Career Exploration
Campus Services
Career Development
UBC Okanagan is a small campus with big opportunities to get involved with the university, the community, your professional interests, or wherever your interests lie. We’ve got plenty of resources to connect you with a variety of opportunities that speak to your personal interests, inspire your creativity, spark your ingenuity, build your professional network, expand your leadership skills and further your career goals.
Career Services offers a number of career development services and resources for both students and alumni. Career planning workshops, career fairs, and employer information sessions are offered throughout the year. Students can also make an individual appointment to discuss career planning or employment search options.
Resources
Resources for Graduate Students
| Individual Development Plan, Sciences | My IDP is a unique, web-based career-planning tool tailored to meet the needs of PhD students and postdocs in the sciences. This website was developed by AAAS/Science, the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), and experts from several universities (see authors on their site). Note: This website is not hosted in Canada, and your personal information may be stored or accessed outside of Canada. |
Centre for Student Involvement and Careers, Graduate Pathways to Success |
| Individual Development Plan, Humanities and Social Sciences | ImaginePhD is a free online career exploration and planning tool for PhD students and postdoctoral scholars in the humanities and social sciences. The ImaginePhD project is powered by the Graduate Career Consortium (GCC). Note: This website is not hosted in Canada, and your personal information may be stored or accessed outside of Canada. |
Centre for Student Involvement and Careers, Graduate Pathways to Success |
| Individual Development Plan, Health | The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has developed an online Individual Development Plan (IDP) and resources. The IDP is a tool that supports graduate students and PDFs in actively preparing for the career(s) of their choice by exploring career paths, establishing career goals, and identifying skill gaps, culminating in an action plan to achieve their career goal(s). | Centre for Student Involvement and Careers, Graduate Pathways to Success |
| Business Concepts for Life Scientists (Online, Self-paced) | The purpose of this online, on-demand course is to enhance PhD scientists’ understanding of foundational business concepts. This business coursework is unique because it is designed to prepare scientists for career transitions into both academic and non-academic settings. The course comprises a series of three modules – Business Strategy, Finance and Business Development. | iBiology |
| The UBC Hub, Online Career Mentors | Create a free profile on The UBC Hub to connect with a UBC alumni mentor from anywhere in the world. Gain insight on global job markets and industries, receive feedback on your job search materials and online profile, or conduct informational interviews. | alumni UBC, Centre for Student Involvement and Careers |
| Your Next Step | Your Next Step brings together valuable career resources from across UBC to help graduating students and alumni make the most of their talents, interests, and education in a changing world of work. | alumni UBC, Centre for Student Involvement and Careers |
| InterSECT Job Simulations | InterSECT is an online platform that allows PhD-level scientists and humanists, regardless of professional stage, to explore future career options. Our goal is to provide true-to-life job simulation exercises that help individuals consider the following questions: What are my professional interests and skills? How do my interests and skills translate to potential careers? What are my career options? Which careers haven’t I considered? | Graduate Pathways to Success |
Workshops & Events
The College of Graduate Studies offers a variety of professional development workshops throughout the year.
UBC Vancouver hosts many webinars for all UBC students, that can help you take steps towards your goals, make connections and learn directly from alumni and employers.