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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employer Virtual Information Session: PwC |
Tue, October 19, 2021 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM UBC Vancouver Campus. PwC China Sourcing Initiative (CSI) |
19 October 2021 - 12:00pm | Centre for Student Involvement and Careers |
| 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 | Centre for Student Involvement and Careers |
| 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 | Centre for Student Involvement and Careers |
| 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 | Graduate Pathways to Success, Centre for Student Involvement and Careers |
| 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 | Graduate Pathways to Success, Centre for Student Involvement and Careers |
| 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 | Centre for Student Involvement and Careers |
| Your Next Step: Virtual Resume Review |
Wed, November 3, 2021 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM UBC Vancouver Campus. Whether you’re currently looking for a new job or planning for an upcoming change, it is essential you know how your resume is perceived by potential employers. In today’s economic environment it is more important than ever to ensure you know what employers are looking for as they select resumes from a stack of applicants. |
3 November 2021 - 5:00pm | alumni UBC |
| Building Your Project Network Map (Mitacs Training) |
This facilitated synchronous session, offered by Mitacs Training, is designed to help participants develop the skills needed to build a Network Map for their project. Participants will brainstorm a Networking Map for their Project. |
4 November 2021 - 9:30am | Mitacs Training |
| Your Next Step: Virtual Resume Review |
Thu, November 4, 2021 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM UBC Vancouver Campus. Whether you’re currently looking for a new job or planning for an upcoming change, it is essential you know how your resume is perceived by potential employers. In today’s economic environment it is more important than ever to ensure you know what employers are looking for as they select resumes from a stack of applicants. |
4 November 2021 - 12:00pm | alumni UBC |
| Your Next Step: Virtual Resume Review |
Thu, November 4, 2021 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM UBC Vancouver Campus. Whether you’re currently looking for a new job or planning for an upcoming change, it is essential you know how your resume is perceived by potential employers. In today’s economic environment it is more important than ever to ensure you know what employers are looking for as they select resumes from a stack of applicants. |
4 November 2021 - 5:00pm | alumni UBC |
| 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 | Centre for Student Involvement and Careers |
| 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 | Graduate Pathways to Success, 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 |
| Virtual Mock Interviews |
Wed, November 17, 2021 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM UBC Vancouver Campus. Interviews are the biggest opportunity to set yourself apart from competition and communicate your fit for a particular role. Too often, job searchers are so focused on applying for positions they neglect preparing for an interview until they have one around the corner. |
17 November 2021 - 5:00pm | alumni UBC |
| Building Your Project Network Map (Mitacs Training) |
This facilitated synchronous session, offered by Mitacs Training, is designed to help participants develop the skills needed to build a Network Map for their project. Participants will brainstorm a Networking Map for their Project. |
7 December 2021 - 9:30am | Mitacs Training |
| 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 | Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Counselling Services, Centre for Student Involvement and Careers |
| 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 | Graduate Pathways to Success, Centre for Student Involvement and Careers |
| 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 | Graduate Pathways to Success, Centre for Student Involvement and Careers |
| 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 | Centre for Student Involvement and Careers |
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 |
| 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: |
Centre for Student Involvement and Careers |
| Certificate Program in Advanced Teaching and Learning |
January 2022–February 2023 |
Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology |