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The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) and Emberin have launched a new Drive Your Career Mentoring program at AUSPACK, for men and women to the food, beverage, manufacturing and packaging industries. The 2015 AIP Drive Your Career program was launched at the 2015 National Technical Forums, held beside AUSPACK.

It is supported by collaborative associations APPMA, LATMA, PAC NZ and SPE. And it is an industry program designed for everyone, whether you are starting your career or in need of a new kickstart. 

The self-paced development program helps men and women to transform professionally and personally, with a proven learning format and knowledge that is are manageable, sustained and practical. 

The program enables participants to master new skills and techniques over a 12 week period that allows them to create new patterns of behaviour, increased self-esteem and confidence in their own abilities. They will also have access to fortnightly webinars with guest speakers from within our industry. 

The AIP Drive Your Career Mentoring program is a an updated and improved version of the Ignite Packaging initiative that the AIP launched so succesffuly in 2014. 

Maureen Frank, managing director of Emberin commented, “the AIP Drive Your Career Mentoring Program is all about you – your life, your career and your growth as a person and your development as a leader in all parts of your life, including your family, your community and your organisation. 

“Through our other mentoring programs we have personally witnessed some phenomenal changes in individuals – from astonishing career moves, to life balance plans that work, to winning new customers and clients. In all we have seen participants move their own mindsets. They have been able to shift their thought processes around what they believe may be possible for them, as individuals and then act on it with great success. 

Expressions of Interest are now open and applications close on Friday 8 May. 

The AIP invites every company in the industry to ‘sponsor’ two participants in the Drive Your Career Mentoring program. Application forms are available by email.

 

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