For the sixth consecutive year, Century 21 Excel has had the pleasure of participating in Projet Classes Affaires, an initiative allowing secondary students to obtain 35 hours of experience on the job market in the sector of their choice. Therefore, June 23^rd was the day we met with Dana Hishmih, student of D’Anjou High School: a charming, intelligent, interesting and enthusiastic girl – in short, the ideal student.

We passed a thoroughly enjoyable week together, and Dana learned several aspects of real estate from an administrative point of view: processing listings and sales of properties, customer service, and the thousand and one daily tasks of the office secretary: answering the telephone, doing correspondence, billing.

Even if the goal of Projet Classes Affaires is to enrich academic skills with concrete job experience, nonetheless, the experience has proved to be extremely enriching for me as well.

Since 2001, more than 6 400 students had the opportunity to be welcomed into 600 stage settings. Century 21 Excel is proud to be among the hundreds of professional mentors who made this commitment of community involvement and who had a direct impact on the social development and career orientation of high school youth.

If you would like your office to participate in this unique endeavor which allows students to discover the job market, we invite you to communicate with Mrs. Maude Lajeunesse, Recruiting Assistant: mlajeuness@projetclassesaffaires.ca

Dana is a hard worker, but she still has fun doing her job!

At left: Nicole Moronval, office secretary and professional mentor; at center: Frank Mercurio, Century 21 Excel Director; at right: Dana Hishmih, student.