Welcome to Career Prep 101
2015
Contact Info
Career Services
Bronfman Building
6th floor, #650
www.mcgill.ca/desautels/career
careercentre.mgmt@mcgill.ca
514-398-2996
Your Career Advisors
Peg Brunelle
Marketing, International Management,
PR, Advertising
Julia Riscaldino
Consulting, IS, HR
Danielle Dagenais
Finance, Investment Management
Cathy Yee
Accounting, General Management
Overview of Career Services
 Advising:
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Resume and cover letter review
Interview preparation / mock interviews
Workshops
Career counseling and planning
CareerLeader© assessments
 Networking:
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Resume Book for corporate access
Career fairs, company presentations, info sessions
Career Discovery Series
Job postings
Mentoring program
 On-line:
• myFuture @ www.mcgill.ca/management/career
• Career Resources Portal @ www.mcgill.ca/desautels-career
Two myFuture sites… beware!
Welcome, Jo Blo
BCom Career Portal
Career Profile
 Well rounded profile NOT GPA alone
 Strong academic results and involvement in oncampus activities: clubs, volunteer organizations
 Showing community mindedness and enhancing skillsets
depending on roles and activities involved
Employers want a mix of academic success
and other involvement
Gaining Transferable Skills Through Work
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U0 to U1
U1 to U2
U2 to U3
U3 graduate
GET
EXPERIENCE
GAIN
RESPONSIBILITY
GET AN
INTERNSHIP
GET A
FULL-TIME JOB
Coffee shop barista
Retail salesperson
Customer service
Admin. assistant
Lifeguard
Office clerk
Cashier
Camp counselor
Etc.
• Corporate intern
accounting clerk,
law firm clerk, etc.
• Sales representative
• PR/event organizer
• Bank Teller
• NGO intern
• Etc.
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Consulting
Investment banking
Corporate
NGO
Government
Teaching assistant
Etc.
• Accept offer after
internship
OR
• Have gained
sufficient
experience to get
your dream job!
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Checklist 
U0 & U1
ON-BOARD AND INTEGRATE
U2
PLAN AND PARTICIPATE
U3
HIT THE GROUND RUNNING
 Attend Career Prep 101
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 Determine career interests
 Refine career interests
 Draft baseline resume and
cover letter
 Attend career fairs and oncampus recruiting events
 Attend career fairs and oncampus recruiting events
 Meet peer advisor
 Take CareerLeader® test
 Attend workshops on CV and
cover letter prep to improve
 Update cover letter and
resume
 Meet key CS advisor
 Attend networking workshop
 Set up internet profiles for
career purposes: LinkedIn,
Gmail
 Practice networking
 Improve soft and technical
interviewing skills
 Prepare for behavioral and
technical interviews
 Continue volunteer or oncampus activities, clubs, sports
 Set up automatic delivery of
job postings from public sites
 Continue volunteer or oncampus activities, clubs, sports
 Network!
 Get involved in volunteer or
on-campus activities, clubs,
sports
 Get relevant summer
employment
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Peer Advisors
 Meet with a Peer Advisor
• To get your resume reviewed
• To connect with students who know what it is like to be in first year
 Peer Advisors on duty as of October 19
• Come to Career Services, 6th floor Bronfman, to sign up