The Connecting Skills Mentoring Program aims to help highly-skilled newcomer (migrants and refugees) professionals improve their employment potential by connecting them with mentors from their industry or occupation.

Newcomers bring talent, innovation and international expertise to Western Australia, but they need information and networks to succeed. The Connecting Skills Mentoring Program connects skilled and professional migrants and refugees with mentors in their field. Mentors help guide newcomers on a pathway to find employment within their industry. This benefits both the newcomers and employers in Western Australia by sharing new ideas and boosting business development and cultural diversity in both the workplace and the community.

Employer partners – recruited for the program – provide eligible job seekers with access to professional mentors. Mentors work with their mentees to build an understanding of:

• Australian workplace culture
• recruitment practices
• occupationally specific professional networks to assist them to achieve their career goals.

About the Program

The program runs for a minimum of 18 mentoring hours over three months with mentors and mentees working together for approximately 1.5 hours each week. Connections can be through:

• face-to-face meetings
• online e.g. email, chat applications, Skype, etc
• phone conversations
• job shadowing
• networking at events.

 CSMP 2019 Cycle 1 Intake Timeline

The proposed timeline for this mentoring intake is as follows:

01 July 2019: Applications Open
31 July 2019: Mentee Applications Open
31 August 2019: Confirm all mentees and mentors into the program against their eligibility criteria
05 September 2019: Confirm all mentee-mentor matches
20 September 2019: CSMP Cycle 1 starts

Become a CSMP Mentor

Apply now as a mentor to help a newcomer reconnect with their career! We are continuously recruiting mentors whom we will match with mentors in our upcoming mentee intake.

• Why you should become a mentor
• Frequently asked questions for a mentor
• You can review the questions asked in the Mentor application here before applying.

Become a CSMP Mentee

You will need to meet the eligibility criteria for the program and to submit your application online.

• Why you should become a mentee
• Frequently asked questions for a mentee
• You can review the questions asked in the Mentee application Part-1 & Part-2 before applying.

Please have the following documents ready to upload:

1. Your updated resume/ CV
2. A National Police Clearance certificate obtained within the last 6 months. (If you do not have one we will obtain one for you at no cost to you.)
3. Certificate of English proficiency (if you have this).
4. Your Australian Permanent Visa/Passport/Citizenship Certificate