional clients and four years of experience with residential projects from private houses and high-end condominiums to public housing. (Q) In your experience, what [Continue]
When I started to plan with Catherine a video campaign for our program, the only thing that seemed clear to us was that we wanted to give a voice and face to our mentors and mentees in our promotional materials. After two years collecting success stories from over 300 participants, we were convinced that some [Continue]