Career Exploration
Get involved by exploring experiences, networks, and identity and utilizing tools and resources to help prepare for your next steps after graduate school.
Events
| Title | Description | Date | Provider |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statements of Teaching Philosophy: Writing |
Thu, August 12, 2021 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM See description. Increasingly, faculty positions in research and teaching streams require a statement of teaching philosophy as one component of a teaching portfolio or dossier. Teaching statements reflect personal beliefs about teaching and learning, but also reflect disciplinary cultures and institutional structures and norms in a particular context. |
12 August 2021 - 10:00am | Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication |
| Teaching Philosophy Statements: Show me the Good Stuff |
Tue, August 24, 2021 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM See description. Free. This event is part of the CTLT Summer Institute: https://institute.ctlt.ubc.ca/summer-institute/summer-institute-events/ |
24 August 2021 - 1:00pm | Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology |
| Employer Virtual Information Session: Konrad Group |
Wed, September 15, 2021 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM UBC Vancouver Campus. Konrad is hosting a live virtual information session for UBC students and alumni on September 15th from 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM PDT. Join us to learn more about Konrad, the work we do, and our amazing workplace culture. Following the session, you will have an opportunity to ask questions and speak to our hiring team. |
15 September 2021 - 12:00pm | Centre for Student Involvement and Careers |
| Employer Virtual Information Session: Isaac Operations |
Thu, September 16, 2021 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM UBC Vancouver Campus. About Isaac Operations |
16 September 2021 - 12:00pm | Centre for Student Involvement and Careers |
| Creating and Managing Your Academic Profile - Profile Tools |
Thu, September 30, 2021 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM See description. FREE. For more information and to register for this workshop visit: |
30 September 2021 - 11:00am | Library Research Commons |
| Employer Virtual Information Session: Isaac Operations |
Tue, October 12, 2021 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM UBC Vancouver Campus. About Isaac Operations |
12 October 2021 - 12:00pm | Centre for Student Involvement and Careers |
| Creating and Managing Your Academic Profile - Author IDs |
Wed, November 17, 2021 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM See description. FREE. For more information and to register for this workshop visit: |
17 November 2021 - 1:00pm | Library Research Commons |
Services
| Title | Description | Provider |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Centre for Student Involvement and Careers |
| 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. |
Centre for Student Involvement and Careers |
Resources
| Title | Description | Provider |
|---|---|---|
| Online Job and Volunteer Board |
Careers online is an online job and volunteer board for UBC students and alumni |
Centre for Student Involvement and Careers |
| 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 |
Centre for Student Involvement and Careers |
| 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. |
Centre for Student Involvement and Careers |
| 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. |
Centre for Student Involvement and Careers |
| Career Planning, Graduate |
Visit the graduate student career page for tools, resources, advice, and video stories to help guide your career planning and exploration. |
Centre for Student Involvement and Careers |
| 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). |
Centre for Student Involvement and Careers, Graduate Pathways to Success |
| 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). |
Centre for Student Involvement and Careers, Graduate Pathways to Success |
| 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). |
Centre for Student Involvement and Careers, Graduate Pathways to Success |
| 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. |
Centre for Student Involvement and Careers |
| Business Concepts for Life Scientists (Online, Self-paced) |
The purpose of this online, on-demand course is to enhance PhD scientists’ understanding of foundational business concepts. This business coursework is unique because it is designed to prepare scientists for career transitions into both academic and non-academic settings. The course comprises a series of three modules - Business Strategy, Finance and Business Development. |
iBiology |
| 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. |
alumni UBC, Centre for Student Involvement and Careers |
| 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. |
alumni UBC, Centre for Student Involvement and Careers |
| InterSECT Job Simulations |
InterSECT is an online platform that allows PhD-level scientists and humanists, regardless of professional stage, to explore future career options. Our goal is to provide true-to-life job simulation exercises that help individuals consider the following questions: What are my professional interests and skills? |
Graduate Pathways to Success |
| "Your Next Step" Podcast |
Do you want to feel inspired and motivated? Find out how, in the middle of a pandemic, our alumni from around the world are rethinking what it means to be a leader. Your Next Career Step is a podcast miniseries with a new episode airing every two weeks. On the first four episodes, we explore the idea of ‘Adapting through Change’. Now we will be taking you on a journey about exploring your possibilities. |
alumni UBC |
| GPS Workshop Materials, Recordings |
Materials, handouts, and recordings from many past Graduate Pathways to Success sessions, including our career and statistics series, are posted online here (cwl login required) |
Graduate Pathways to Success |