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Career Resource Centre
The Career Resource Centre (CRC) is here to provide you with tools, information and assistance so you can achieve your career goals. Need help with career planning or developing your resume and cover letter? Connect with us.
Please drop by the Center at the New Westminster Campus (Room 4600) or David Lam Campus (Room A1050) or if you would like to set an appointment time call 604-527-5526 (NWC). Students and prospective students can also make an appointment with a career counsellor to discuss their individual career questions.
Start on Your Career Path NOW
(adapted from "Start Your Career Now" by Brandon Miller in Job Postings Magazine)
Just before graduation, many students will pile into career centres across Canada scrambling for advice, resume help, and job leads. They will wish they came in months or years before.
For many students, education takes place in the classroom and the library only, with no attention paid to anything but course work. Students who begin investigating and planning for their career pre-graduation will be those who get ahead and have a smooth transition to the workforce.
By trying out things related to your intended career early, you'll ensure that it won't be too late to refocus your studies if you decide to switch directions.
So what can you start to do now?
Use your time in school to test drive your occupational ideas and develop skills. Any of these activities can help:
- Get involved in extracurricular or leadership activities at the college. Check out Dougllife for opportunities.
- Target summer jobs in your general area of interest
- Consider participating in Co-operative Education at Douglas College
- Look into internships
- Join professional organizations (student memberships often cost MUCH less)
- Seek part-time work more related to your studies
- Get a student position on campus
- Volunteer (a few hours a week or for one time events)
- Network. The more people you meet through any of these activities, the more contacts you will have when your full-time job hunt starts after graduation.
If you are not sure which careers you want to try out, it can be helpful to do some career planning first. Counselling Services at Douglas College offers help in few different ways:
- Book an individual career counselling appointment.
- Attend our brief career planning workshops, typically offered once per semester. Contact us for upcoming dates.
- Enroll in the semester-long credit course Personal Development & Career Exploration (HUMD 0130)
