Career Development

Transitioning from graduate school or a postdoctoral position into the greater workplace requires your planning, research and networking. The ASPIRE program offers various opportunities in each of these areas to facilitate entry into desired careers. 

Current Workshops

Writing Services 

• Individual Writing Appointment
• Developing a Major Writing Project Program
• Scholarship Proposal Writing Workshop

Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

• Three Minute Thesis

Career Development Centre

• Individual Career Appointment
• LinkedIn for Master’s + PhD students and Postdoctoral Fellows
• Workplace Professionalism for Master’s + PhD students and Postdoctoral Fellows
• Network with Confidence - Creating and cultivating authentic relationships online
• Job Search During Physical Distancing - Creating Connections Virtually
• Workplace Professionalism – Strategies for Success
• Academic CV Writing
• Academic Job Search
• Interview Success for Grad Students
• Resume and Cover Letter Writing for Graduate Students

Past Workshops

Career Development Centre

• Career Planning for Grad Students
• Transferable Skills: Articulate your Experience for Graduate Students
• Academic Job Search and Networking Strategies for Graduate Students
• Job Search and Networking Strategies for non-Academic Jobs for Graduate Students
• Career Development Certificate Day for Graduate Students
• PANEL Diverse Careers: Post-academic careers on campus outside the professoriate
• Navigating Career and Chaos for Graduate Students

 Writing Services 

• Abstract Writing Workshop
• Principles of Effective Argumentation
• Online Writing Group for Graduate Students
• Writing Effective Scholarship Proposals for Master's students
• Writing Effective Scholarship Proposals for PhD students
• Strategies for Approaching Large Writing Projects
• Writing Clearly and Concisely
• Writing Literature Reviews