Mentor VZW

Mentor vzw is a centre for Life Long Learning and a advisory office for social economy. The mission of Mentor vzw is promoting durable employment of disadvantaged groups on the labour market. Mentor’s main activities are education, guidance, orientation and advice to companies. The organisation is located in Kortrijk (in Belgium).

Education
For jobseekers In each training programme the participant acquires both the technical skills and the necessary work attitudes.
 * Kitchen help: The participant learns how to apply the existing cooking techniques and cooks preparations in a professional kitchen. This training leads the participant to work in the hotel and catering industry.
 * Receptionist: The participant learns how to be the first contact in a company, by welcoming people, answering telephones, doing basic administration, …

For Employees and Workers

Training programmes related to:
 * Social skills
 * Work attitude
 * Associating with people with disabilities
 * Child care
 * Cleaning techniques
 * MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
 * Adobe Photoshop & InDesign
 * HTML

Guidance
Mentor guides job seekers on the labour market through:
 * Customized job guidance for people from disadvantaged groups: people over 50, short-skilled people, immigrants.
 * Activation of long-term unemployed people with medical, mental, psychological and/or psychiatric problems.
 * Job application training.
 * Language coaching on the trainee post for non-native speakers of Dutch.

Mentor guides employees and workers through:
 * Job coaching at the workplace: support for non-technical skills oriented towards optimal functioning on the job.
 * Language coaching at the workplace for non-native speakers of Dutch.

Orientation

 * Mentor maps the abilities and personal characteristics of the job seekers by means of an assessment. Armed with the clear understanding of his or her talents, the job seeker can specifically look for the correct job and/or training.
 * Mentor screens and selects candidates for vacancies. Mentor draws up the function profile, organizes selection interviews and takes tests. The skills, motivations and personality of the candidate are mapped and reported to the employer.

Advice to Companies
Mentor advises companies on:
 * Personnel management: reception, functioning interviews, managing people, employee’s/worker’s satisfaction.
 * Organization and quality: satisfaction measurement, strategy development, stakeholders’ analysis.
 * Business economic and financial policy: market study, feasibility study, cost price analysis, financing advice.

Website: http://www.mentorvzw.be