February 18, 2010

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In this issue:
• Canada Day in February?
• CAPS Guide to Job Shadowing
• Are you an aspiring poet?

Canada Day in February?

The federal Public Service is Canada’s largest employer with over 260,000 employees, hiring thousands of students every year.  "This career fair is an excellent opportunity for students and alumni to learn about the broad range of careers in the federal Public Service and to meet with prospective managers and current public service employees," comments Marcel Préville, Executive Director of the Alberta Federal Council.  "Canada’s population is becoming more diverse and the federal Public Service is looking to reflect this growing diversity."

At this one-day event you will not only be able to learn about job opportunities with the Government of Canada, but you will also be able to attend presentations and workshops on applying the Public Service Commission and a variety of other topics.

Don’t miss this valuable opportunity! For more information about the fair, including a list of departments attending and presentations offered, visit www.fair.jobs.gc.ca.

CAPS Guide to Job Shadowing

You've begun to think about different career and job options. There are a lot of job titles that sound interesting but you don't really know what people in those jobs actually do. Perhaps you have a basic understanding of a field, but you’d like more in-depth, insider knowledge about the day-to-day realities. Even after doing some research, you probably still have many unanswered questions: What is a typical work day like? What is graduate school like? What kind of work-life balance does a career provide? Does a position involve working more with people or information? Does a specific workplace have a healthy culture?

Job shadowing is a way for you to answer these questions and more. Job shadowing is a learning opportunity in which you spend a short time period (from part of a day to several days) accompanying, interviewing and observing an experienced worker at their workplace in order to get first-hand information about a profession.

For more information on job shadowing, check out CAPS Guide to Job Shadowing.

Are you an aspiring poet?

In 1908, Henry Marshall Tory announced his vision for the university: "the modern state university is a people’s institution. The people demand that knowledge shall not be the concern of scholars alone. The uplifting of the whole people shall be its final goal." Over 100 years later, Tory’s vision endures and serves as guiding principle for this university.

The University of Alberta Alumni Association invites students in their graduating year to submit poems inspired by Tory’s vision, but uniquely and personally interpreted. The winning entry will be published in the 2010 Convocation Programs and on the Alumni Association website, and its author will be awarded $300.

For more information visit www.ualberta.ca/alumni/poetry

What’s Happening?

AustraLearn: Study in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific (Information Session).
Tuesday, February 23    
5 to 6:30 p.m.    
2-100 SUB           
5 to 5:45 p.m.: Graduate Study in Australia and New Zealand – Come Find out What is Possible!
5:45 to 6:30 p.m.: Study Medicine in Australia with the University of Sydney and the University of Wollongong
http://www.degreesoverseas.com/
Open to all students interested in studying abroad in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific at 30 major universities
Click here to register

Careers in the Green Energy Sector
Co-sponsored by the Office of Sustainability      
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
5 to 8 p.m.
ETLC Solarium, Second Floor
Free. Pre-register here.

Biological Sciences Career Forum
Co-sponsored by the Department of Biological Sciences               
Wednesday, March 3 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
 Biological Sciences Building, M-145
Free. Pre-register here.

Careers in Law 
Thursday, March 4 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Tory B-45
Free. Pre-register here.

Rapid Resume Review
Wednesday, March 10
10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
8917 HUB Mall
Free. Pre-registration not required. 

Schlumberger Information Session
Monday, March 15
5 to 6:30 p.m.    
4-02 SUB             
Research, Engineering, Manufacturing & Sustaining Engineers & Scientists. Open to: Computing Science; Electrical Engineers; Computer Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Industrial Engineering; Manufacturing Engineering; Supply Chain Management       
Click here to register

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