Opening My Eyes to Things Unseen!

Recently I had a meeting with Cecilia and Melanie from YEC about my goals, resume and meeting with my mentor. During this time I learned for the first time how to properly write a resume and how important it is. I grew up in a small town so resumes were not important and everyone applied for a position in person, therefore, I learned how to be very personable and encourage people to hire me.

However, this doesn’t help me in the city, where I need to have a resume in order to get an interview. I was really nervous because I had tried to come up with a resume the night before my meeting.  I loved the way that they were so encouraging and really helped me to understand what is important to have on my resume. I think that this will make me a lot more confident in my abilities because I will have to make note of my abilities before I go in for an interview.

I also met with my mentor this month and I am already very excited about this partnership! My mentor is a probation officer in NE Calgary and even though I do not want to be a probation officer and am not going into a social work degree, she is opening my eyes to the opportunities for intercultural work within Calgary that is not neccessarily immigration (I am in my third year of an Intercultural Studies Degree). My mentor has come up with many different opportunities that we can look at and on top of that she is not a caucasion woman so she can also teach me so much about intercultural work. I am so excited for what I am going to learn through her this year!

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