Career Decision Profile

The UTM Career Centre is here to support you as you take your next career steps.  Review your Career Decision Profile (CDP) results section by section and refer to the services and resources below to see how we can help! Once your assessment is complete, a member of the Career Centre team will review your report and recommend tailored resources and services to help you achieve your goals.

 

Self-Clarity

  1. Work with a Career Counsellor to help increase your knowledge of your skills, interests, personality and values and to help you develop career possibilities
  2. You can work with a Career Counsellor throughout your time at UTM and for two years afterwards
  3. Try out our Know Yourself e-module for some independent self-assessment; you can also follow up with a career counsellor afterwards

 

Knowledge about Careers and Education Programs

  1. Use our Career Resource Library (both in-person and virtual) and the Resources section on the CLNx to research careers and educational paths; our Career Assistants can help you access and learn more about what we have
  2. Participate in our Job Shadow program to test drive different career areas
  3. Check out Career Centre events where professionals discuss their careers and answer your questions
  4. Attend our workshops (live or recorded) that help you understand further education areas such as grad school, medicine, teaching and law

 

Decisiveness

If you have career ideas but making decisions is challenging, a Career Counsellor can help you look at your decision-making style and act as a neutral observer to help you consider your options

 

Overcoming Barriers

  1. There may be a variety of barriers that you may be encountering e.g. financial, mental or physical health, family responsibilities, discrimination, managing time etc.  Our Career Counsellors work with students in a holistic way; we welcome you to talk with a career counsellor about any challenge that you are facing whenever you feel it is appropriate
  2. The Career Centre has developed resource pages where you will find tailored information and programs that may be of assistance. 

 

We welcome any questions or concerns you may have. Please contact us at 905-828-5451.