Plan My Career is an interactive online learning resource designed to help you find focus and direction within your career, and give you the tools you need to achieve your career goals.
To begin, simply click on any of the puzzle pieces. If you are not quite ready to jump in, you may want to spend some time exploring where to begin or how to use Plan My Career.
If you are struggling to find focus in your studies, define your goals, or determine a sense of direction, Discover who I am may be a good starting point. This section will give you a chance to clarify and reflect upon who you are and help you understand your best fit within the world of work.
If you feel you have a good sense of self-understanding or have already defined the type of career you are looking for, Explore my options could work for you. This section gives you tools to look at your options for school, research occupations, explore self-employment, and find out about trends in the world of work.
If you have researched your options and are ready to make a decision, Choose my direction will give you the tools to more clearly define your career needs, narrow your focus, evaluate your options, and choose a clear direction.
Perhaps you have made a decision about your career direction but are unsure of how to accomplish your goals. Achieve my goals will provide you with resources on academic advising, scholarships, exchanges, internships, volunteering, and building essential employability skills.
If you are looking for part-time, summer or permanent employment—Join the workforce will be your best bet. This section will walk you through how to prepare your documentation, find opportunities, secure the job, and succeed in the workplace!
Perhaps you are currently in the world of work, but have been thinking about change or want to learn how to maintain your career’s momentum. To assist you in managing your career, Continue to develop offers resources on re-careering, professional development, personal growth, and dealing with the dynamics of career change.
Your career is the collection of all your experiences related to the world of work. From your humble beginnings as a lemonade vendor to the moment you cashed (or will cash!) your first pay cheque, all experiences have the potential to be career defining moments. With each experience, you gain new clarity and focus within your career. This is the essence of career development.
Essentially, making a decision about your career direction involves five steps: assess yourself (Discover who I am), research the world of work (Explore my options), analyze your options and make a decision (Choose my direction), and then create a plan to make it happen (Achieve my goals and Join the workforce)! This sequence of steps rarely unfolds in this exact order (e.g. many of us are assessing, researching, and job searching all at the same time!), and it is not unusual for a person to walk through many of these steps several times over the length of their career. In fact, an important part of maintaining and managing your career (Continue to develop) involves ongoing re-evaluation and assessment of the fit between you and your career!
Defining and creating your career is not going to happen over night. Some pieces may fall seamlessly into place, but deciding where you want to go and getting there is going to take some time, thought, and good old elbow grease!
There is a tonne of information here! If you happen to get lost, you can click on the circular puzzle icon in the top right corner at anytime to navigate Plan My Career or return to this main page.
If you feel drained and bored at your job in retail but can spend hours talking to people about history, pay attention. These moments are often the most powerful and telling about the types of work that will feed your mind and soul!
If you feel pressured to become the next Donald Trump but your heart is pulling you to Hollywood, take heed! You may not become the next Denzel Washington or Julia Roberts but admitting this now can save a lot of heartache later!
Keep your assessment results, resume drafts, and cover letters; and bookmark the really good links. Your career is a work in progress and when you are pulling your hair out looking for the right words to put on your application for graduate school or first performance evaluation, this kind of information can be golden. Plus, you will have a good chuckle when you look back on this in 20 years!
Shaping your career is a really exciting time in your life! It can give you a great chance to learn amazing thinks about yourself, talk to wonderful people, and enjoy some really neat experiences. Enjoy!
It is great to have this information at your finger tips but if you get stuck remember you are not in this alone! At any point you can ask a question, join a workshop, drop in to a QuickTalk, get career advice at a CareerChat, or meet individually with a career counsellor.
Need advice?Drop in to meet informally with staff from the SECC to discuss your resume or cover letter.
Contact the SECC to book a free 45-minute appointment for one-on-one support with a professional career counsellor.
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Download the Plan My Career Workbook (PDF) for a complete collection of the exercises offered on this website.
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