By: Victoria Lansdown and the A-Team Committee
While UBC offers many diverse courses for you explore your academic interests, there are other ways to make the most of your university learning experience. You’re bound to find an opportunity that suits your personal and professional development needs outside of the classroom. Whether you’re looking for a part-time/full-time job or just looking for a new experience, there are many educational experiences available to enrich your learning and growth. What are these particular experiences? Here are three specifically tied to work experience:
- Co-Op
Co-op often provides jobs that are geared toward professional, actual careers (global assets manager, marketing, etc.). Full-time work experience, upper-level jobs available. Some benefits of participating in co-op include exploring your career options, while gaining paid, professional work experience and a network of contacts, as well as the resources to gain job search skills such as techniques for writing effective resumes and cover letters and one-on-one interview preparation. About 90% of Canadian co-op grads receive job offers within 1 month after graduation. Notably, this program requires an admission academic average of 70% or greater and your specific faculty has additional requirements. Be sure to check them out online while preparing to apply. - Work Learn
The Work Learn program supports and subsidizes meaningful work experiences at UBC. There are many different kinds of Work Learn positions, most of which are part-time administrative roles. Examples include Aboriginal Admissions Research Assistant, Project Assistant to the Division of Inner City Medicine, Oral Microbiology Project Assistant. A few benefits of fulfilling a Work-Learn Position includes the opportunity to work in a professional environment while achieving your own learning goals, and building skills to expand your professional network. Part-time positions are possible to fulfill as a student in the summer or fall. - Arts Internship Program
The Arts Internship Program enables undergraduate Faculty of Arts students to develop their skills and expand their resume with part-time, unpaid positions that offer meaningful, career-related experience within their communities. Internships integrate academic learning with development through professional experiences and help students to expand their knowledge, experience, contact base and chances of future career success. Internships are 8-12 hours per week and 4-8 months in duration. Internships are unpaid professional placements in non-profit organizations, social enterprises and art organizations. Unlike Co-Op, this internship program is open to anyone and does not have an academic average requirement.
Take advantage of these incredible enrichment opportunities to gain a new experience and prepare yourself for a job after university. In addition, these experiences will help you grow as an individual to become open and conscientious about learning and developing. Check out these different opportunities today to start planning your next steps toward a better future.
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