Employer Mentor

HMLC student, job shadowing at Gladys Baisa's office

Sharing Knowledge and Insight with Tomorrow’s Workforce

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us. What we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal. ~ Albert Pine

Program Goals: To partner with Maui business leaders and community members to create community venues to highlight Hui Malama Learning Center (HMLC) student learning in the area of Science, Technology, Engineering and  Math (STEM) as it relates to sustainable living on Maui. In addition, to share knowledge with Maui’s community about sustainable living, Hui Malama’s programming and to raise funds to convert Hui Malama Learning Center to a green, sustainable structure which also serves as a living classroom for STEM subjects. Finally, to recruit Employer Mentors for Hui Malama’s Employer Mentoring program to provide knowledge and insight to tomorrow’s workforce.

Hui Malama Learning Center Business Partnership – Employer Mentoring Program

What Hui Malama Learning Center offers to Maui business and employer mentors

  • Student Volunteers – HMLC will send 1-2 students to employer-mentor businesses as regular, weekly volunteers (2 hrs. per week per student, possibly more).
  • Market Display – representation at present and future public venues.
  • Tax Breaks – available for employer-mentor time/monetary donations to a non-profit. HMLC logs and tracks all time and money donated throughout entire project(s).
  • Press Release – HMLC sends pictures/videos/press release to Maui News and other local media outlets, describing participation and donations to HMLC.
  • Advertisement – Employer-mentors may receive company name on HMLC van, describing involvement, commitment. One-month advertisement purchases also available.

What Employer-Mentor offer to Hui Malama Learning Center

  • On-Campus Presentation – Employer-mentor will spend one hour at HMLC campus with students, describing what their company does, what their company is all about. HMLC will encourage presenters to bring hands-on materials, displays, PowerPoint presentations, etc.
  • Facility/Career Tour – Students take guided field trip to employer-mentor’s facility as part of career exposure program.
  • Job Shadowing – One to two students participate in a job shadowing activity of employer-mentor’s choice with their company (e.g., students take roof measurements and calculations in order to install Solar PV panels, student participates in energy audit process).
  • Unpaid internship – One to two selected job shadow students and student volunteers move on to the unpaid internship program with employer-mentor company.  They are taken through various employer roles and responsibilities (e.g., human resources exposure, administrative duties, record keeping, filing, hiring processes, etc.).
  • Personal mentoring – One to two students spend one hour per week, per student, over lunch, speaking with two of employer-mentors selected employees about career choices, life decisions, goals, etc. Lunch provided by HMLC.

Please contact us at huimalama@mauihui.org or (808) 244-5911 to learn more about our employer-mentor program.