Yasser
26 years old
Syrian
You are job-hunting? You don’t know where to start and you would like to benefit from appropriate and personalised advice from somebody with experience? DUO for a JOB will provide you with all this. By your side for a period of 6 months and on a weekly basis for 2 to 3 hours at a time, you and your mentor will put everything in place to launch your professional career.
To be eligible for the programme, you must :
- Be between 18 and 33 years old
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Have a non-EU nationality OR be Belgian with an immigration background (at least a parent or grandparent was born outside of EU)
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Be able to express yourself in English, French or Dutch
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Have a valid Belgian residency card (no student visa or orange card)
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Be active in your job search
A few testimonies from our mentees...
"It is thanks to people like Joëlle that I am starting to feel at home in Belgium. " says Samsam. " Here I can live my life in a safe environment and look to the future with a smile."
Samsam & Joëlle, 2018
"I adore DUO; A team that is both professional and honest. I love the spirit and energy that reigns there. It can just simply make life better!"
Yasser, 25 years old
"DUO for me is just the programme I needed. It allowed me to progress in my search for employment. I gained experience. I regret that I did not hear about this programme much sooner but I am very proud of all that I have gained from it."
Francine, 30 years old
"I have learned so much. Thanks to DUO, I have regained confidence in myself. I had run out of ideas. I was lost and now I have found myself."
Ali, 22 years old
"I know it is not the main goal of DUO, but Pascale gave me incredible moral support. " replies Afaf. " Pascale was there not only to advise me on my search for work, she gave me much more than that."
Afaf & Pascale, 2018
"I am motivated to have a coordinator as Anaïs and a mentor as Sabine who do everything for my project. I have a joie de vivre in a friendly and pleasant environment with all their kindness."
Marie-Ange, 24 years old
"DUO is a means of doubling one’s capacity."
Chris, 31 years old
"I learned so many valuable things, and Joe?lle gave me so much psychological support! " says Jean-Hubert. " Now I have a correctly structured CV that has been checked for errors. I also learned so much during the practice interview."
Jean-Hubert & Joëlle, 2018
"Excellent experience with a lot of motivating exchanges."
Nazir, 26 years old
"It’s exactly the mentor I wanted!"
Lizhen, 29 years old
"I hadn’t met a single person like him in Belgium. We’ve really built a relationship of trust. " says Khalid. " And needless to say, I will continue to meet with him once I actually start working."
Khalid & Jean-Louis , 2018
"This experience led to several job interviews. I met some wonderful people who invested so much in order to help us find work."
Arlette, 27 years old
"Thanks to DUO, I learned a lot."
Mokhtar, 25 years old
Discover our programme
The DUO mentoring in a click
What is mentoring?
50 professional fields represented
Some examples: trade, administration, accountancy, IT, food and beverage industry, logistics and health.
70 nationality of origin
From Africa, Asia, south America, the Middle East, either nationality or related to…
All levels
No diploma or an engineer, CESS (end of secondary school certificate) or masters, recognised or not, no prerequisites required.
73% success rate
Internships, training, or a job within 12 months.
Meet our mentees!
Tiguidanke
31 years old
Guinean
Safia
26 years old
Belgian of Moroccan origin
Rana
31 years old
Egyptian
Ousmane
28 years old
Burkina Faso
Mariama
22 years old
Guinean
Léa
29 years old
Cameroon
Ibrahima
24 years old
Guinea
Francine
30 years old
Congolese
Eric
24 years old
Cameroonian
Corylle
30 years old
Cameroon
Chris
31 years old
Belgian of Congolese origin
Aristide
32 years old
Cameroon
Ali
22 years old
Pakistan
Ali Hassan
29 years old
Djibouti