Mentorship Night – Workplace Readiness: Transferable Skills Valued by Employers
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
- In-person event
- 270-274, Teraanga Commons, Carleton University
- 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6
- Contact
- Sharmila Antonipillai, WIE@cunet.carleton.ca
Description
Mentorship Nights are for women students to participate in a roundtable mentorship opportunity with working professionals from leading engineering and IT companies. Join us for the second mentorship event of the winter semester to explore the transferable skills employers value across industries.
During this session, you will:
- Learn how to confidently identify their strengths, articulate their value in interviews and position themselves as workplace-ready professionals.
- Discover how to translate academic projects, co-op opportunities, volunteer work and extracurricular involvement into career-ready competencies.
- Gain practical insights on how to identify, articulate and confidently showcase your skills and strengths in interviews and workplace.
Whether you’re preparing for your first internship or planning your next career move, this event will equip you with the tools and confidence to take that step forward.
Who can attend?
We encourage women from all backgrounds and identities to join this Mentorship Night, especially women students in a Carleton University Bachelor, Master’s or Doctoral program, of: engineering, IT, applied science, computer science, mathematics, or physics. We are committed to creating spaces that are welcoming and supportive to women of all backgrounds, intersecting identities, and experiences – including racialized women, women with disabilities, Indigenous women, etc.
Thank you to our program partners!
Thank you to CAE, CIRA, Ellisdon, Hydro Ottawa, Ross Video, Solace and WSP Canada for making this event possible!