The Student Success Centre at The University of Western Ontario invites you to attend the 5th annual Career Week from Monday, Jan. 31-Friday, Feb. 3.
Career Week is hosted in partnership with departments across campus to offer a variety of faculty specific events, workshops, keynote speakers and networking opportunities. The goal of the week is to help students create an experience that’s tailored to their career needs at this very moment – whether they are in first-year or about to graduate from Western.
Career Week 2012 is themed around career exploration. The university recognizes the process of discovering what you want to do, and how you can get there, can be overwhelming. The week helps students find direction by identifying appropriate goals on their journey toward their ideal career. The final destination is employment.
Highlights and Featured events include:
Out in the Office: Join LGBT professionals who are out in the office to learn about the challenges and successes they experienced along their careers.
Living Library: The ‘books’ in a Living Library are actually people, all with a story to share with you, their ‘reader’. Ask our books about their work experiences in the field and learn more about non-traditional career choices.
London Links: This is an opportunity to meet key community and business leaders and learn how to make the most of your time in the Forest City. If you’ve ever wanted to see a play, join a sports team, or give to an important cause – but haven’t known where to start – London Links will connect you with all the right resources.
Western’s Job Fair: Local, national and international employers come to share information about summer, volunteer, part-time, full-time and internship opportunities.
Nonprofit Networking Event: Talk to London nonprofit employees about how they got started in their careers, their educational backgrounds and the benefits of working in this growing sector.
Work Story: This is a web-based resource featuring diverse videos of people telling their ‘work story’ – what they do, what’s great about it and the road(s) they travelled to get there.
Career Week Quiz: This resource identifies where you are in your journey of career exploration and provides you with advice on how to approach events in a strategic and beneficial manner.
Profiles of our Sponsors: Target, Investor’s Group and College Pro.
Visit the Career Week website or follow Career Week on Twitter, @UWO_CareerWeek.