ACCESS Speed Mentoring

Feedback from team members

“TDOS at Acces was a great experience since it allowed me to help others while meeting new people and learning a few things as well.  Definitely a Saturday morning well spent!”
Nicolette

“It was a great event and we had lots of fun!”
John

“Speed mentoring at ACCES was a great opportunity to network with talented immigrant and share insights about the Canadian workplace. The event was fun and very fulfilling!”
Jennifer

“Volunteer work brings me a different sense of happiness and pleasure. It helps me stay connected to the community & makes me remains useful to society at large. I get to share my skills with new faces and learn new skills from a diverse spectrum of talented people out there. Thank you for giving me this opportunity!”
Stefan

“It’s an eye-opening  experience!”
Riyaz

“It was great to help out new immigrants with their job-seeking skills. Since I came to Canada as an immigrant some years ago, I know how hard it is to adjust to a different country and its culture.”
Jamielyn

Feedback from ACCESS:

“It was a pleasure meeting you and your colleagues on Saturday at the TELUS Speed Mentoring event.   I would just like to thank you and your team for coming into ACCES and volunteering your time.”

We received wonderful feedback from our clients in regards to your teams professionalism, willingness to share their own work history and the ability to provide industry insight.”

Feedback from mentees:

“I found today’s Speed Mentoring event to be very useful as I found it helpful to receive different perspectives of how to search for employment within the Canadian labour market and on how to effectively design my resume.”

“I thought it was very helpful to receive inside information regarding TELUS’s workplace cultural.  I believe that this information will help to prepare me for future interviews.”

“One valuable tip that I receive at today’s event was that when writing my resume I should add more information about my experience and results – I believe that this tip could help to improve my resume and hopefully help me find employment.”

“I enjoyed learning about the mentors and their personal work experience.  I also found it interesting to learn about TELUS’s hiring practices and processes.  Hopefully this information will come in handy in the future.”

“The most valuable aspect of today’s Speed Mentoring session was gaining knowledge about the upcoming opportunities at TELUS and about the skills that those candidates require.”

“Networking and the advice I receive on what to expect at an interview was very helpful.  Also the mentors helped/share some advice on how to target my resume for different employers.”

“One of the mentors made a suggestion that I hadn’t really considered before – targeting companies outside of the GTA and considering contact work for the time being – thank you for the helpful insight.”

Sketch

“TELUS Day of Service gives you an introduction to a charity and its programs, so it’s as much a learning opportunity as a chance to give to your community.  It was a great to see how Sketch creates a safe art space for Toronto’s youth. As soon as you walk in, you can see the impact that this place has had on local artists – art is all over the walls, in every room. It’s a very cool concept.”
Francesca
TELUS Team Member

“The TELUS volunteer gang came in to lend us a hand on a Saturday when it was 30 degrees and humid inside our studio,” said Dale Roy, Marketing & Communications Associate with Sketch, an art studio for street-involved youth.  “With fans blowing and music blasting, the group cleaned and organized our kitchen space with pep and great humour.  They were keen on doing a great job and the result was a super-organized kitchen where our staff prepares daily lunches for our young artists.  The TELUS gang then offered their professional advice by participating in a focus group that resulted in amazing feedback for our fundraising campaigns.”

“Sketch thanks TELUS for their elbow grease and community involvement!”