Al Zoubair & Olivier

Retour sur une première année de mentorat intergénérationnel au cœur de la Duchère. ‍

At DUO for a JOB, we focus our efforts on our core business, intergenerational mentoring. By supporting our duos, we act at the crossroads of several major social and societal challenges: the professional integration of young people, the enhancement of skills and the retention of people over 50 in employment, the integration of first-time arrivals, the fight against discrimination based on origin, equal opportunities and social cohesion. Because these challenges are multiple and interconnected, joining several groups of actors committed to our subjects seemed essential to us to work transversely; to promote mentoring and the priorities of our audiences; to contribute at our level to showing the strength of strike and the essential societal impacts of the associative sector in France.

This is a first in France, and a great recognition for the work carried out for more than 5 years by our teams at DUO for a JOB France: our mentoring program has just obtained the 3-star quality label, i.e. the highest level of excellence awarded by the Mentoring Collective.

Alinawid, 25 ans, a quitté l’Afghanistan pour fuir la terreur menée par le régime des Talibans. Ici, il rêve d’un avenir meilleur et s’en rapproche grâce à l’association Duo for a job. Il vient d’obtenir un CDI, dans un restaurant italien.

Thanks to the DUO for a JOB association, volunteer mentors put their experience at the service of young people with an immigration background to help them find employment. A human and united adventure that gives meaning to their retirement.

This is a first in France: two associations obtain the Mentoring Label, created by the Mentoring Collective to promote and strengthen the quality of mentoring programs, through the evaluation of 47 standards. Based on international research and on the quality systems in place around the world, as well as on the expertise and experience of mentoring actors in France, the Mentoring Label aims to structure a framework of excellence in the implementation of programs to guarantee (...)