Career Centre Attendance Policy
- What is the Attendance Policy?
- Why is there an Attendance Policy?
- Number of Appointments
- Appointment Start Times
- Workshop Start Times
- Employer Recruitment Session & Educator Information Session Start Times
- Cancellations
- Comments
What is the Attendance Policy?
If you miss 3 of any of the following activities: individual appointments, TASTE lunch appointments, workshops, Employer Recruitment Sessions, Educator Information Sessions, Career Conversations or Industry Insights panels within an academic year without cancelling, you'll be blocked from participating in Career Centre activities for 6 months.
Why is there an Attendance Policy?
For all Career Centre appointments and activities, there are a number of students who register but do not show up. This means that many students who want to attend an appointment, workshop, or employer/alumni activity are unable to register even though an appointment or space goes unused and could have been made available if the student who registered had called to cancel rather than not showing up.
In addition, many employers/alumni take time out of their busy schedules to meet with York students and are disappointed to find that a high number of students who expressed an interest in connecting with them did not show up.
Furthermore, the content of our workshops is comprehensive and as such, must be delivered within the specified time frame. Students who come late for workshops will miss out on some of the key learning objectives and therefore cannot be admitted to the workshop 10 minutes after it has begun. Late arrivals are also a disruption to the other students who arrived on time.
The number of spaces in Career Centre appointments and activities is limited and we often have to ask students to wait several weeks to access the service they want. The Career Centre's attendance policy is in place to ensure that all students who want access to Career Centre appointments and activities have a fair chance of registering for a space, and that spaces for services that are in high demand do not go unused.
If you have any questions or concerns about the Career Centre's attendance policy, please contact Dianne Twombly, Manager of Programs & Services at dtwombly@yorku.ca.
In order to ensure that Career Centre services are available to all students who need them, students may book a maximum of one Interview Practice Session or Career Counselling Appointment each per week.
You may book a maximum of two Resumé or Cover Letter Feedback Sessions per week.
You may book only one Career Consult (this is a one-time-only intake appointment).
There is no limit to the number of workshops, Employer Recruitment Sessions or Educator Information Sessions you may attend.
Individual appointments begin promptly on the hour or half hour. Career Counsellors and Job Search Advisors are unable to extend the length of your appointment as this will keep other students waiting. If you are late for an individual appointment, you will be given the remainder of your appointment time only.
The content of our workshops is comprehensive and as such, must be delivered within the specified time frame. Students who come late for workshops will miss out on some of the key learning objectives. In order to reduce disruptions to the participants and the facilitator, and to ensure that you experience the maximum benefit, no one will be admitted to a workshop 10 minutes after it has begun. To avoid missing the workshop, and to allow sufficient time to sign-in and be seated, please arrive 10-15 minutes early. Students who arrive 10 minutes or more after a workshop has begun will be asked to sign up for the next available workshop that fits their schedule.
Employer Recruitment and Educator Information Session Start Times
Students who register in advance for employer recruitment or educator information session are guaranteed a space in the session until the start of the session. If a student is 10 or more minutes late to an employer recruitment or educator information session, that student's space will be given to a student who is waiting.
If you need to cancel your attendance at an individual appointment, TASTE lunch appointment, workshop, Employer Recruitment Session, Educator Information Session, Career Conversations or Industry Insights panel, please do so as soon as possible so that your space can become available for another student.
| For TASTE lunch appointments ONLY: | Contact the Career Centre by calling 416-736-5351 NO LATER THAN 9:00 am the day before the scheduled lunch. (e.g. If your lunch is scheduled to take place on June 15 at 12:00 pm, you must notify the Career Centre that you will not be able to attend by 9:00 am on June 14th.) Leave a voicemail message clearly stating the following:
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| For one-on-one appointments, workshops, recruitment/information sessions and panels: | Cancel online NO LATER THAN 9:00 am the morning of your appointment, workshop, recruitment/information session
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Please note that due to the high volumes of e-mails we receive, we regret that we cannot accept cancellations via e-mail
Any student who fails to show up or cancel their registration for an individual appointment, TASTE lunch appointment, workshop, Employer Recruitment Session, Educator Information Session, Career Conversations or Industry Insights panel three times within an academic year will be ineligible to access in-person Career Centre services for six months.
