In an Australia and New Zealand wide first, the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) in collaboration with Emberin, is pleased to announce the launch of the new Drive Your Career mentoring program designed to support men and women to reach their potential in the food, beverage, manufacturing and packaging industries.

The AIP Drive Your Career mentoring program which is supported by collaborative associations APPMA, LATMA, PAC NZ and SPE, is an industry program designed for everyone; whether you are starting out in your career or in need of a kick-start.

The program is a powerful, self-paced development one that transforms men and women professionally and personally. It has a unique and proven learning format and the learnings are manageable, sustained and practical.

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

The AIP Drive Your Career mentoring program is a newly-improved version of the Ignite Packaging initiative that the Institute successfully launched in 2014 and is designed to cater for ALL stages of the career cycle to give a new jump start.

According to Maureen Frank, Managing Director of Emberin:

"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 process around what they believe may be possible for them, as individuals – and then - act on it with great success.

The AIP Drive Your Career mentoring program will allow you to focus on yourself for the 12 week program – and that is something that we, as, in our busy lives, rarely do."

The 2015 AIP Drive Your Career program was launched at the 2015 National Technical Forums which were held alongside AUSPACK. Expressions of Interest are now open and applications close on Friday the 8th of May.

The AIP invites every company in the industry to 'sponsor' two participants in the Drive Your Career mentoring program. To access an application form email [email protected].