Job Search Strategies – Telling Your Story

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Date & Time

Wednesday, January 22, 2025
10:00 am to 11:00 am

Location

Online

Offered by

Graduate Pathways to Success and UBC Career Centre

Registration Opens

Monday, 13 January 2025 - 9:00am
 
 

In today's competitive job market, a compelling career narrative is essential for standing out during networking, in job applications, and when interviewing. This session will guide participants through the process of designing a cohesive and impactful career narrative through articulation of skills, experiences, and values in alignment with career goals, strategically tailoring one’s story to resonate with specific audiences, including employers and professional contacts, and applying storytelling techniques to enhance resumes, cover letters, networking conversations, and interview responses.

Please note this event will be recorded. Recording will be posted here.

Launch of Our Career Workshop Series

We're excited to announce the launch of our Career Workshop Series, a collaborative effort with the UBC Careers Centre. This series offers 9 workshops – 7 online and 2 in-person – designed to guide you on your career journey.

Choose the workshops that best suit your needs and save the date!

Workshop Schedule:

Facilitator

Rebecca Dirnfeld, MA, is a Career Educator who works with the UBC Career Centre to support graduate students at UBC. She has a Career and Work Counselling Diploma from George Brown College. Her past experience includes leading the graduate student career education portfolio for graduate studies and managing the MBA careers team at Toronto Metropolitan University, and in providing career advising to business students as a team member of SFU’s Beedie Career Management Centre. Rebecca is also a part-time graduate student in UBC’s EDST MA program.

Registration Information

General registration is open on Monday, January 13th at 9 am.

Registration is open to current UBC graduate students. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email at the e-mail associated with your community.grad.ubc.ca account. If you experience any difficulty using the online registration tool, please e-mail us at graduate.pathways@ubc.ca.

Please email us if you are registered and are no longer able to attend this event.

Accessibility

If you have a disability or medical condition that may affect your full participation in the event, please email graduate.pathways@ubc.ca, 604-827-4578, well in advance of the event.