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...
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....
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,...
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....
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...