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Getting Experience and Launching into a Career RBC Future Launch … and more. Tom Phillips Director – Co-op, Careers, and Experiential Learning. Future Launch and the Jobs of the Future. Many of the jobs of the future aren’t known today
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Getting Experience and Launching into a CareerRBC Future Launch … and more Tom Phillips Director – Co-op, Careers, and Experiential Learning
Future Launchand theJobs of the Future • Many of the jobs of the future aren’t known today • The workplace is changing and the nature of work is changing • Many graduates are considering creating their own business • Over this academic year FUTURE LAUNCH will be offering presentations that will help students and alumni understand what it will take to be successful in the future workplace, whether as a business person or as someone working in an organization Co-op, Careers, and Experiential Learning
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING opportunities at Trent will help you prepare for the WORKFORCE of the FUTURE The dilemma: Can’t get experience without a job; Can’t get a job without experience. The resolution: Get meaningful, purposeful experience while you’re a Trent through experiential learning. • Field placements, internships, co-ops, community-based research….and more • Opportunities to be mentored by successful Trent alumni in the Life after Trent program
CAREERSPACE • Very soon you will receiving information about a new direction Trent is taking in helping you get experience and consider the future careers directions that are available to you • CAREERSPACE will help you with EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING opportunities, and provide support and information regarding CAREERS • CAREERSPACE is committed to ensuring that every graduate will have an opportunity for a relevant, practical, and recorded experience learning experience by 2021 • Part of this commitment includes providing you with up-to-date information about the current and future workforce – Jason Dennison will be speaking about this next
Getting in touch tphillips@trentu.ca and go to trentu.ca/careers