Employment & Career Support

Employment & Career Support

Melville School of Business

Transition safely into a professional role after completing your business credential. Start working with a Student Success Coach on your employment readiness at least three (3) terms before graduation.

 

Why meet a Student Success Coach?

 

  • Academic course planning and navigating learning related supports
  • Navigate university policies, submit forms and requests to the Dean's Office
  • Get referrals to other consulting services
  • Career exploration and development, including a strategic individual plan to support your long-term employment goals
  • Provide formal or informal personality type assessments (such as Personality Dimensions) and discuss/ interpret results in a one-to-one meeting
  • Support using all related job search tools and techniques (Resume, Cover Letter, Portfolios, personal branding on social media)
  • Professional communication and understanding different workplace cultures
  • Employer connections and networking events
  • Group session (Career Webinars) and individual virtual meetings

 

 

Have you edited your KPU email account signature?

 

In just a few simple steps, you can look professional in your emails. First impressions matter, ensure you have provided at least some basic information about yourself in your email signature (go to email account settings, then signature, and create a new one; this will be appended at the end of all your outgoing messages). Here below is an example; you may link your LinkedIn profile to this electronic signature as well:

Anna-Maria Smith

Accounting Post Baccalaureate Student

Melville School of Business, KPU

Mobile: 778-111-0000


How To Get a Job the Right Way

Six Steps to Getting a Job... The Right Way!

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