Young job seeker seeks senior mentor

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.

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 (...)

Fatoumata Baba, director of Duo for a Job Marseille: Our association offers a mentoring program to facilitate access to employment for young people with an immigration background by putting them in contact with volunteers over 50 years old. The latter, called “mentors”, share their experience to help young people integrate into the labour market. Each duo thus formed meets once a week, for 6 months, to make progress on the objectives and approaches defined together.