Get career help
Need some career guidance? Want some feedback on your résumé? Drop in for a free 15-minute coaching session with a career educator, or contact a career educator directly to discuss your question in more depth.
Our career educators can help you:
- search for work
- write résumés, CVs and cover letters (check out our weekly résumé lab below)
- practice your interview skills
- learn how to network
- explore your career options
- understand labour market information
- complete graduate school applications
- take personality assessments (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and Strong Interest Inventory) *Note: We offer these to staff and alumni only—current students can take personality assessments at UVic Counselling Services.
Drop-in for
career support
Drop-in sessions
Need help finding work, or unsure about your future career? Drop in to your Career Services office for a 15-minute session with a career educator. We’ll answer your questions and point you to helpful resources. If you’d like more time, let us know and we we can book you a longer appointment.
Drop-ins on scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis. If you’d like help with your job search, check out our job search preparation page before you stop by.
Need help fine tuning your resume? Come to a Résumé Lab for a brief tutorial followed by personal help from a Career Educator or Student Career Ambassador. Bring your résumés and cover letters (hard copies or laptop) to the lab so that you can get some work done with help from us. You’ll walk away with improved résumés and cover letters!
Drop-in times and locations
- Business students: Stop by BEC 132 for drop-in times, or call 250-721-6087.
- Engineering students: Stop by ECS 210 on Mondays (1 to 4 pm) or Thursdays (9 am to 12 pm).
- All other students: Drop-ins are held at two different locations. Generally, mornings are held in the Career Services office, (CSR 110—beside the bookstore), and afternoons in the the Library Learning Commons (LLC), room 135G.
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- Hours and location are subject to change without notice. Please call 250-721-8421 to confirm the schedule.
- The last available drop-in space is 15 minutes before end time.
Résumé lab times and location
- Résumé labs take place every Thursday from 10 am - 12 pm in Room 129 in the McPherson Library (10 - 10:30 am brief tutorial on principles of effective résumés and cover letters, 10:30 am - 12 pm supported working session). You can register for these Résumé Labs in the Event portion of our Career Portal.
- On the first Thursday of each month additional Résumé Lab support will be provided by staff from the Writing Centre for students who would like more help with grammar and composition.
Career ambassadors résumé help
Our career ambassadors are available to help you with your résumé and cover letter whenever you need it! If you are just getting started, or simply would like someone to look it over and give you some feedback, simply email your résumé and any questions to resume@uvic.ca and we will be able to help you out!
To learn more about CAP visit their page.
Make an
appointment
Appointments
If we can’t cover everything in your drop-in session, you can book a 30-minute appointment to really dig into your career questions. You can visit our career portal to book an appointment with the Career Educator of your choice, or contact your Co-op and Career office to book an appointment.
Learn about
career options
Wondering where your degree can take you? Co-op and Career offers "What can you do with your degree?" sessions throughout the year, where you can hear how alumni in your program transitioned from university to the workforce.
Can’t make it to a session?
We've put together a "What can you do with your degree?" sheet for almost every program at UVic. Your sheet includes information about:
- popular jobs for grads from your program
- where to find work related to your degree
- professional associations in your field
- competencies you can develop through your program
- information about core competencies
- where to find job search help
Search for your faculty and program below to download your "What can you do with your degree?" sheet. Want more information about the competencies you can develop through your program? Check out the list of detailed program-specific competencies. Need help? Drop by for some guidance from a career educator.
Faculty of Business
Faculty of Business
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
- Computer Science
- Computer Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Software Engineering
Faculty of Fine Arts
Faculty of Fine Arts
Faculty of Human and Social Development
Faculty of Human and Social Development
Faculty of Humanities
Faculty of Humanities
- English
- French
- Germanic and Slavic Studies
- Greek and Roman Studies
- Hispanic and Italian Studies
- History
- Latin American Studies
- Linguistics
- Medieval Studies (check back soon)
- Pacific and Asian Studies
- Philosophy
- Women's Studies
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Science
Faculty of Science
- Biochemistry and Microbiology
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Earth and Ocean Sciences
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Physics and Astronomy l Guide to Career Education article about careers in astronomy (external)
Faculty of Social Sciences
Faculty of Social Sciences
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