CCD Services for Students

Design Thinking is a model of designing, testing, and implementing ideas, processes, or products that involves many iterations and non-linear thinking. The steps in design thinking include empathizing, defining, ideating, prototyping, and testing. Leveraging the principles of Design thinking, Career Design is the art of creating a career path that aligns with your values, interests, and personal & professional goals.

The NACE Competencies for a Career-Ready Workforce are a set of core competencies that have been endorsed by employers, and support lifelong career success. The NACE Competencies include: Career & Self-Development, Communication, Critical Thinking, Equity & Inclusion, Leadership, Professionalism, Teamwork, and Technology.

The Schulich Resume Template must be used by all students who would like their resume included in resume books that are created by the CCD and shared with employers and recruiters, including at/for specific recruitment fairs and info sessions. Font, formatting, and sections must remain unchanged – though students with significant work experience/years of experience are welcome to extend the template to two pages in length.

Our Career Design Advisors can help you get started from understanding yourself and what you offer to employers, to researching opportunities and exploring an area of interest, to finally making a career choice that resonates with you!

Book your Advising appointment via Handshake.

Our Career Foundations series provides students with key training on core skills such as career planning, resumes and cover letters, behavioural interviewing, case interviewing, and LinkedIn presence.

Register to Learn via Handshake.

These events provide a forum for students and industry partners to connect and interact. They include industry networking mixers and breakfasts, the financial services luncheon, and more.

Register to Attend via Handshake.

From industry research to mock interviews, the CCD offers several online resources to contribute to your career growth. Some of these complementary resources have been purchased from external partners and are exclusive to Schulich students.

Access via Handshake.

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At the Centre for Career Design, we recognize that professional portraits can be expensive and difficult to organize, which is why we are happy to provide this convenient service, free-of-charge, to all Schulich students. In May of 2024, the Centre for Career Design installed an Iris Air portrait studio. This state-of-the-art technology allows students to take and edit professional-quality photos of themselves in a matter of minutes. Learn more about this free resource here.

You have exclusive access to Schulich’s job board on Handshake where you can view full-time jobs and internship roles. Additionally, employers host recruitment information sessions to promote their recruitment initiatives and showcase their organizations. Eligibility for jobs and recruitment events is based on academic program.

Access via Handshake.