Explore ways to support your graduate students as they prepare for futures whether in academia, industry, or beyond. This section offers resources to help you guide students in identifying and pursuing meaningful post-graduation pathways.
Not all students will end up pursuing an academic career, nor would they necessarily want to. Supervisors should actively encourage students to explore the broad range of career options available to them and encourage them to obtain the skills and knowledge that will optimize their opportunities to enter those careers that the student is interested in.
Graduate Career Preparation and PD
As a supervisor, you have many opportunities to support your students in their professional and career development. Beyond assisting your graduate students with networking opportunities, conference presentations and preparing their research for publication, supervisors can play an important role in helping to shape the future of their graduate students.
The Graduate and Postdoctoral Professional Skills (GPPS) program at YorkU offers tools students need to succeed within and beyond the academic world, informed by reflection and intentional planning through the Faculty’s Individualized Development Plan (IDP). The GPPS program is divided into six broad areas to connect students to opportunities and resources that will help them develop professional plans and goals, and to strategically meet those goals:
- Career Exploration and Planning
- Communication
- Health and Wellness
- Managing Time and Resources
- Research Dissemination
- Teaching
In helping your students prepare for their future, supervisors should encourage graduate students to attend the events and programs offered by the Faculty of Graduate Studies and the Career Centre.
Additional Resources
- Learn about Beyond the Professoriate which is an eLearning Platform with on-demand, self-paced learning modules that allow Master's, PhDs, and Postdocs to explore career options and discover ways to apply the skills acquired through their education. Access Beyond the Professoriate.
- Share the Career Development Centre resources at Glendon College.
- Share equity resources from the Career Centre.
- View the Graduate and Professional Studies Expo.
- View and share Graduate student resources.
- Share networking tips for graduate students.
- Share the Resource Library at the YorkU Career Centre.
- Share workshops and webinars for students on career exploration and job search success.