1. Further Education and CCA resources
November 7, 2018
Presented by: Kaitlyn Kraatz & Jay Michaud, Further Education Advisors

2. Agenda
Partnering with the Centre for Career Action to support your students
Accessing customizable Further Education workshops
Referring to conference days and online resources
Q&A
Why? Better understand the referral point and mechanisms. For UNDERGRAD, GRAD, ANYONE.
CCA can be confusing – we’re all called career advisors. First thing’s first: position us within the wider team.

3. Undergraduate advisors
Who they see
Co-op students before their first work term
Undergraduate students seeking work
How to connect
Drop-ins 8:30-4:30 M-F in the Tatham Centre
Co-op process appointments
Job document appointments (resume, cover letter)

4. Graduate advisors Who they see
Graduate students (masters, PhD, post-doc) seeking work
People seeking academic work
How to connect
Drop-ins 12:00-12:30 M-Th in the Tatham Centre (PhD and post-doc)
Booked appointments

5. Employee advisor Who they see
Staff and faculty work search (internal and external to UWaterloo)
How to connect
Booked appointments
Group sessions

6. Further education advisors
Who we see
Undergraduate, graduate, staff, alumni applying to additional education
How to connect
Drop-ins 12:00-1:00 M-F in the Tatham Centre
Booked appointments
Workshops & events
WE ARE BEST SUITED TO PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT THEY’RE APPLYING TO

7. Online resources Careerhub.uwaterloo.ca > Further Education
Working on rewriting our online content to overtly connect with student FAQs.
ADVISORS CAN USE THIS RESOURCE. The information is freely available, and can be helpful to check out in the areas your students connect with most frequently.

8. Helpful links
Booked appointments: action/one-one-supports > book an appointment
Drop-ins: supports > drop-ins
Workshops: and-events > attend a workshop
Custom workshop request: action/workshop-request-form

9. Annual events Further education fair
Graduate and professional programs send representatives to share program information
No registration necessary
Health careers conference
For students choosing a career or collecting more information on their choice
Practitioner panels, medicine 101 session, networking
CH = new eManual
Listed in an intentional order because logic and resources.

10. Workshops Professional school interview days
For students who will interview in professional programs (e.g. medicine, physiotherapy, pharmacy)
Tailored sessions for high-volume programs
Interview prepare and practice days, MMI simulations
Personal statement/letter of intent
For students writing an application to any program or school with a personal statement or letter of intent
Three-part workshop; students can choose the sessions that are relevant to their needs
CH = new eManual
Listed in an intentional order because logic and resources.

11. Custom workshops Teaching 101
How to become a competitive candidate for a B.Ed
First-year teaching employment outcomes and alternative career information
CVs & Personal Statements for Physics
How to write a compelling CV for grad school applications for Physics PhDs abroad
Talking about the importance of your research & qualifications to admissions
Something about the medicine 101 sheet we did for Science advisors?

12. Custom workshop requests
Put as much info as you can in the notes; we’ll do what we can to meet your needs
Also let us know ahead!
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13. How can we work together?
Share some information to help you prompt your students to think about key planning topics & refer
E.g., Medicine 101 sheet for Science Advisors
Help students figure out the puzzle of prerequisite courses for professional school applications
Facilitate workshops and events for students about professional and graduate school
Work together to meet your students’ needs
Other ideas?

14. Thank you!