Corporate Mentorship Programs

Through partnerships with employers in Ottawa, World Skills Corporate Mentorship Program provides mentoring services to highly skilled newcomers. Since 2010, over 1,000 newcomers have received mentoring services to help them secure employment.

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How Corporate Mentorship Works

Corporate Mentorship works as a partnership between World Skills and Corporate employers in Ottawa. Various versions of the Corporate Mentorship Programs have been developed to strengthen diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in their workplaces. Based on mutually agreed objectives, employers allocate time and resources towards helping newcomers reach their career goals in Canada.

Eligibility Criteria for the Corporate Mentorship Program


For Employers

  • Must be a partner with World Skills Employment Centre
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Why You Should Join the Program

Benefits of Corporate Mentorship
  • Identify and pre-screen potential employees who may not be visible through traditional recruitment activities. 
  • Access to cross cultural training programs to empower leaders in  team building, orientation, onboarding and retention of staff from diverse backgrounds – and frontline staff to address customer service biases.
  • A great way for mentors to give back to their community by sharing their knowledge and expertise.
  • Leaders, empowered by being mentors, are better able Mentors empowered with leadership skills to manage diversity and reduce conflicts in multicultural work environments.
  • Workplaces become more welcoming and inclusive places for diverse newcomers leading to greater retention and talent development.

Selected Employer Mentorship Programs at World Skills

Cross Cultural Communication Training Program

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Participate in cross-cultural training and support for your team and reduce your recruitment, retention and training costs, while increasing your organization’s appeal to internationally trained individuals.

We offer:
  • One-on-one consultations
  • Team-building cross-cultural communication training
  • Orientation and onboarding for newly hired newcomers and their supervisors/team
  • Post-recruitment support


How Cross-cultural Training will Help You Succeed

  • Increase cultural diversity.
  • Help navigate across cultures to boost positive business communication, productivity and engaged employees. 
  • Effectively recruit, onboard, manage, and retain a diverse workforce with the appropriate skills, knowledge and abilities for the future.

Eligibility Criteria for the Cross Cultural Program

Must be a partner with World Skills Employment Centre.

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Circle of Champions

Become an Employer Champion for Newcomers

Lack of a network and lack of sector-specific knowledge are two of the biggest barriers for newcomers to secure employment. Professionals in Ottawa can provide support to our newcomers through various forms of coaching and employers can gain access to the largest pool of newcomers in Ottawa.

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Advantages of becoming an Employer Champion

  • Meet and access the largest pool of talented newcomers in Ottawa
  • Enhance individual or organizational cross-cultural awareness, knowledge, and competencies
  • Develop your mentoring/coaching/leadership/presentation skills
  • Gain international perspectives and insights into international markets

Eligibility Criteria for the Circle of Champion Program

  • Must be an employer, recruiter, manager or company representative
  • Professionals who wish to share sector specific or industry knowledge; or human resources expertise

Program Frequency

Contact employer @ ottawa-worldskills.org to find out more.


See What Past Employers Have to Say About Their Experience!

TD Canada continues to benefit in so many ways from this ongoing partnership. Not only are we given the opportunity to meet highly skilled individuals in our community who are actively seeking employment, I also believe the TD employees who act as mentors are given the opportunity to develop their own skills. Without fail, they expand their network, and typically learn something new about a culture or country different from their own which they are able to share back with co-workers. This ultimately has a positive and lasting impact on the culture here at the Bank, creating an environment where everyone’s differences are celebrated; new perspectives, experiences and ideas are shared helping to constantly improve our business and helping TD become, ‘The Even Better Bank’.

Christine Stigter, Executive Sponsor and Senior Manager, Credit Cards
TD Canada