McGill Career Centre (CAPS) caps.mcgill.ca Anie-Claude Lamarche Cindy Mancuso Catherine Stace.
-
Upload
randall-kennedy -
Category
Documents
-
view
212 -
download
0
Transcript of McGill Career Centre (CAPS) caps.mcgill.ca Anie-Claude Lamarche Cindy Mancuso Catherine Stace.
McGill Career Centre (CAPS) caps.mcgill.ca
Anie-Claude LamarcheCindy Mancuso
Catherine Stace
About CAPS• Two locations: Downtown Campus and Macdonald Campus• Five department specific career centres/advisors: Law,
Management, Medicine, Engineering, and Education• Main services: Career Advising & Job search• 18 staff (7 career advisors, 3 student positions)• Funded through Student Service fees • 3 career advisor positions and 1 career resource position are
funded through the MELS fundSome stats (2006-2007)• Posted 7000+ jobs last year
• Serviced 30,700 Students (all faculties)– Undergraduate advising appointments: 2008– Graduate advising appointments: 868
• 17 events targeted to specific Arts departments
Arts advising team
UNDERGRADS• Anie-Claude Lamarche
• Département de langues et littératures françaises and Arts (Social Sciences)
• Catherine Stace• Math & Stats,
Linguistics, Geography, Arts (Social Sciences)
• Cindy Mancuso• Arts (Humanities),
Language & Literature, Psychology
GRAD STUDENTS (Master, PhD, and Post Docs)
• Susan Molnar• Lorna MacEachern
What we’ve learned about Art Students including their needs
and concerns• No direct career path • Have many career myths• Often feel lost and unprepared
for the world of work • Difficulty identifying their
marketable skills• Difficulty translating their
interests and skills into career options
• Little knowledge of career possibilities and industries
• Tend to undervalue their education
• See Graduate studies as the only way to get a “good job”
• Tend to enjoy their program of choice
• Often have interesting experiences beyond school (therefore have a well rounded profile)
• Often engaged in extra-curricular activities and volunteering
• Tend to be flexible• Work well with feedback
CAPS Services for Undergrads
Individual advisingCV drop-in 5 days a weekPrograms• PACE (in partnership with counselling service)• Job Search Club• Mentor Program (in partnership with alumni association)
Workshops• 50+ general workshops a year (e.g.: CV writing,
interview skills, cold calling,…)• Targeted workshops for specific departments (e.g.: “What
can I do with my English Degree?”)
CAPS Services for Undergrads
Events• Career Week (November): Panel discussions and
specialized workshops• Career Month - Backpack to Briefcase (in partnership with
Alumni association) Company Information Sessions, specialized and targeted workshops and panel discussions (work with student associations)
Career Fairs: • Non-Profit & Public Service Fair, Social Work,
Management
Job PostingsCapscoop
Services for Graduate Students
• Individual advising• Monthly newsletter• Graduate career week• Workshops (general and targeted)• “Artist Among Us” event (Redpath Museum –
March 14th)• PhD support group (in partnership with
counselling services)• PACE for Grads (in partnership with counselling
services)• CV drop-in twice a week• Faculty recruitment campaign (simulation hiring
committee)
The challenges we face and how you can help
Challenges:• Being known by students,
faculty and staff• Making connections with
individual departments• Reaching students early
on in their career at McGill
• Attaining a level of commitment from students (e.g. numbers attending workshops and panels)
How you can help:• Become a career
partner• Encourage your student
association to contact us – Assign a departmental
contact person• Ensure that your
departmental advisor knows of CAPS
• Promote CAPS to any organization in which you are involved
• Give us feedback and suggestions
Thank you&
Happy Holidays