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Benefits of having a mentor — and how to find one! Finding a mentor is a key strategy for achieving professional success in Canada. Through mentorship, skilled immigrants “gain firsthand knowledge of local best practices and industry information,” says Tony Lee, an advisor with the Career Paths program at the North Shore Multicultural Society in North Vancouver, B.C. The benefits of a personal mentor In addition to industry insights, Lee explains that a mentor can help foster understanding of the Canadian context of your profession and workplace culture, which immigrants from diverse co...

Join a professional association to learn skills and network with people in your industry You arrive in Canada already a skilled professional in your home country, but where do you start the path on your professional journey here? One of the most valuable things you can do is join a professional association or network. Most professions will have one, including associations that oversee the certification of a licensed profession, like engineering. Or a professional group that brings people from the same industry that may be unlicensed, like marketing, together to network. There are also profess...