Summarizing the research, these surveys suggest that the higher the degree level, the higher the student anxiety and the lower the perceived support around career development. The data makes one aspect...

Recent reports indicate that graduate students not only face several barriers to transitioning into a career, but also that the paths they take are diverse and sometimes surprising. With numerous...

Although university education is completely customizable, most students stay on the same beaten track, and then wonder why they can’t find a job after graduation. They don’t understand that the...

The federally funded Future Skills Centre has an ambitious mandate that includes funding and evaluating new approaches to skills development in Canada. Last week, the Centre made a big step...

Not having a job that brings a person joy can lead to disengagement, poor productivity, substance abuse, mental health issues, and more. Universities should be mitigating this major societal problem...

Some secret interviews are built into the formal interview process, and are secret only from candidates who assume that decisions start and end with the official interviewers. When you go...

The much-talked about skills gap at universities is actually a “skills awareness gap.” Competency mapping was not critical when students were promoted within academic institutions, but these days, those jobs...

Deborah Saucier says she has often heard comments aimed at Indigenous Canadians that they should “just get over it,” referring to the injustices they’ve suffered throughout the country’s history. To...

While the traditional career centre services are in place and as popular as ever – with individual career advising, workshops and, yes, that resumé consultation near the top – most...

As failure CVs make the rounds, they confirm that even very successful careers are built on a series of missteps and losses. It’s not the only kind of atypical CV that...