We have a couple of mentorship programs. The one I was referring to earlier is our community youth team. It's mentorship, but it's more of a business experience and leadership development program, and as I said, I think it's unique in its industry. There are a lot of financial services organizations that do co-op programs with university students, but you don't see it happening typically at the grade 11 or 12 level.
We've found it to be a wonderful program. These kids, first off, have to go through quite a process to become one of our 25 or 30 successful candidates. They have to submit resumés. They have to go through interviews. There's quite a bit of competition for it.
What we find with these women and young men is that they are very enthusiastic. That's why we've made the connection. If we can give them not just the business training but also put them in the community events we sponsor—and we do a lot of this at Coast Capital—that enthusiasm for the organization comes through.
It gives them public speaking opportunities as well. They actually have to organize a lot of the events. They're getting business training in the branches; they get to work as customer service representatives, and they get some shadow training on other jobs. They also get this wonderful public speaking and organizational experience. I think it is really good. A number of these kids have gone on to work with us on a full-time basis.
In our other mentorship program—and I'm sure Ms. Moore has this at Chubb as well—we identify high-potential individuals. In our organization they are as likely to be women as they are to be men, just because of the nature of our organization today. They are mentored. They're given special leadership training and leadership assignments on projects that are important to the organization. I think that's a really great way of developing female talent within the organization. When they work on important projects and bring those to fruition, it raises the profile of these individuals, and everybody wants them on their team.