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My Degree & Skills
My Degree & Skills
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- Undergraduate Programs and Skills
  Undergraduate Programs and Skills
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- Graduate Programs and Skills
  Graduate Programs and Skills
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Decision-Making
Decision-Making
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- Self-assessment
  Self-assessment
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- Occupational research
  Occupational research
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  - Occupational research overview
    
    Occupational research overview
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    Occupational and labour market research
    
    Confirm your findings
  - Occupational research activity
    
    Occupational research activity
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    Part A: Create a list of occupations of interest
    
    Part B: Complete your occupational research
    
    Part C: Determine your level of interest (I)
    
    Part D: Setting up an information interview
    
    Part E: Determine your level of interest (II)
    
    Part F: Choose three occupations
    
    Part G: Finalize your list
- Career decision-making
  Career decision-making
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- Decision-making activities
  Decision-making activities
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  - Decision-making activities
- Downloadable content
  Downloadable content
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  - Downloadable content
Apply/Interview
Apply/Interview
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- Résumés
  Résumés
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  - Effective résumés
    
    Effective résumés
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    What is the purpose of a résumé
    
    What do employers want?
    
    Major sections of a résumé
    
    Writing effective bullet points for a résumé
    
    Highlighting international experience
    
    Action verbs
    
    Résumé styles and templates
    
    Sample experience headings
    
    Proofreading résumés
    
    Building a great résumé with little to no work experience
    
    Building a great résumé with work experience
    
    Building a great résumé to transition from academia to industry
  - Résumé activity
    
    Résumé activity
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    Résumé activity
- Cover letters
  Cover letters
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- Academic applications and interviews
  Academic applications and interviews
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- Digital portfolio
  Digital portfolio
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  - Purpose of a Digital portfolio
  - Creating the Digital portfolio
- Interviews
  Interviews
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- References and recommendations
  References and Recommendations
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  - Overview: Why you need references and how to obtain them
  - International experience references
- Negotiating job offers
  Negotiating job offers
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- Accepting/Declining a job offer
  Accepting/Declining a job offer
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  - Accepting a job offer
  - Declining a job offer
- Apply/Interview activities
  Interviews
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  - Apply/Interview activities
- Downloadable content
  Interviews
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  - Downloadable content
Find Work
Find Work
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- Find work inside Canada
  Find work inside Canada
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- Find work outside Canada
  Find work outside Canada
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  - Find work outside Canada
- Find work activities
  Find work activities
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  - Find Work activities
- Downloadable content
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Success at Work
Success at Work
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- Inside Canada
  Inside Canada
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- Outside Canada
  Outside Canada
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  - Succeeding at work outside Canada
- Professional development and training
  Professional development and training
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- Create work opportunities
  Create work opportunities
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- Success at work activities
  Success at work activities
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  - Success at work activities
- Downloadable content
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  - Downloadable content
Further Education
Further Education
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Identify and articulate skills gained through my degree

Discover career motivators and preferences for work satisfaction;
explore occupational options/labour market information

Plan, apply and interview for graduate, post-graduate and professional school programs

Résumés, Cover letters, Digital portfolios, Job interviews, Academic job applications and interviews, and Negotiating job offers

Succeed in today’s economy;
generate opportunities and identify professional development/training resources

Search for work;
explore launching my own venture

Identify and articulate skills gained through my degree

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Discover career motivators and preferences for work satisfaction; explore occupational options/labour market information

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Résumés, Cover letters, digital portfolios, Job interviews, Academic job applications and interviews, and Negotiating job offers

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Search for work; explore launching my own venture

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Succeed in today’s economy; generate opportunities and identify professional development/training resources

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Plan, apply and interview for graduate, post-graduate and professional school programs

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