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Succession Planning Through Mentorship August 13, 2015

1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EDT

Speakers:

Naguib Gouda, President & CEO, Career Edge

Meredith Keenan, Organization & Talent Development Leader, GE Canada

Ehsan Salamati, Customer Account Analyst, GE Canada, Career Edge Alumnus

Moderator: Charmaine O’Connor, Manager, Marketing & Communications

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Agenda

Speakers Meredith Keenan, Organization & Talent

Development Leader, GE Canada

Naguib Gouda, President & CEO, Career Edge

Ehsan Salamati, Customer Account Analyst, GE

Canada, Career Edge alumnus

Moderator: Charmaine O’Connor – Manager, Marketing &

Communications, Career Edge

Question & Answer Period

Wrap-up

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Welcome

@CareerEdgeOrg

#successionplanning

#mentorship

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Manager, Marketing & Communications,

Career Edge

Today’s Moderator

Ehsan Salamati, Customer

Analyst, GE Canada, Career

Edge Alumnus

Meredith Keenan, Organization

& Talent Development Leader,

GE Canada

Naguib Gouda, President & CEO, Career

Edge

Poll

Does your organization currently have a

mentorship program in place?

Yes or

No or

Don’t know

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Poll Results

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Naguib Gouda, President & CEO

Career Edge

Staunch advocate for

paid internships

Dedicated to helping

recent graduates –

including recent

graduates with self-

declared disabilities –

and internationally

qualified professionals

launch their career

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Naguib Gouda, President & CEO, Career Edge

Founded in 1996 by group of organizations

Not-for-profit, self-sustaining social enterprise

Facilitates three (3) paid internship programs

Over 1,000 employer partners

Helped over 12,000 new graduates and newcomers

to Canada launch career

Career Edge’s internship model works:

50% retention rate with “host” employer at end of

internship

Majority of remaining 50% successfully launch career

elsewhere within six (6) months

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About Career Edge

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About Career Edge

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On-the-job

Learning

Knowledge

Transfer

Coaching &

MENTORING

Networking

4 Cornerstones of Career Edge’s Paid Internship

Programs

Why succession

planning

matters…

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Spent (7) years in benefits consulting industry

Transitioned to Human Resources (HR) in transportation – 1996

Joined GE Canada in 2006

Held increasingly progressive roles in Energy Services, Oil & Gas and Global Growth since joining GE

Employs vast experience in labour relations, employee relations, compensation and benefits, plus talent development, to ensure workforce diversity and progression

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Meredith Keenan, Organization

& Talent Development Leader,

GE Canada

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Investing in People Through Mentorship

Mentorship:

The shared ownership and the investment of

time, energy and effort by a mentor and mentee

to foster the mentee’s professional

development and growth.

For the Mentee

• Opportunity to grow & learn through mentor’s

experiences

• Career guidance & advice

• Insight into the company culture and structure

• Non-threatening forum to test ideas

• Exposure to successful leader

• Networking

• Advocate/ Friend/ Confidant

• Access to coaching and advisory resource

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Investing in People Through Mentorship

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For the Mentor

• Recognize future talent

• Build company’s leadership legacy

• Leadership experience

• Gain different perspectives

• Broaden network

• Friendship/ Confidant

• Personal enrichment

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For the Organization

• Developing & Retaining talent

• Developing leadership skills

• Enhanced communication among

» layers of organization

• Performance & Productivity growth

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Investing in People Through Mentorship Continued…

Investing in tomorrow’s workforce through

mentorship:

• Employee turnover:

– Recruitment and retention

– Complement to training

• Organizational stability

• Succession planning:

– Continuity of services

– Progression of workforce

– Continuing supply of qualified individuals

• Socio-economic sustainability

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MA in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Certificate in Project Management

Successfully landed Business Analyst internship position with GE Canada in 2012 – through Career Edge’s paid internship program for new graduates

Offered permanent full-time position with GE after completing internship

Currently holds Customer Account Analyst position at GE

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The Internship Experience

Ehsan Salamati, Customer

Analyst, GE Canada, Career

Edge Alumnus

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Multidisciplinary background

Experience of working on different projects

• Electrical and computer engineering

• Graduate project in simulation of auditory systems and medical imaging therapeutic methods

Close collaborations with

• Faculties at university, professor

• Engineers

• Surgeons

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Professional Background

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Perception:

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After Graduation Challenges

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high GPA

Academic

Awards

Volunteering

Publications

SUCCESS

Reality

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After Graduation Challenges

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Work Experience Better Job

My big opportunity

Training & Hands-on experience

Networking

Proved myself

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My Internship

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Shorten the learning curve

Networking

Diverse opportunities to get experience

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Recent Graduates

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Future Goals

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MSc. Research

Engineer

IT Project/Business

Analyst

CAREER EDGE

Customer

Account Analyst

Project Manager ,

Function Leader

… ?

Business Manager

… ?

Questions & Answers

Wrap Up

Hosted by Career Edge

Thank you!

Link to recording to be sent shortly

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