Career Development

Career Development is a journey and Career Services is here to help you navigate your way to success! Following the Career Decision Making Process, Career Services has advice and resources to assist you in making career decisions today and for tomorrow. Let’s get started!

 

Know Your Value: “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” – Aristotle

What career options will be most satisfying for you when you graduate, and as you grow in your career?  With so many possibilities, it can be hard to sort through all the advice that is out there.  Career Services can help you find your best “career fit” by helping you explore your own personality, interests, values and strengths.

Check out our free career assessments below and book an appointment to talk with us about your results!

To explore your interests, abilities, work preferences, multiple intelligences, learning styles and work values, visit Career Planning Quizzes from the Canada Job Bank. Each quiz takes less than 10 minutes to complete, and you will receive results for each quiz taken. Take more than one and you will be able to see all your results in a profile which you can use to research job possibilities. Save your profile and discuss your results with one of our Career Educators.

Another option is this free website, Truity.com, to explore your personality and areas of interest.  Use your assessment results to do a deep dive into your career options:   Search Careers  

Personality
Try the Typefinder Personality Test to uncover your personality type.  This assessment is widely used in career and workplace settings around the world and is based on the Myer’s Briggs Personality Assessment.  A helpful tool for those interested in uncovering their personal and career strengths, and those seeking to clarify which careers will be most satisfying for them. The Typefinder Personality Test is free to take.  After you have received your results, get a full description of your type using the Truity Personality Blog.  At the top of the page, select “What’s your Type?” then look under “Myers Briggs” and select your four-letter code test result.

Interests
What will you find most rewarding in a career? Take the Career Aptitude Test to learn which careers will best suit your interests and strengths.  Based on the Holland’s Codes and Big Five models, this free assessment will provide you with a clear understanding of how your interests line up with different careers.

Explore Your Options: Get Informed!

Plan Your Actions: Education? Certification? Industry Contacts?

Focus on career goal setting  and planning the steps needed to move forward. Use the information you found in your Explore Options stage to help you plan your goals.

Create Your Future: Get the Word Out and Build Your Brand

  • Ensure your cover letters and resumes are updated and effective
  • Practice interview skills that will get you the job
  • To round out your brand ensure you are networking and using social media such as LinkedIn to your advantage
  • Volunteer, internships, co-op, placements… these are just some ways that people gain experience in their field
  • Investigate opportunities in your program or look at community opportunities to build your brand in industry

Fleming Career Brand

We have created some important messaging that we would like you to keep in mind as you develop your career brand. These messages are based in the Fleming Legacy and identify how you can grow your career development skills both as a student and beyond graduation: Fleming Career Brand document.