Centre for Student Involvement and Careers
UBC Centre for Student Involvement & Careers (CSI&C) offers a variety of services and resources aimed at assisting graduate students with career guidance and development, including 1-1 career advising. Events include employer information sessions, recruitment fairs, and workshops.
Events
| Title | Description | Date | Theme |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alumni Office Hours with Tamara Osseiran, Product Designer II, Yahoo! |
Thu, October 21, 2021 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM See description. How I Broke Into Product Design Without a UX Background |
21 October 2021 - 3:30pm | Career Exploration |
| Employer Virtual Information Session: Interfor |
Tue, October 26, 2021 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM UBC Vancouver Campus. Interfor has a plan to unleash your potential and launch your career. We provide practical, meaningful experiences working alongside the best in the industry – dedicated people who care about your success. Plus, you’ll be working with the industry’s latest technologies and innovations. |
26 October 2021 - 12:00pm | Career Exploration |
| Resume & Cover Letter |
Cover Letters and Resumes are crucial elements of a job application package. This workshop will help you understand:
The live session will include opportunities for Q & A. |
26 October 2021 - 12:30pm | Career Exploration, Professional Effectiveness, Writing and Communication |
| Leveraging your Strengths to Strategize for Success |
Quick – tell us the top five things you are good at! Can you do it? Or would it be easier to tell us the things you’re not good at? The truth is many of us spend more time focused on (and trying to fix) what we’re not good at, instead of discovering, appreciating, and cultivating our strengths. |
27 October 2021 - 10:00am | Career Exploration, Health and Wellness |
| Employer Virtual Information Session: RBC Capital Markets |
Thu, October 28, 2021 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM UBC Vancouver Campus. RBC Student Career Series - Capital Markets Curious about a career in Capital Markets? Not sure what Capital Markets is all about? Join us during this panel session to learn more about the recruitment process as well as roles and opportunities in RBC Capital Markets. Q &A session will conclude the event. |
28 October 2021 - 12:00pm | Career Exploration |
| UBC Career Day Virtual Fair 2021 |
Tue, November 9, 2021 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM UBC Vancouver Campus. Attend UBC’s annual Career Day Virtual Fair on November 9, 2021 on CareersOnline from 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM PST. |
9 November 2021 - 11:00am | Career Exploration |
| Employer Virtual Information Session: FDM Group |
Wed, November 10, 2021 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM UBC Vancouver Campus. Are you interested in full-time jobs in Programming and Technology? |
10 November 2021 - 12:00pm | Career Exploration |
| Getting the Most Out of your Academic Experience: Designing your Grad School Strategy |
Take the lead of your education and hone your career intentions! |
17 November 2021 - 10:00am | Academic Support and Success, Career Exploration |
| Industry Nights – Building a Sustainable World: Careers in the Green Economy |
Tue, November 30, 2021 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM UBC Vancouver Campus. Industry Nights – Building a Sustainable World: Careers in the Green Economy |
30 November 2021 - 3:00pm | Career Exploration, Community and Network Building |
| Grad Wellness Series: Career Uncertainty |
This is the second session in the Graduate Wellness series. The sessions are designed to offer additional mental health and wellbeing support geared specifically towards graduate students and centered around known stressors many graduate students are faced with. The series is a partnership between the Office of the Vice-President Students, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and graduate studen |
9 December 2021 - 12:00pm | Career Exploration, Health and Wellness |
| Interviews |
Interviews are one of the most stressful elements in the job search process. This workshop will cover the following aspects of the interview process: |
19 January 2022 - 1:00pm | Career Exploration, Writing and Communication |
| Negotiating Job Offers |
Negotiation is a common part of the hiring process, and many applicants find this part intimidating. This workshop will cover:
This session also includes an interactive part to practice job negotiation with your peers. |
2 February 2022 - 12:30pm | Career Exploration, Writing and Communication |
| Academic CV |
Your CV is one of the most important components of your profile as an academic and researcher. If you have questions about organization, structure, or how to use the CV to highlight your accomplishments, you may benefit from this workshop. |
10 February 2022 - 1:00pm | Academic Support and Success, Career Exploration, Professional Effectiveness |
Services
| Title | Description | Theme |
|---|---|---|
| One-to-One Advising, Career |
Current UBC graduate students and recent alumni (within 1 year of graduation) can access individual advising appointments via Zoom, Skype, or phone. Topics for these conversations include: career options/exploration, job search, networking, interviews, resume, academic CVs. etc. To book an appointment, please log in to Careers Online . If you are having difficulty identifying an appointment time that works with your schedule, please email to request an alternate time |
Career Exploration |
| Graduate Career Advising |
Same-day "drop-in" appointments are available on Friday mornings. These appointments become available for booking at 9am every Friday morning, and can be booked through Careers Online. |
Career Exploration |
Resources
| Title | Description | Theme |
|---|---|---|
| Online Job and Volunteer Board |
Careers online is an online job and volunteer board for UBC students and alumni |
Career Exploration |
| Career Resources for Students of Colour |
Navigating your career options and seeking employment are two important components of your experience as a UBC student and future alumnus. The Centre for Student Involvement and Careers has a resource page dedicated to answering your questions and providing campus & community resources to help you thrive |
Career Exploration, Community and Network Building, Professional Effectiveness |
| Career Resources for Students with Disabilities |
Navigating your career options and seeking employment are two important components of your experience as a UBC student and future alumnus. The Centre for Student Involvement and Careers has a resource page dedicated to answering your questions and providing campus & community resources to help you thrive. |
Career Exploration, Community and Network Building, Professional Effectiveness |
| Career Resources for LGBTQ+ Students |
Navigating your career options and seeking employment are two important components of your experience as a UBC student and future alumnus. The Centre for Student Involvement and Careers has a resource page dedicated to answering your questions and providing campus & community resources to help you thrive. |
Career Exploration, Community and Network Building, Professional Effectiveness |
| Career Planning, Graduate |
Visit the graduate student career page for tools, resources, advice, and video stories to help guide your career planning and exploration. |
Career Exploration, Community and Network Building, Professional Effectiveness |
| Individual Development Plan, Sciences |
My IDP is a unique, web-based career-planning tool tailored to meet the needs of PhD students and postdocs in the sciences. This website was developed by AAAS/Science, the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), and experts from several universities (see authors on their site). |
Academic Support and Success, Career Exploration |
| Individual Development Plan, Humanities and Social Sciences |
ImaginePhD is a free online career exploration and planning tool for PhD students and postdoctoral scholars in the humanities and social sciences. The ImaginePhD project is powered by the Graduate Career Consortium (https://gradcareerconsortium.org/; GCC). |
Academic Support and Success, Career Exploration |
| Individual Development Plan, Health |
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has developed an online Individual Development Plan (IDP) and resources. The IDP is a tool that supports graduate students and PDFs in actively preparing for the career(s) of their choice by exploring career paths, establishing career goals, and identifying skill gaps, culminating in an action plan to achieve their career goal(s). |
Academic Support and Success, Career Exploration |
| Resumes, Covers Letters, and CVs |
This site provides samples and video tutorials to help target and tailor your resumes, cover letters & curricula vitae. See here for additional examples of grad-specific Cover letter, CV and resume templates. |
Career Exploration, Professional Effectiveness |
| The UBC Hub, Online Career Mentors |
Create a free profile on The UBC Hub to connect with a UBC alumni mentor from anywhere in the world. Gain insight on global job markets and industries, receive feedback on your job search materials and online profile, or conduct informational interviews. |
Career Exploration, Community and Network Building |
| Your Next Step page |
Your Next Step brings together valuable career resources from across UBC to help graduating students and alumni make the most of their talents, interests, and education in a changing world of work. |
Career Exploration, Community and Network Building |
| LinkedIn Learning |
All degree-seeking UBC Vancouver students have full access to LinkedIn Learning, a platform for online learning focused on technical skills and professional development, until July 2022. Develop employable skills and test out career options by accessing 16,000 short videos, audio segments and courses. Course topics include: |
Academic Support and Success, Career Exploration, Professional Effectiveness, Writing and Communication |