- Plan your 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
Achieve my goals
Making the most of your time at school requires financial planning and participating in activities that show your willingness to get involved, take initiative, and take advantage of opportunities to develop yourself. Remember that your formal education is only one aspect of your employability!Planning and Paying for Your Education
Knowing what courses you need to take and how you are going to pay for your education are both very important parts of planning your career.
- Academic Advising
- Paying for classes
- Canada Saskatchewan Integrated Student Loans
- Can Learn
- Student Awards
- Scholarships Canada
- Government of Canada International Scholarship
- Canadian Federation of University Women
Summer and Part-time Employment
Part-time and summer jobs are not “just jobs”. They can help build essential skills like teamwork, time-management, and problem solving. These jobs can also help you figure out the kinds of work you like to do, what you are good at, and your work values.
Volunteering and Getting Involved
Volunteering and community involvement are rewarding ways to ‘test drive’ careers, gain valuable work experience, and create contacts! Employers like to see candidates that are well-rounded and take initiative to participate in their community.
- Campus Clubs and Student Societies
- Canadian Executive Service Organization
- Charity Village
- Cross Cultural Solutions
- CUSO International
- Global Gathering Place
- Global Vision International
- Idealist
- Katimavik
- Planet Volunteer
- Projects Abroad
- Volunteer Saskatoon
- Volunteer Canada
- Volunteer International
- Volunteer Abroad
- Transitions Abroad
- Uniterra
- World University Service of Canada
- Youth Challenge International
Internships and Exchanges
Internships and exchanges allow you to about different cultures and work environments, diversify your skills, and, perhaps, experience another part of the world!
- UofS Study Abroad
- UofS Internships, Co-ops and Experience
- AFS Canada
- AIESEC Saskatoon
- Campus Access
- Canadem-International Career Advancement Placements
- Canada World Youth
- Canadian Foundation for the Americas (FOCAL)
- Career Edge
- CIDA International Youth Internship Program
- Cross Cultural Solutions
- Exchanges Canada
- Foreign Affairs Canada International Youth Programs
- Frangeovic
- Global Placement
- Global Vision
- Horizon Cosmopolite
- Idealist
- INROADS Canada
- Internship
- Internship UK
- Parliamentary Information and Research Service Internship Program
- Rooftops Canada
- Saskatchewan Gradworks
- SWAP
- Transitions Abroad
- Young Canada Works
Networking
Networking is about building relationships with people through formal meetings, informal conversations/gatherings, by telephone, through email, spontaneous and/or planned occasions. It's one of the most valuable activities in career orientation, information gathering and opportunity-seeking!
- Networking How to Guide
- Occupational Research Guide
- SECC Career Resource Library
- Upcoming Information Sessions
- Career Fairs
Graduate Programs and Specialized Fields
If you intend to further your studies, start planning during your undergraduate studies and make sure that you have a back-up plan or two. Many graduate programs require you to have an honours degree and a minimum grade point average. Non direct entry programs require you to meet certain criteria before you apply, and may involve an interview process. In some instances, you will need to have a program supervisor already lined up. It is therefore important to establish good rapport with your professors as they may provide you with the good references you need to get into the program you want.
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