In this issue:

Graduate Career Week
Preparing for Graduate Career Week
Recruitment Presentations
PhD Support Group
Graduate Workshops
Income Tax Info Sessions for International Students
Contact me

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Register for any of the events by clicking here.

Academia Day: Monday, March 10th

• Opening Address
  11h45-12h15
  

• Part I: Take This Job and Get It: Interviewing
  12h30-13h15
  

• Part II: Interview Roleplay: Trying It Out
  13h15-14h00
  

• Part III: Searching For the Perfect Position
  14h15-15h00
  

• How to Build a Teaching Portfolio
  15h30-16h30
  

Tuesday, March 11th

• Cégep Recruitment Fair
  12h00-15h00
  

• Academic Umbrella Panel: From PhD to Administration
  16h00-17h00
  

Science Day: Wednesday, March 12th

• Science Café: Roundtable with Career Professionals
  13h00-14h30
  

• Science Beyond Academia Panel
  15h30-16h30
  

Arts Day: Thursday, March 13th

• Budgeting in Grad School: Future Financial Success
  12h30-13h30

• Arts Café: Roundtable with Career Professionals
  13h00-14h30
  

• Research Careers for Social Scientists Outside the Ivory Tower
  15h30-16h30
  

Friday, March 14th

• Alternate Career Paths for English Graduate Students
  9h30-11h00
  

• Grads Go Global: A Career with the UN
  12h00-14h00
  

• Closing Ceremony, Wine & Cheese, and Gradute Student & Faculty Art Exhibition and Sale
  14h00-17h00
  

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Preparing for Grad Career Week

You also might want to take advantage of the following events to help you prepare for Graduate Career Week.

All events require registration. To register, please go to myFuture. Click on the "Events" tab and then the "Workshops/Panels/Events" tab. Select the event you would like to attend and click on RSVP.

• CV Clinic
  Wednesday, February 27, 15h30-17h00: Brown, Room 3001
  Thursday, February 28, 12h00-13h30: Brown, 3001
  

  Come meet our CV Dr. and  heal your CV for Grad Career Week!

• How to Get the Most Out of Grad Career Week: The Hidden Job Market & How to Tap Into It
  
  Monday, February 25, 11h00-12h30: Brown, Room 3001
  
  Friday, February 29, 12h00-13h30: Brown, Room 3001
  

  If you attend only one CAPS workshop this year, be sure to come to this one: Job Search Strategies, key Interview Tips and how to make the most of the Networking events during Grad Career Week will be covered in this intensive 90 minute session.

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Recuitment Presentations

All events require registration. To register, please go to myFuture. Click on the "Events" tab and then the "Workshops/Panels/Events" tab. Select the event you would like to attend and click on RSVP.

• Corrections Canada
  Monday, March 3, 9h30-10h30: Brown, Room 5001
  

  Ms Karol Prévost, Acting Deputy Commissioner(ADC) for the Quebec Region, Correctional Service Canada(CSC) and Ms. Christine Perreault, Senior Psychologist, will present on employment opportunities available to licensed psychologists, sociologists and nurses in forensics, mental health, risk assessment & evaluation issues within CSC.

• Health Canada
  Wednesday, March 19, 13h00-14h30: Faculty Club, Main Dining Room
  

  Join us for snacks and a bit of humour as members of the Health Canada team led by our Deputy Minister Morris Rosenburg, along with members from the cast of Second City tell you more about our Department and the work we do.
  
  Visit the Health Canada web site www.hc-sc.gc.ca for more information and to apply for current positions.  You may also email us.

• Canada School of Public Service
  Thursday, March 20, 13h00-14h00: Brown, Room 3001
  

  Learn about the employment opportunities within the Canada School of Public Service and how to put your graduate degree in Adult Education, Educational Technology, Leadership or Educational Psychology to work.
  
  For more information regarding the Canada School of Public Service and its functions, please visit: www.csps-efpc.gc.ca.

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