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Posted on January 11, 2018 by Fareed Teja Posted in Announcements, Business Career Centre — No Comments ↓

Week of Jan. 11th – Jan. 18th, 2018

Upcoming Tech Events

Canada’s leading tech career event is coming back to Vancouver on January 18th! Students who went to the last TechFest in September loved it and thought it was a great networking event.
Hiring executives from 15 leading tech companies like Best Buy, EA, and BrainStation will be pitching on why you should work for them. More information about the event is available here.

Where: Vancouver Convention Centre, West Building
1055 Canada Place, Vancouver BC, V6C 0C3
When: Tuesday January 18th, 6-11pm
Cost: Use promo code “Sauder” for $10 tickets
Buy tickets here

Interested in the future of virtual reality, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence? Join BrainStorm and Microsoft for an interesting panel discussion, exploring emerging trends and best practices for implementing new technologies. More information about the event is available here.

Where: 455 Granville St, Vancouver BC, V6C 1T1
When: Thursday January 25th, 6:30-8pm
Cost: $45
Buy tickets here

Career Centre Updates

Current Student Spotlight

Isha had this to say about CareerCruising:

“While perusing the MBAN Careers Blog, I came across a plethora of useful resources and tools made available for our cohort, and especially the tool, careercruising.com is very enticing and well-suited to our needs as it lets students like us explore their interests in a directed manner and aligns those interests with viable career paths, thus helping us explore our options and also create a detailed plan on how to achieve our goals. I found this tool to be very different and more serviceable also because it uses a holistic approach from building self-awareness through various tests and at the same time providing information about how each job would look like, hence assisting in developing a comprehensive career plan”

CareerCruising is a great resource that will help you understand your skills, interests and learning styles, and how they match up with potential careers. There are two assessments available through CareerCruising; we encourage you to complete both, and come in for coaching to understand the results.

How to access career cruising:

Go to careercruising.com
Log in information:
- Username: “UBC”
- Password: “careers”
Click on “Log In to My Plan” (top right corner)
Click “Create My Plan”
Fill in the information and create a Career Cruising profile
Use the assessments and go over your results with Nicole!

Want to go over your results from Career Cruising, or any other careers resource? Book a coaching appointment on COOL.

Career Centre Spotlight – William Pardoe

William (Will) Pardoe has joined the Career Centre as Coordinator, Student Experience & Careers and will be supporting MBAN career programming.

Will has a BSc in Microbiology & Immunology, and was in the first graduating class of the MM Dual Degree. Will brings an extensive knowledge of UBC and UBC Sauder, a strong data analytics background, and a passion for non-profit organizations. Will was also the Commodore (president) of the UBC Sailing Club for 3.5 years. Some fun facts about Will are that he’s a huge science fiction fan, and has lived on boats for two months over the course of his life.

Will is always happy to grab coffee and chat! Feel free to reach out at william.pardoe@sauder.ubc.ca or add him on LinkedIn (remember to use a personalized invitation!)

Dean’s Speaker Series: Belinda Wong, CEO, Starbucks China – Feb. 1st

Come join Dean Bob’s Speaker Series on February 1st and hear Belinda Wong, CEO of Starbucks China, discuss the strategy behind Starbucks China’s successful expansion to 3000 locations in 136 cities in China.

This event will be opened to our alumni community as well so the reception will be a fantastic opportunity for our students to network with many alumni business professionals. We encourage you to all attend the reception after the main program to meet new people and network over complimentary canapes and a free non-alcoholic drink. Students will be given a drink ticket for a complimentary non-alcoholic beverage at the registration table.

Where: Henry Angus Bulidng, Room 098
When: Thursday February 1st, 6:15-8:30pm (registration starts at 5:30pm)
RSVP on COOL

RSVP on COOL