One-on-one supports

Meet one-on-one with a Career Advisor for a confidential discussion about your career strategy, job search tactics, or grad/professional school prep. These appointments are available in person, by phone, or by Skype.

• Searching for a job?
  Book a résumé, letter, mock interview, ePorfolio or work search (inside or outside Canada) appointment.
• Applying to graduate/college/professional school?
  Book a planning, application or mock interview appointment.
• In graduate school?
  Book a curriculum vitae (for academic and/or research and development positions), résumé, letter, mock interview or work search (inside or outside Canada) appointment.
• Unsure about your career direction?
  In a career planning appointment you will deepen your understanding of yourself and your unique skills, values, interests, personality and situational factors in order to make better-informed career decisions. Register for a Career Planning Initial 15-minute Consult to get this conversation started. 

How to book an appointment

Book an appointment

Short on time? Drop in for some bite-sized advice!  All students (regular and co-op students in undergraduate or graduate programs) can drop in for 15 minutes. When attending in person, please bring your WatCard.

 Students may also access career support at the Library, including help with résumés, cover letters and interviews. Bring your WatCard to register in-person, and printed copies of your résumé and/or cover letter if you would like them reviewed. Drop-in sessions are 15 minutes.

Have a co-op question? If you are a co-op student and have not had a work term, you are welcome to attend a co-op consult in-person, by phone or Skype. When attending in-person, please bring your WatCard.

Undergraduate students, if you’re interested in a Career Planning appointment, please register for this initial required 15-minute consultation. During this consultation, we will help you assess your current career planning needs and connect you to the most appropriate resources and supports.

Consults are available 12:00-1:00 p.m. from Monday-Thursday. Registration for the day begins at 11:30 a.m. either in-person at the Centre for Career Action (TC 1214) or by phone at 519-888-4047. Available timeslots are limited and offered on a first come, first served basis. There is a high demand for services, which means that we may reach full capacity very quickly and you may be asked to come in on another day.

Graduate students and postdocs, book an appointment with a dedicated graduate career advisor.

Prior to booking appointments, please read the following Confidentiality Statement. By continuing with the process of booking an appointment with the Centre for Career Action (bottom of page), you are agreeing to the following terms.

Appointments in the Centre for Career Action:

I understand that individual appointments are confidential and that CCA will not report to anyone outside The Centre for Career Action and Co-operative Education my attendance at career advising appointments. CCA will not report to anyone outside of The Centre for Career Action on the information shared during such appointments without my prior written consent to do so. Exceptions to this include when we may be legally required to use/disclose some personal information without consent:

1. When there is an imminent danger to myself, my advisor and/or an identifiable third party;
2. When there are reasonable grounds to suspect that a child under the age of 16 years is or may be in need of protection; or
3. When a disclosure is ordered by a court or otherwise required by law. Additional exceptions include case consultations and electronically mediated appointments.

Case consultations

• I understand that CCA staff may consult with colleagues within CCA (only when necessary) for training purposes and in order to improve the quality of the services and resources provided to the client. This is done without disclosing the client's identity.

Electronically mediated appointments

• I recognize that there are limits to protecting my personal information. If I choose an electronically mediated appointment (via phone, Skype, etc.), I understand that the CCA cannot guarantee confidentiality (e.g., crossed phone lines, someone in my household listening, interception of transmissions over the phone line or internet etc.).

Responsibility

• I am voluntarily participating in career advising provided by the Centre for Career Action (CCA), whether through appointments, drop-ins, co-op consultations, follow-up to appointments, or other forms of communication between me and the CCA.
• Staff in the Centre for Career Action provide individualized services for the purpose of enhancing client career success, but assume no responsibility for my career and/or academic direction or success. I remain solely responsible for making my career, education and employment decisions and for verifying information that may impact these decisions. 
• I understand that information provided to me by CCA is for the purposes of making career, education and employment decisions unique to my individual goals and circumstances. I agree that I will not use it for any other purpose and will not distribute, or otherwise make it available to others. 
• In an appointment, if I wish to tape-record, photograph, video-record or otherwise reproduce appointment materials, I must obtain the advisor's consent beforehand. Otherwise all such reproduction is an infringement of privacy and copyright and is absolutely prohibited. I note that where such permission is granted by the advisor, materials reproduced are for my individual private use only, not for further reproduction or publication. 
• CCA welcomes all accommodation requests and is happy to work with clients to deliver information in a way that works best for them.

Co-op Consultations

• I understand that individual consults are confidential and that CCA will not report to anyone outside The Centre for Career Action and Co-operative Education my attendance at a co-op consult or the information shared during such consultations without my prior written consent to do so.

• Employees of Co-operative Education, for example Student Advisors, do have access to attendance records and limited notes that are kept in WaterlooWorks. These notes are written with respect for student privacy, and typically include only a general description of the topic(s) discussed. Occasionally staff may consult with colleagues within CCA for training purposes, process implications and case exceptions, and in order to improve the quality of the services and resources provided to the client.

• Other exceptions to total confidentiality include when we may be legally required to use/disclose some personal information without consent:
  • When there is an imminent danger to myself and/or an identifiable third party;
  • When there are reasonable grounds to suspect that a child under the age of 16 years is or may be in need of protection; or
  • When a disclosure is ordered by a court or otherwise required by law.

• I recognize that there are limits to protecting my personal information. If I choose an electronically mediated appointment (via phone, Skype, etc.), I understand that the CCA cannot guarantee confidentiality (e.g., crossed phone lines, someone in my household listening, interception of transmissions over the phone line or internet etc.).