Career workshops schedule
About our workshops
Résumé Lab
Does your résumé get results? Create a resume that catches employers' attention. This will be a working session with hands-on opportunities to improve your documents. The tutorial will be followed by a brief one-on-one help session from a career educator. If you have them, please bring printed copies of your résumé and a job posting you're interested in.
- See the next Résumé Lab date in the Co-op and Career portal
Ace Your Interviews
Are you confident going into interviews? In this interactive workshop, you'll learn interview strategies, practise responding to questions and get on-the-spot feedback. If you have one, please bring a printed copy of a job posting you're interested in.
- See the next Ace Your Interviews date in the Co-op and Career portal
LinkedIn Essentials
Are you on LinkedIn? Are you using it effectively? Over 75,000 UVic alumni use LinkedIn, from all faculties—isn't it time you started networking with them? In this easy-to-follow computer lab workshop, you'll start to build a LinkedIn profile from scratch in a working session. Learn ways to research, connect and help find that future job.
- See the next LinkedIn Essentials date in the Co-op and Career portal
More information
MITACS STEP Program for graduate students
We work closely with MITACS' STEP Program, which offers professional development opportunities, including workshops, throughout the year for graduate students. Check the MITACS workshops calendar to see what's coming up.
Request a workshop
We can arrange customized workshops for groups of 10 or more. Whether it's for a class, course union, club or other group, just let us know how we can help.
Example topics include:
- Résumés and cover letters
- Career exploration
- Building your competencies
- Interview skills
- Presentation skills
Contact careerpg@uvic.ca to ask about arranging a custom workshop for your group!
Skill development workshops
UVic's Digital Scholarship Commons offers a range of workshops to help you develop skills from Excel, to coding, to project management and more.