Career Calling Mentors, part of CAQA Groups
A free mentoring network that matches job seekers with experienced professionals. Tell us where you are and where you want to go; we match you with a checked mentor and introduce you.
What would help you most?
Mentors who help with Interview practice and Changing careers will rank first.
See my matchesAn illustration of how matching works. A person on our team confirms every match before anyone is introduced.
How it works
Mentees bring the goals. Mentors bring the experience. Our team makes the introduction.
Answer a few questions about your goals, field, stage, languages and how you like to meet. It takes a few minutes.
Our matcher ranks checked mentors against your answers and shows why each one fits. Pick up to three you would like to meet.
A member of our team reads your request, checks the fit with the mentor and introduces you both by email.
Start with a career conversation or a short program. You set the goals; your mentor shares what they have learned.
Tell us about your experience, the help you can offer and the time you have. It is voluntary and flexible.
We confirm your identity, review your LinkedIn profile or contact a referee, and ask for a Working with Children Check where it is relevant.
With your consent we publish a profile showing your first name and last initial, never your contact details.
When a request suits you we ask first. You can say no to any match, pause or step away at any time.
Mentors
Profiles show a first name and last initial, the help on offer and how each mentor likes to meet. Contact details are never shown.
Launching now
We are checking our first mentors before their profiles go live. Tell us what you need today and join the mentee waitlist: our team will match you as soon as a suitable mentor is ready.
Please try again in a moment, or call 1800 266 160 or email info@caqa.com.au and we will help you find a mentor.
Focus areas
Pick a focus to see mentors who offer it.
Make the first page count: structure, wording and a profile that tells your story.
Practise answers out loud with someone who has sat on the other side of the table.
Where roles are really advertised, how to follow up and how to keep momentum.
Work out which of your skills transfer and what a realistic first step looks like.
How to ask for a conversation, what to say and how to keep in touch.
Local workplace culture, how to describe overseas experience and where to start.
What a field is like day to day, from someone who works in it.
Whether more study would help, and which kind, before you spend time on it.
Speaking up, asking questions and settling in to a new team.
The first months of leading people: feedback, delegation and finding your style.
Updating your skills story after a break, and explaining the gap with confidence.
Testing an idea, the first customers and what to set up before you start.
Wherever you are starting from
Still studying and planning a first step into work.
Recently finished study and looking for a first role in the field.
Moving from one field to another and working out how skills transfer.
Coming back after a break for family, health, caring or study.
Building local experience, networks and an understanding of Australian workplaces.
Established, and thinking about the next move or a step up.
Programs
Start small with one conversation, or work towards a goal over a few weeks. All free for mentees.
A single conversation of about an hour with someone who works in the field you are curious about. Ask what the job is really like, what employers look for and where to start.
Free for mentees
A short, structured partnership. You agree goals in the first session, meet every week or fortnight, and finish with a plan for what comes next.
Free for mentees
Small group sessions led by a mentor from one industry. Hear how people got in, practise questions together and meet others on the same path.
Free for mentees
Career Calling family
A mentor shares experience. When you need a resume rewritten, structured coaching or a course, the Career Calling family can help too.
Questions
Yes. Mentoring through Career Calling Mentors is free for mentees. Our mentors are volunteers who give their time.
Experienced professionals from many industries who want to help others take their next step. Every mentor is checked by our team before a profile goes live.
You answer a few questions and the matcher ranks published mentors by industry, the help you need, the stage you are at, language and how you like to meet. It shows why each mentor matched. A person on our team then confirms every match before anyone is introduced.
No. A mentor shares experience, perspective and practical advice so you can make better decisions and present yourself well. They are not recruiters, and we cannot promise any job or outcome.
You can name up to three mentors you would like to meet. We try to match you with one of them, and if that is not possible we will suggest someone else and ask you first.
Mentoring is for adults by default. A mentee under 18 can take part only with a parent or guardian's consent and our team's approval, and only with a mentor who holds a Working with Children Check. We confirm the parent or guardian's consent before any match.
Never publicly. We share your first name and the goals you give us with a mentor only when you have asked to be matched and they have agreed. Introductions are made by our team.
Ask for a mentor, or offer an hour of your experience to someone starting out.
