Career Exploration Workshops
What can I do with my degree? What do I want to do next? If you have these types of questions, then the Career Exploration series of workshops is a great place to start. These career supports are designed to provide you with the skills to articulate who you are and what you want in the world of work, create opportunities and be more confident about making great career choices - whether it’s diving into the world of work or pursuing further education.
- Getting Started: What Can I Do With My Degree? workshop
- Who Am I? Self Assessment Game workshop
- Moving Forward workshop
- Whose Career Is It Anyway? workshop
- Exploring Career Options for Graduate Students workshop
Getting Started: What Can I Do With My Degree? workshop
Are you wondering how your degree may relate to your career direction? This introductory workshop provides an overview of career exploration and is an important starting point for the workshops in this series.
- Learn how the skills you are developing in your degree and the experiences you are gaining help build a foundation for your future.
- Identify resources for exploring possible career options.
| Friday, May 18, 2012 | 10:30 am – 12:00 pm |
| Tuesday, June 5, 2012 This workshop will take place at Scott Library |
10:00 – 11:30 am |
| Wednesday, June 13, 2012 | 10:30 am – 12:00 pm |
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Who Am I? Self Assessment Game workshop
The Who Am I? Self Assessment Game was uniquely designed by York University's Career Centre to assist you with your career exploration! Play this fun and interactive self-discovery board game where you will gain insights into your desires, interests, abilities, and personality as they relate to career decision making. During this workshop you will also develop a Career Profile to help guide your career exploration.
- Understand important aspects of yourself that can influence the choices you make.
- Feel more empowered and excited about your career direction.
| Monday, June 11, 2012 | 1:00 – 4:00 pm |
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Once you have been to the Who Am I? Self Assessment Game workshop you’ll want to attend this small group session where you will share your career interests with others and learn how to take action to recognize and create opportunities.
- Learn how your thoughts and feelings influence your career exploration.
- Develop a list of action steps that will help you in moving forward.
| Monday, June 25, 2012 | 1:00 – 4:00 pm |
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Whose Career Is It Anyway? workshop
Do you feel that your career decisions are being influenced by family, cultural or external expectations? Discover how others may be influencing your career choices.
- Learn the ways in which “career” can mean different things to different people.
- Gain a better understanding of the relation between thoughts and feelings and how they play an important role in career exploration.
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Exploring Career Options for Graduate Students workshop
This workshop is specially designed for Masters and Doctoral level students wondering where their degrees might lead them aside from a career in academia.
- Learn how the skills you are developing in your degree and the experiences you are gaining are building a foundation for your future.
- Identify resources for exploring possible career options.
| Thursday, May 24, 2012 | 2:00 – 4:00 pm |
| Tuesday, June 19, 2012 | 2:00 – 4:00 pm |
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