Malvika Kathpal is an internationally trained marketing and business operations professional with over 2 years of administrative work experience. She arrived in Canada on December 2018 and moved to Edmonton on November 2020. Having worked in content marketing for 8 years, she was looking to find work in an administrative role in Edmonton.
Akintola arrived to Canada in February of 2020 in the middle of a global pandemic. Having over 2 years of professional experience, he was full of hope of landing a job somewhere within the engineering sector. His timing was challenging! Not only did he found himself in the midst of a pandemic but also a global recession which would impact his opportunities in finding suitable work.
Elizabeth Wosu, is an internationally trained lawyer with over 4 years of a combined legal, privacy and administrative work experiences. She arrived in Canada on Christmas Eve of 2019. Her goal was to find a job where she could use her previous legal skills and experience while she works towards getting her license to practice law here in Canada.
Stantec takes pride on the impact they have made in the communities they serve. To demonstrate their commitment to supporting the community, Stantec has partnered with ERIEC for the second time to present a deserving Career Mentorship mentee with the opportunity to receive support that would help them to attain their professional educational goals, and succeed to their fullest ability in the STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) field.
“I spoke to many immigrants afterwards, and all of them asked me the same question, “What’s your secret? There is no secret. Pick up the phone and market yourself. Yes, it will make you a little uncomfortable at first, but trust me, the result is worth the hassle”, Kate says.