Developing Your Career: Your Future After Fourth Year
August 25, 2017
August 25, 2017
Fourth year is the time to reflect on your experience at UBC.
Your fourth year at UBC may feel intimidating. You may or may not be graduating this year, and there is a good chance that you are starting to feel daunted by questions about your future. Questions like, “How can I stand out to employers?”, “What can I do with my degree?” and “What happens if I don’t get into my preferred graduate program?” are common for UBC students in their upper years. Answering these questions is going to require consideration of factors that are unique to you.
This year, commit to spending some time reflecting on what you have experienced over the last three or so years in UBC Science.
The more you know about yourself and understand what you have to offer, the more successful you will be locating environments that will value your skills and ideas, and the better equipped you will be to seek out experiences that matter to you.
These are great places to grow your network, attend professional development sessions, and look for jobs.
Attend a Job Search Strategies workshop
Having a strategy that suits your employment needs is going to be essential.
Do your research and consider what to expect from your first 3 years of employment.
Written by a Career Educator at the UBC Career Centre who is an expert in career development. Connect with additional resources and workshop schedules from the UBC Career Centre online.
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