Career and Transition Services - Bishop's University

Bishop’s University Career and Transition Services (CATS) supports students with career development and job search strategies by offering professional and specialized services focusing on career and employment advising, as well as workshops, events, a comprehensive job posting service and extensive career resources.

When students arrive at BU, they should already be thinking about their departure! CATS supports and empowers students to explore possibilities, opportunities and critically engage with their future.

Our Services

We are proud to operate within a curricular framework where we support learning outside the classroom in intentional and meaningful ways. Our Career Advisors have the training, language, and tools necessary to be co-creators of the Curricular Approach.

Explore career options relevant to student’s academic path
Clarify career identity and objectives through self-assessment and reflective exercises on personality, work interests, values, and skills
Identify with the student the assumptions and barriers that may influence their career decisions
Develop an attainable and realistic action plan to reach career or educational objectives
Understand graduate degree application requirements and processes
Assists with scholarship and special award applications
Refer students to appropriate on-campus and community support, as needed
Assistance with the creation and development of professional documents (cover letter, resume, and LinkedIn profile)
Support for students to navigate and understand online resources (i.e., job search sites, Canadian labour information, etc.)
Workshops and webinars related to Career Development
Career events (Grad School Day, Career Bootcamp, BU Works International, and Career Day)
Alumni mentorship programs (10k Coffees and JUMP)
Career/job resources, including Outcome Campus Connect
Networking opportunities

We encourage you to book an appointment to meet with a Career & Employment Advisor. Appointments take place in Student Services, upstairs from Doolitte’s Co-op, or in MOU016, under the Purple Pod (you will be notified when you book your appointment).

Check out myBU for a list of job search tools and check out Outcome Campus Connect for student job opportunities, on and off campus:

Career Bootcamp
January 2024
$35 registration fee includes 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches and a networking cocktail!

Bishop’s Career Bootcamp is an intensive career preparation event designed to provide the skills and knowledge required to do an effective job search process. Participants will attend workshops on résumé building, job search strategies, effective networking techniques, business etiquette, interview preparation, as well as a mock interview session (interview practice with an alumni). Career Bootcamp also includes a networking event with alumni, which is a great opportunity for students to practice their networking skills and gain a realistic understanding of the workforce.

Benefits of attending the Career Bootcamp:

Improve your résumé and cover letter (gain valuable advice on ways to highlight your qualifications, skills and achievements to target specific jobs).
Gain valuable information on interviews from a senior Human Resources Advisor.
Improve your interview skills and answers (learn how to answer difficult interview questions).
Discover easy and effective tools and techniques to make yourself known by potential employers.
Develop time-saving and effective job search and networking techniques.
Network with alumni and employers who can give you great career and job search advice.

I really loved Bootcamp, it helped me in many ways. From my resume to the interview and certainly, the cocktail etiquette, what a great idea. I keep telling everyone that it was really worth it and would definitely relive the experience!

BU Works International
October 2023
February 2024

Find out how to start your Canadian work experience and how to extend your professional possibilities beyond campus. Learn about the Canadian work culture and professional opportunities to enhance your resume. Get information from an Immigration Certified Consultant and some insights from international alumni.

Career Day
February 2024

Whether you are graduating this year or just starting your first semester at Bishop’s, now is the best time to start participating in exploring career options. Career Day is an opportunity to gather insight into the industry, learn about a company’s hiring practices, find out about their training programs, and impress them with your skills and abilities. Therefore, if you think you are ready to make an impression and are focused on learning more about your employment opportunities, Career Day is the place for you. Remember, it is never too early to start networking.

Grad School Day
November 2023

Grad School Day is an event for students who are considering pursuing graduate studies and want to obtain information on the different graduate programs available to them. It’s a great opportunity to network with university representatives, gain valuable information on admission processes and requirements, or ask questions you may have regarding graduate studies.

Please email careerservices@ubishops.ca if you would like any more information about these events.

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Post a job opportunity

Job Board – Outcome Campus Connect

Employers are welcome to submit their opening through Outcome Campus Connect. This is a free service.

What is Outcome Campus Connect?
Partnering with the network enables you to post experiential learning, skill development, and job opportunities that reach student talent at the post-secondary institutions, and in the specific fields of study of your choice (with the click of a button). It is a streamlined and holistic way to easily build your early talent recruitment pipeline or hire with immediacy. Outcome Campus Connect puts the right opportunities, in front of the right students – every time.

Although the platform can advertise opportunities throughout Canada, you will be able to select Bishop’s University to better target your demographic.

Outcome Campus Connect

If it’s your first time using Outcome Campus Connect, check out these instructions.

Campus Connect sign-up Instructions

Host a recruitment or information session
We offer the possibility of doing an information session or recruitment booth to companies or universities that can’t attend our formal career events. To facilitate the planning and success of your info session, please take into consideration the following suggestions.

Possible dates for your session (we will assess with you the best time based on the academic calendar)
If you promote a specific position title with a description
Name and bio of the speaker(s)
Company logo
We suggest that you contact us as early as possible to increase the success of your event, and if you have former Bishop’s students in your staff, to involve them in the event.

Disclaimer: Bishop’s cannot ensure attendance; information sessions cannot be a mandatory activity. Our role is to promote through different channels and making sure the information is shared.

Service fee non-profit: 75$ per visit
Service fee other: 100$ per visit

Send your request to careerservices@ubishops.ca

Publier une offre d’emploi

Offres d’emploi – Outcome Campus Connect

Les employeurs sont invités à soumettre leurs offres d’emploi via Outcome Campus Connect. Ce service est gratuit.

Qu’est-ce que Outcome Campus Connect ?

Outcome Campus Connect vous permet d’afficher les offres d’emploi et apprentissage expérientiel Il s’agit d’un moyen simplifié et holistique de constituer facilement votre réserve de recrutement de jeunes talents ou d’embaucher immédiatement. Outcome Campus Connect met les bonnes opportunités à la portée des bons étudiants, à chaque fois.

Bien que la plateforme puisse annoncer des opportunités partout au Canada, vous pourrez sélectionner l’Université Bishop’s pour mieux cibler votre population.

Outcome Campus Connect

Si c’est la première fois que vous utilisez Outcome Campus Connect, consultez ces instructions:

Instructions pour l’inscription à Campus Connect

Organisez une séance de recrutement ou d’information

Nous offrons la possibilité d’organiser une séance d’information ou un stand de recrutement aux entreprises ou aux universités qui ne peuvent pas assister à nos événements de carrière officiels. Pour faciliter la planification et le succès de votre séance d’information, veuillez prendre en considération les suggestions suivantes :

Dates possibles pour votre session (nous évaluerons avec vous le meilleur moment en fonction du calendrier universitaire)
Si vous faites la promotion d’un titre de poste spécifique avec une description
Nom et biographie de l’orateur ou des orateurs
Logo de l’entreprise

Nous vous suggérons de nous contacter le plus tôt possible afin d’augmenter le succès de votre événement, et si vous avez d’anciens étudiants de Bishop’s dans votre personnel, de les impliquer dans l’événement.

Avis de non-responsabilité : Bishop’s ne peut garantir la présence des participants ; les séances d’information ne peuvent être une activité obligatoire. Notre rôle est de faire la promotion par différents canaux et de s’assurer que l’information est partagée.

Frais de service à but non lucratif : 75$ par visite

Frais de service autres : 100$ par visite

Envoyez votre demande à careerservices@ubishops.ca