{"id":42576,"date":"2026-02-19T10:54:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T15:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/?post_type=cu_event&#038;p=42576"},"modified":"2026-02-23T10:38:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T15:38:05","slug":"mentorship-night-workplace-readiness","status":"publish","type":"cu_event","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/event\/mentorship-night-workplace-readiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Mentorship Night &#8211; Workplace Readiness: Transferable Skills Valued by Employers"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        \n    <\/h1>\n    \n        <\/header>\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    <div class=\"cu-buttongroup cu-component-updated flex flex-wrap md:flex-1 gap-3 md:gap-5 justify-start\">\n                                                                        <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fa12608e wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#registration-form\">Register to Attend!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"description\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Description<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During this session, you will:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Learn how to confidently identify their strengths<\/strong>, articulate their value in interviews and position themselves as workplace-ready professionals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Discover how to translate<\/strong> academic projects, co-op opportunities, volunteer work and extracurricular involvement into career-ready competencies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Gain practical insights<\/strong> on how to identify, articulate and confidently showcase your skills and strengths in interviews and workplace.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you\u2019re 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"who-can-attend\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who can attend?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We encourage women from all backgrounds and identities to join this Mentorship Night, especially women students in a Carleton University Bachelor, Master\u2019s 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 \u2013 including racialized women, women with disabilities, Indigenous women, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"thank-you-to-our-program-partners\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thank you to our program partners!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cae.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CAE<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cira.ca\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CIRA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellisdon.com\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.ellisdon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ellisdon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hydroottawagroup.com\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/hydroottawagroup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hydro Ottawa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rossvideo.com\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.rossvideo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ross Video<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/solace.com\/company\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/solace.com\/company\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Solace<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsp.com\/en-ca\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.wsp.com\/en-ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WSP Canada<\/a> for making this event possible!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"registration-form\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Registration Form<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":499,"featured_media":42577,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_event_type":[583,484,465],"cu_event_audience":[6],"class_list":["post-42576","cu_event","type-cu_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_event_type-edi","cu_event_type-mentorship-nights","cu_event_type-wieit-program","cu_event_audience-current-students"],"acf":{"cu_event_start_date":"2026-03-18 17:30:00","cu_event_end_date":"2026-03-18 19:30:00","cu_event_location_type":"in-person","cu_event_meeting_address_type":"on-campus","cu_building":"TC","cu_event_meeting_room":"270-274","cu_event_meeting_address_full":null,"cu_event_virtual_type":"tbd","cu_event_virtual_meeting_link":"","cu_post_thumbnail":"","cu_event_cost":"","cu_event_registration":"","cu_event_secondary_button":"","cu_event_contact_name":"Sharmila Antonipillai","cu_event_email":"WIE@cunet.carleton.ca","cu_event_phone":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/42576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/499"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/42576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42620,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/42576\/revisions\/42620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_type?post=42576"},{"taxonomy":"cu_event_audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_audience?post=42576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}