Transition to Career
T2C is a career development program designed to help you successfully navigate career transitions during and after university. The program will help you become self-directed in managing your career and support you in developing your knowledge, skills, attributes, and connections.
The Transition to Career (T2C) and Career Coaching programs are now accepting new clients.
If you are interested in registering for either program, please complete this form. We will respond to all inquiries at our earliest convenience.
About the Program
Who can benefit from T2C?
T2C can support a variety of career needs, interests, and concerns. You will receive personalized guidance from a career coach, career advising and access to curated online learning material. Below are areas of focus that are common among T2C participants.
The process of exploring your career starts with uncovering your unique traits and attributes. With the support of a coach, you will reflect on your past and current experiences, identify your skills and values, define what success means to you, learn ways to research career options, and/or consider approaches to making suitable career decisions.
If you are asking yourself these questions, T2C can help:
- What am I good at?
- What is important to me in a career?
- What careers are suitable for me?
- How do I learn more about career ideas?
- How do I choose a career path(s)?
Work search could include looking for a summer job, searching for post-graduation employment, transitioning from one job to another, creating work search tools to apply to openings, and developing strategies for landing a job. With the support of a T2C coach, you will build and test strategies for finding work, which includes developing your networking skills.
If you are asking yourself these questions, T2C can help:
- What are strategies for finding work?
- How do I build connections in and outside of my field(s) of interest?
- What techniques help build a targeted resume and cover letter?
- How do I ace the job interview and evaluate a job offer?
Developing career-related skills and advancing in your career can occur while being a student or working as a professional. For some, career advancement involves determining new and relevant skills. For others, it involves planning an upward or lateral role change in an organization. Defining what career success means to you is an important part of this process. With the support of a coach, you will learn how to brainstorm and prioritize skills development opportunities, explore strategies for taking action towards goals, and map out your next steps.
If you are asking yourself these questions, T2C can help:
- How do I determine the skills needed to advance in my career?
- What types of opportunities can help me develop specific skills?
- What are my career goals and actions?
- How do I move closer to my career goals?
- How do I balance my work and life?
The Individual Development Plan (IDP) is a part of graduate student professional development and is a tool to assist your career management. It offers opportunities to identify and evaluate the disciplinary knowledge, skills, competencies and experiences academic and non-academic employers are looking for. With the support of a coach, you will work through the IDP together and think critically about your experiences and traits. This allows you to complete the requirement with clarity and purpose.
Questions that will be explored in the IDP with a coach include:
- What or who do I hope to inspire?
- What new things do I want to try?
- What are my main values and preferences?
- What are my strengths and areas for growth?
- What are three career options of interest and why?
- What are examples of the following 7 skills employers are looking for (i.e. creativity, communication, confidence, scholarship, ethical responsibility, critical thinking, collaboration)?
How does the program work?
After registration, you will receive a welcome email and book an introductory coaching session. The session, one of seven, is an opportunity for you to share your career/life story with a coach and begin identifying your current needs. The process of coaching will help you 'investigate yourself' and 'investigate the world of work' deeply. Your coach will guide you towards relevant and useful blended and experiential learning activities that aim to enhance your career management skills.
Explore career resources, through an online learning platform, that have content related to career management skills, self-assessment, career researching, work search tools and strategies, skills development, professionalism, work-life balance, and more.
Online learning modules will focus on how you can:
- Take charge of your career.
- Master the skills employers want.
- Land the job you want.
- Flourish in the workplace.
What does T2C include?
- Seven career coaching sessions with a certified career coach
- Three topic-specific advising appointments including a Resume Critique, LinkedIn Profile Critique, and Mock Interview
- Online learning modules in eClass
Program Details
Regular price is $420 (including GST)
T2C is eligible for the Green and Gold Leadership and Professional Development Grant.
Alumni are eligible for the Alumni Professional Development Grants.
- Go to the campusBRIDGE portal to sign up for an account. Check out this quick video on setting up an account in campusBridge.
- Select your status as student, staff, alumni, or guest depending on your relationship to the university. (If you are a student, you can log in using your CCID and password. Other types of users may need to first register for a new user account.)
- Once registered and logged in, go to the Online Store to locate the Transition to Career (T2C) under T2C.
- Go to campusBRIDGE portal and log in to your account.
- Once logged in, go to Career Centre Appointments. You can find all open appointments by clicking on View Calendar, or you can use Book by Appointment Type or Book by Appointment Provider.
For any questions related to how to use campusBRIDGE, email campusBRIDGE@ualberta.ca or check out this quick tutorial.
Meet the Team
Tyree McCrackin
Team Lead and Career Coach
Marek Komar
Career Coach