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Career Services

Career Services

Located in TC 1214
519-888-4047
Career Services websites:
Main page: www.careerservices.uwaterloo.ca/
Award-winning Career Development eManual: www.cdm.uwaterloo.ca/

Career Services has an array of career development programs and services to meet the needs of all UW students and alumni.

Resources

Print, video, and computer-based resources are available in the areas of:

  • Career Planning - occupational descriptions and trends, job search materials, volunteer and entrepreneurial information
  • Education - Canadian university and college calendars, subject and geographic-specific directories, professional test applications
  • Employer - directories, CDs, and DVDs
  • Work/Study Abroad - programs and guides

Career Development eManual

The Career Development eManual has been prepared as a step-by-step guide to the career development process. Interactive modules (e.g., résumé/letter writing, interview skills, work search, success on the job) include activities that will help students to apply relevant concepts. In order to participate effectively in face-to-face assistance (i.e., workshops and appointments) completion of online modules (where applicable) is an important first step.

Workshops

  • Face-to-face workshops are provided on topics such as: career decision making, job search, interviewing, negotiating job offers, CV writing, business etiquette, thinking about an international experience, and working in a different culture.
  • Registration for workshops is done through the website.

Appointments

  • Appointments may be booked through the website for the following: résumé/letter critique, career planning, job search, mock interview, CV or graduate/professional school advising.

Events

  • Job and Career Fair
  • Professional and Post-Degree Day
  • Faculty of Education Talks  
  • Volunteer/Intership Fair
  • On-campus Part-time Job Fair
  • Employer Information Sessions

Jobs

Part-time, Summer, Volunteer, Work Placement, Permanent, and Contract Jobs

  • Daily job postings on JobMine enable all students and alumni to access the wide array of job opportunities received by Career Services: jobmine.uwaterloo.ca
  • Hundreds of additional volunteer and paid opportunities are available through links found on the Career Services website


Office of the Registrar
University of Waterloo
2nd Floor, Needles Hall
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
519 888 4567
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