ERS 620Skills Identification and Career Development

This course leads students through resources and activities that provide them with the tools to be competitive in an employment context, and prepare them for a successful career in the environment, resource and sustainability science-policy context. Course material will also help prepare students for the research internship component of their program and provide students with an opportunity to support professional work-integrated-learning opportunities. Selected activities include: how to create personalized application packages; demonstrate that developing professional skills is of equal importance to developing technical ones; provide strategies to help students make the most of workplace opportunities and challenges; develop their ability to critically self-reflect and plan for professional growth.