Job Go - Mentoring

Our task of placing and retaining Indigenous workers in the workforce will not always be an easy one.  Employees new to the workforce have a variety of challenges they bring with them from unemployment.  New workers will need to be supported as they adapt to a working life and should be encouraged as they cast off old habits.

To achieve sustainable and long term employment, AEC Employers will be required to provide support to volunteer workplace mentors who assist new workers.

In the first instance, this will be through employers connecting the new worker with a one on one mentor (The AEC Hero). It will be an informal relationship to enhance and encourage workplace performance. The mentor guides the new employee and increases the employees self reliance. Over time, this support will assist the new worker develop both in their job and personally.

If further mentoring assistance is required, a call to the fifty thousand jobs hotline will provide you with a contact details for professional mentoring service providers, experienced in Indigenous employment, in your region.

The first step for Employers will be to attract interest from your current employee base in the AEC mentoring program. We would recommend that you communicate the program in a way that suits your business and your corporate culture. However, if you are looking for some ideas for launching the mentoring program, the following information may help you.

Introducing Mentoring