Career development
Graduate school is a place to explore your career objectives, a mine of networking and work experience opportunities, and a major achievement on your CV. Let us help you prepare for your next career move.
PhD Career Connect
Every Spring, this 10-week program brings together doctoral students approaching graduation and postdoctoral scholars with mentors and employers. Participants learn how to translate their doctoral skills to non-academic workplaces, prepare their job search tools, and build their professional network. A certificate of completion is provided.
Doctoral Student Internship Program
Our research shows that over half our doctoral graduates will build their career in higher education. If you would like to gain valuable work experience in university administration, consider doing a doctoral internship.
Upcoming workshops
Explore GradProSkills free career development workshops for current graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.
Career development objectives
- Formulate career planning goals and identify areas for your professional development.
- Recognize your values, interests, skills and strengths, especially how graduate school skills transfer to the professional world.
- Identify job market trends and career paths for your graduate degree.
- Develop strategies for job search and networking, including professional relationship building, personal branding, informational interviews, elevator pitch and online platforms (ex. LinkedIn).
- Prepare an effectively tailored resume and cover letter.
- Understand the interview process and how to prepare.
- Explore how to translate your research into an entrepreneurial career path.
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