Connect your education to the career you want
Whether you are first year or alumni, we support your career development in every phase.
Get the skills, documents and confidence you need to succeed.
Graduate applications
- Learn about graduate level qualifications and requirements
- Review CV and application letters
- Build a professional academic profile
- Learn academic interview strategies
- Learn graduate industry environment and standards
Branding yourself
- Explore LinkedIn networking and job search tools and best practices
- Discover how to showcase your unique skills, experiences, and interests on your LinkedIn profile to align with your brand and career goals
Resume review
- Learn best practices on how to structure and write resumes and cover letters
- Learn specific industry standards for job application documents
- Review and improve resume and cover letters
Job search coaching
- Learn job search and networking strategies
- Learn networking strategies to research potential career paths, job opportunities, and expand your professional connections
- Explore job opportunities on campus or through Career Connections
- Examine labour market trends
Career planning
- Explore career options
- Develop or change your career action plan
- Learn and build confidence in career development skills
- Build a professional profile
Interview preparation
- Learn what to expect in an interview
- Explore strategies for answering interview questions
- Practice interview skills with mock interviews
On your own or before your appointment
CEL presents "From University to Career: Creating a Successful Transition," an interactive career education resource. More than a digital textbook, it offers activities, videos, an interview guide, and a volunteer action plan.
This guide helps students with employment opportunities, application documents, interviews, and job search strategies. Embed it in your programming and Moodle to enhance student access and support their career development.
Use these resources to explore your career or to prepare for your appointment with a CEL coordinator:
From University to Career: Creating a successful transition
More resources
Self-Assessment
Self-assessments help to link interests and skills to potential careers
- Read Chapter 1: Self-assessment of from university to career textbook
- Do the big 5 personality test
- Check out your myer briggs personality test (16 Personalities)
- Explore your values
Keep the results of these assessments in mind as a rough guide while you answer these questions:
- What are your career goals?
- What is your immediate job objective?
- What special skills do you have that will help you succeed?
- Why are you interested in the career or industry you have chosen?
- What are your special strengths, and how do these apply in a work environment?
- What experiences have you had that are relevant to your career goals and position you are seeking?
Answering these questions can help you develop a better understanding of what you can offer an organization and the position most suitable for your skills and interests.
Labour market research
Labour market information can be used to check on job growth, economic climates, skills needed, wages, labour supply and demand, and peering into the future.
- Read Chapter 2: Labour Market Information of from university to career textbook
- Explore the government of Canada’s Job Bank Labour Market Information
- Explore the government of Canada’s National occupation classification
- Check out the workBC’s Labour market research
- Explore Ontario’s and BC’s labour market trends with labour market solutions
- Check out Canadian job market trends with Worxcia
- Check out Canada’s top 100 employers
Career planning and goal setting
- Read Chapter 3: Career planning and goal setting of from university to career textbook
- Explore the government of Canada’s job bank career planning
- Check out the government of BC’s Education Planner
- Check out skilled trades BC
