A guide for running a job shadow program
These programs offer the chance to explore new career paths, make connections in a field of interest and facilitate future employment....
Do grad students perceive career resources as valuable?
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...
Pulling together: A collaborative model for student-centred career support
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...
Wayfinding and research as key work-integrated learning strategies
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...
Future Skills Centre looks at scaling up best practices for Canada’s workforce
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...
Career exploration needs to start before students graduate
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...
The secret job interview: three times when you might not even know it is happening
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...
Informational interviews can prepare students for our hypercompetitive economy
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...
MacEwan president outlines how reconciliation became a priority at her university
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...
Campus career centres step up to better serve students
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...