Give Argentine Youth a Chance

Dear friends,

We have wonderful news to share with you! Microsoft has chosen our project to match every donation by 100%!!!! If you donate to our Jobs, Training And Education For Argentine Youth Project on Wednesday June 25, 2014, 12:00PM EDT until June 26, 2014 11:59AM EDT, Microsoft will match your donation by 100% increasing your impact!If you want to make a good deed, please set your alarm clock to make your donation as soon as this day begins because matching funds can run out fast!

In this report we want to share with you how Javier and Mariela are working together… Mariela is Javier´s mentor and she is helping him to look for a job. During this first month of online mentoring Mariela checked Javier´s resume and suggested changes in order to improve his job search. She corrected errors and also sent to Javier some useful material to write his presentation letter.

“Hi Mariela! I´m sorry it took me so long to answer, I had trouble with mi Internet connection. I`m really excited with your mentoring, it means huge help to me =). I´ve already done my resume but it doesn’t have a picture yet. I have some queries about it, for example, should I mention that I´m still not working although I have a degree?  Is the “Language” part well written? I thank you very much in advance all the help you can give me to correct it. Big hug!  Javier”

Mariela sent him all the corrections and they are finishing his resume! She is so happy with the progress that she wrote to the rest of the mentors a beautiful testimony: 

“Hi Everyone! In my case, we are working with Javier in the modification of his resume and searching a part-time job for him. I send him some models for him to copy, and I just corrected his first version and suggested some changes. I also sent Javier useful information that we share in this forum, and we communicate via e-mail too. I feel he is very motivated to rise his opportunities and he is very grateful with this mentoring. It’s very rewarding for me! Greetings! Mariela.

Best regards and Happy Independence Day for both U.S.A (07/04) and Argentina (07/09),

María

In Argentina, where nearly 20% of young people neither study nor work, the need to develop actions to give more opportunities to new generations is reinforced. This is the reason why young people who end their participation in the Future Graduate Program get into the Graduate Network, created to contribute building bridges to get them closer to their goals.

 ¡One of the main actions of the Network is the Online Coaching! Through this innovating system, more than 30 young graduates that had common target - to choose superior studies, to look for a job, or to have a good performance in their present suited – where matched through a virtual platform with volunteer mentors that were specially trained and summoned by Cimientos.

 Through Online Coaching, mentors provide a wide range of proposals varying from vocational interest, places where to study, scholarships to which apply, CV formats and presentation letters, online jobs search engines and guides to learn how to study, and more! This mentoring is expected to enable each youngster to identify their achievements, to recognize aspects of improvement and to be a space for support, consultation and reflection about their own interests, doubts and expectations for their future.

 Our programs’ protagonists are young people that face the challenge of building their adult lives. Our experience indicates that mentoring helps youngsters achieve their goals. This virtual coaching to graduate fortifies our idea that many youngsters find in their coach a word, tool or strategy they need to keep going on.

Links:

• http://www.cimientos.org