This pandemic has given students the rare opportunity to study themselves
If you want to leave quarantine with a better understanding of yourself and your goals, ask yourself these three questions....
Building career resilience during a pandemic
By staying in touch with what you enjoy doing and finding out how that aligns with an ever-evolving labour market, you will be empowered to develop career resilience now and...
How to adapt experiential learning activities in the time of COVID-19
Experiential learning has been disrupted by the pandemic, but with these challenges come unique opportunities to creatively examine courses and programs and consider alternative ways to meet learning goals....
Online enrolments after COVID-19: some predictions for Canada
A much greater proportion of instructors will now have been exposed to online learning in one form or another, and that in itself is likely an important barrier that has...
Career practitioners are natural helpers, but what happens when they get overwhelmed?
While career practitioners may feel pressured to thrive at this time, recognizing that this situation may trigger various needs within us will help to normalize the feelings that come up,...
Degree vs. career mindset: who wins?
With a degree mindset, you are only focused on one goal. A career mindset takes a growth approach, creating a plan for where you want to go but being able...
Helping students start their job search – there’s a podcast for that
A podcast from the University of Alberta explores the career paths of alumni, and also offers job search advice....
Silver medalist syndrome: how to cope with being the runner-up in a work search
Instead of focusing on the negative aspects of “coming second,” jobseekers need to address the issues that are within their control and shift their perspective....
Supporting student success requires looking out for their mental health
Establish student-oriented career support programs: Research has shown that career prospects and financial confidence are two of the biggest predictors of graduate student life satisfaction. Establishing graduate student specific career centres, resources,...
Women who take extended maternity leave face a tougher return to work
Institutional inflexibility around the still female-biased workload of parenting, a workaholic culture, and a paucity of financial and logistical family-friendly support structures, remain key hypotheses for why women leave academia....