Career Coaching Programs
mediaLEADERS-STARTUP
MI's STARTUP program is designed to provide media professionals with the career fundamentals that give candidates a competitive edge. Participants will understand and articulate their functional specialty in the marketplace, have the portfolio materials and positioning statement to support it, and be able to tie their skills and successes to the business mandate of an organization they are pursuing.
- Access to job alert system
- Short term goals analysis
- Paper & electronic portfolio review
- Job search research & strategy
- Interview & hire negotiation skills
mediaLEADERS-STARTUP - GROUP SESSIONS
Recognizing the career management needs of emerging and newly established media professionals, MI created a service that allows groups of 3-5 people to share their experience as they participate in an intensive two-hour session that covers portfolio review, strategic job search and interview best practices. Groups are scheduled on Saturday mornings. This is a great opportunity to invite friends and colleagues, form your own group of peers, and benefit from a discounted rate at the same time!
mediaLEADERS-PREMIUM
MI's PREMIUM plan rewards our mediaLEADERS and takes career management to a new level - recommended for mid to senior managers to help them intelligently and concertedly move up the ladder. This interactive program has a MI career coach dedicated to your ongoing success, provides supportive career management e-learning materials, and strategic introductions and referrals.
- Integrated service over employment life-cycle
- Customized, industry-specific career pathing, tailored to individual goals
- MI Knowledge Packs
- Career development & exit strategies
- Access to proprietary database & VIP referrals
- Ongoing telephone & email support
- mediaMIXER Loyalty programs
mediaCAREER-REBOOT
MI's mediaCAREER-REBOOT program is designed to help entrepreneurs and media professionals in transition. Need we say more? Don't struggle with being under-employed... find ways to develop business around your core expertise while you wait for the next job offer!
- Portfolio building and marketing for entrepreneurs & transitioners
- Customized skills assessments and professional development strategies to identify and reposition transferable skills
- Facilitate the leap to 2.0
- Sector-specific portfolio packaging and marketing for transition
- Creation of on-ramps to (domestic & international) public, green, non-profit, social and educational sectors
- Management of business development cycle
mediaDIVERSITY-CAREERMANAGEMENT
MI's mediaDIVERSITY-CAREERMANAGEMENT workshop offers new Canadians seeking to find employment in the broadcasting and cultural industries. This program helps the skilled immigrant know where they are, helps them decide where to go, and gives them the tools, the strategy and the critical support to get where they want to be.
- Old ways v. new ways; skills assessments & knowledge areas; short-mid-long term goals
- Industry & Sector environmental scans; building job search database
- Portfolio building & marketing per Canadian standards; identify and market your subject matter expertise
- Sourcing and responding to job ads; networking; interviewing; securing the role & salary desired
mediaLEADERS are encouraged to ask about MI's new e-learning Knowledge Notebooks. Building on the success of our Playbackonline.ca career Blog, we have an entire menu of electronic notebooks on numerous topics related to career management. And yes, our e-learning notebooks are specifically tailored to the media industry! Design and purchase your own knowledge pack today!