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Charity Village article written by Andy Levy-Ajzenkopf with quotes from MentorCity’s president Shawn Mintz and one of our partners TalentC’s president Doug Lawrence. Copyright: citalliance”>https://www.123rf.com/profile_citalliance’>citalliance / 123RF Stock Photo Media: Media Download

Finding a mentor or a mentee is easy on the MentorCity platform. We’ve created this quick step-by-step guide to walk you through the process. 1) Conduct a search based on the criteria that are important to you, such as specialized skills/development areas, industries, job functions, languages and/or meeting cities. Tip:

For graduating students, the next step is often a difficult one. Where to find a job? How to find a job? How to apply the skills and knowledge learned in the classroom to a professional role? These are all common concerns that the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) wanted

It can feel awkward to turn someone down. Whether it’s a simple invitation to join a friend for coffee, a first-date request on a dating site or a mentoring request on our MentorCity platform, saying ‘thanks, but no thanks,’ can be difficult for many people to do. But saying yes

Michelle Wright has been a pipeliner for more than 20 years. She has worked in a variety of roles and has a vast amount of knowledge and experience that she often shares with her younger colleagues at Access Pipeline. When she learned about CEPA Foundation’s Mentoring Program, she didn’t think

Tran Mah-Paulson is the President and CEO of the Young Pipeliners Association of Canada (YPAC) and a Senior Welding/Project Engineer at T.D. Williamson. We chatted with him recently about his experience with the CEPA Foundation’s Mentoring Program. Why did you decide to sign up for the mentoring program? I’m a

The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has 57,000 members across North and South America. So, when its mentoring program was being developed, Kelsey Dashiell, ACOG Program Manager, District VII, knew that its success depended on finding effective ways to spread the word. “Our MentorCity mentoring program is a

Virginia Galt’s Globe and Mail story from January 14, 2017. The hardest thing for Shawn Mintz when he was first promoted to management was “letting go” of his front-line functions and moving into a more strategic leadership role. Link: www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/management/the-unique-challenges-of-becoming-a-manager-for-the-first-time/article33618426/

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