The acute problem of unemployment in Wallonia is multi-factorial: lack of training for candidates, over-evaluation of recruitment criteria, lack of mobility, inadequate language skills… All these issues can be resolved when all the players involved work together: education, vocational training, companies and social and professional integration players.
Visit skills sponsorship – putting the skills of working professionals at the service of social initiatives – is in line with the desire of companies and individuals to get involved in the economic development of their region. Mentoring job-seekers addresses the problems of support and discouragement faced by the target audience, and compensates for the handicap of the lack of a professional network; confronts this same target audience with the reality of the corporate world, seen from the inside.
MentorU milestones
1. Canvassing companies
2. Preparation of mentors (f/h) via information and awareness sessions
3. Pre-selection of mentees by FOREM
4. Selection of job seekers through individual interviews
5. Organization of matching between mentors (f/h) and mentees and of the first meeting between the pair
7. Follow-up of mentors (f/h) and mentees
9. Qualitative and quantitative evaluation
MentorU partners
- The companies
- FOREM
MentorU in brief
The mentoring of job seekers by professionally active volunteers (salaried employees, company directors, self-employed workers) is an innovative approach to job search. an innovative and complementary tool in theemployment landscape at Wallonia. The volunteer mentors (f/h), who are rooted in the business world, provide their mentees with a positive and constructive support to open up and understand the world of work, an effective job search method, a rhythm that goes hand in hand with remotivation and renewed self-confidence.
Mentor profile :
- Anyone willing to support a job seeker
- Working in the province of Hainaut or Liège (Belgium)
- Good listening, dialogue and creativity skills.
Get involved!
You too can become a mentor by registering via this online form!
