Mentor Program in Rogaland

- connecting people to create value -

Sammen om en jobb’s mentor program in Rogaland was kicked off in September 2022. The program connects skilled immigrant job seekers with mentors from the local workforce who share a similar industry background.

Our mentor program in Rogaland delivers 40 mentor-mentee matches per year. We support a more diverse and equitable workforce and contribute to bridging the skills gap.

• In 2022, approximately 30 % of the mentees found relevant work in the program period.

• In 2023, 37% found relevant work: In Equinor, at British International School Stavanger, NATO, Aider, OKEA, Baker Hughes, eDrilling, and Dynamo Analytics, to name a few.

Interested in learning about how we measure our social impact? Head over to our website and read this article.

Sammen om en jobbs Rogaland mentor program is lead by Tone Indrelid.

How would you like to join the mentor program?

As a candidate, you can:

💼 Increase your job-seeking skills
💬 Expand your professional network
🇳🇴 Practise Norwegian
📌 Get help with some of the many questions you no doubt have
🚀 Increase you chances of finding relevant work

Candidate criteria:

• You are an immigrant or refugee

• You have a valid residency for a minimum of 9 months, with a valid work permit (or UDI permit to look for work)

• You hold a minimum of a bachelor’s degree

• You are proficient and can work in Norwegian or English. Please contact Tone if you have language questions

• You can commit at least 7 hours per week to the mentor program, and you are motivated to work with a mentor and apply to relevant roles

• Read more about the mentee role and meet some previous candidates here

• Please note that we cannot guarantee a mentor match for all candidates who register with us. We do, however, make our resources and events available to all community members

As a mentor, you can:

🌿 Contribute to a more sustainable and equitable labor force for the future
💬 Be part of a professional multicultural community
🎓 Meet someone from a different cultural context and work on your intercultural skills

Mentor criteria:

• Experience from the Norwegian workforce

• Time and motivation - expect to meet your mentee 1-2 times per month

• All our mentors volunteer

• No previous mentoring experience is required. We will support you in the role.

• Read more about the mentor role and meet some of our mentors here.

As a collaboration partner, you can:

🚀 Gain access to new talent and new perspectives
💡 Gain new insights into diversity and inclusion
🌏 Be a trailblazer for social responsibility and social sustainability
🥕 Increase your employee’s motivation

As a business, you can:

• Let your employees volunteer as mentors

• Give our candidates a chance to shine

• Join us as a collaboration partner

  Are you interested in learning more about collaborating with us? Read more below, or contact Rogaland project manager Tone Indrelid for a coffee

Networking and collaboration partners

One of our candidates’ main challenges is a lack of social capital and network. We strive to facilitate connections and act as bridgebuilders. Our collaboration partners contribute enormously to this work.

We currently run mentor programs in collaboration with Sval Energi and Worley Rosenberg in Rogaland:

Sval Energi’s 2023 program connected 11 mentees and 10 mentors over 6 months. After the mentoring period, 7 of 11 candidates had found a relevant job, and 11 of 11 candidates had gained new insights into the job-seeking process.

Please watch the film below to understand a little more about how we work and why people want to collaborate with us

Events

Sammen om en jobb Rogaland hosts weekly in-person events:

• Workshops about various aspects of job-seeking based on our program resources and guest speakers

• Intercultural discussion workshops hosted by program manager Tone, who is an anthropologist and certified intercultural trainer

We also host monthly mentor meetings.

To access a full list of events, please click here.

The mentor program Sammen om en jobb in Rogaland is free of charge for members. This is made possible by funding from Rogaland fylkeskommune, Stavanger kommune and Wilstar Foundation