CERC Mentorship Program

Global Mobility and the broader community that supports and advises within the relocation industry is a ‘hidden gem’ career choice that many who join rarely leave entirely. The work in this sector allows us to impact lives, enabling and supporting others and their families to live and work across the world. This is no small feat; it requires a high level of empathy, customer service, and technical knowledge within many different areas including immigration, tax, payroll, benefits, travel, legal compliance, movement of goods, housing, education support, and much, much more. This is energizing and rewarding work, with lots of room for learning and innovation within the industry and our CERC Community.

CERC has created a Mentorship Program called CERC Connexion with the goal of connecting motivated professionals and industry leaders who share the common goal of learning and elevating their careers in Mobility. This is a great opportunity for mentors to offer insight, advice, opportunity, and help with navigation in the next stage/s of a mentee's career, while giving a mentee the chance to connect with an experienced professional who can help them further learn, elevate and navigate their personal and career journey.

CERC Connexion matches mentors and mentees based on your preferences, goals and personal profile.

In Sept 2023 at the Annual CERC Conference, CERC Connexion was launched officially, with a limited number of mentors and mentees spots available to participate

For those able to commit to actively participating as a mentor or mentee in 2024/2025 while also being part of shaping the program for future years, we encourage you sign up:

Mentors: click here

Mentees: click here

 

 

Who can join the mentorship program:

• All CERC members in good standing

Mentor Qualifications

• Volunteer, community and/or other relevant leadership experience

• 5-30+ years of experience in relevant fields/industries

• Passion to make a human impact influencing development of others

• Previous experience as a mentor is an asset

• Ability to meet commitments of program, which includes meetings with mentee, sharing experiences, active listening and sharing knowledge.

• Active member (all membership types) in good standing

Why be a mentor 

• Share your industry knowledge, expertise

• Create new networks, broaden your perspective, and gain / share insights

• Give back to the CERC community by sharing and helping another person 

• Increase awareness of available talent in the CERC community

• Gain certified professional development hours towards maintaining designation[u1] 

• Reverse mentoring - Mentors can also learn from mentees

Why be a mentee

• Gain practical knowledge and insight from an experienced professional

• Raise your profile, build your personal brand and develop a broader network

• Improve your career progression & earning potential

• You want to understand specific areas of the industry 

• Gain certified professional development hours towards maintaining designation[u2] 

• You are interested in understanding how to navigate/enhance your career goals

• You simply want to learn more!

Rules of Engagement:

Mentor:

• Always maintain confidentiality between one another. 

• Keep any commitments made. 

• Be authentic and bring your whole self to the relationship.

• Create a safe space to form a high trusting relationship. 

• Be an active listener. 

• Find ways for you to also learn from the mentee (there’s always something to learn from anyone and any conversation).

• Keep mentee accountable for commitments.

• Create a safe space to form a high trusting relationship.  

Mentee:

• Own the opportunity. Identify goals, objectives.

• Be authentic and bring your whole self to the relationship.

• Demonstrate a genuine interest in being helped by mentor.

• Be willing to also share and pass on possible learnings for mentor.

• Be open to feedback and vulnerable to form a trusting foundation with your mentor.

• Demonstrate application of learning obtained through the relationship.

• Keep mentee accountable for commitments.

• Create a safe space to form a high trusting relationship.  

Additional Resources – Program Participants: click here