Plan My Career
- Discover who I am
- Learn about your personality, interests, values, skills, and abilities; start to define your career goals; and begin to shortlist your options
- Explore my options
- Learn how to conduct occupational research, options for studying and working, and trends in the world of work
- Choose my direction
- Learn how to evaluate your options, make a decision, and take action
- Achieve my goals
- Learn how to define and reach your goals through goal setting exercises, work and volunteer opportunities, extracurricular involvement, networking, and professional development activities.
- Join the workforce
- Learn how to write a resume, develop your interview skills, network like a pro, and find the hidden (and not-so-hidden) job market
- Continue to develop
- Learn about re-careering, relocating, leaving a job, losing a job, and professional development
- Home page
- Go to the Plan My Career home page
Plan My Career is an interactive resource to help you find focus and direction within your career, and give you the tools you need to achieve your career goals.To begin, simply click on any of the puzzle pieces. If you are not quite ready to jump in, check out Where to begin.
And remember...it's great to have all this information at your finger tips but if you get stuck you can always contact your Student Employment & Career Centre (SECC) to ask a question, join a career assessment workshop, drop in to a QuickTalk, or meet individually with a career counsellor.
Where to begin
Feeling lost? Confused? Lacking direction? Discover who I am is great starting point. This section is packed full of career assessments to help you figure out where you want to go!
Maybe you have already figured out the type of career you are looking for but just need more information about your options. In Explore my options you can explore programs, occupations, industries, and entrepreneurship.
If you have researched your options and are ready to make a decision, Choose my direction
can help you more clearly define your career needs,
narrow your focus, evaluate your options, and choose a clear direction.
Perhaps you are unsure of how to accomplish your goals. Achieve my goals
will guide you to academic advising, scholarships,
exchanges, internships, volunteering, and how to build your
employability skills.
Ready for a job? Whether part-time, summer or permanent employment Join the workforce
will walk you through how to
prepare your resume, craft your cover letter, search for opportunities, secure the job, and
succeed in the workplace.
Perhaps
you are working but have been thinking about
change or want to learn how to maintain your career’s momentum. Continue to develop looks at re-careering, professional development, personal growth, and dealing with the dynamics of career change.
Upcoming at the SECC