Employability Capital
Thursday, February 12, 2026 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
- Virtual event
- Contact
- David Lafferty, david.lafferty@carleton.ca
We are living in a time of change. Political instability, austerity in academia, and generative AI are all making stable career paths more difficult to find and navigate. While there are no easy solutions to this problem, you can prepare yourself for the future by recognizing and building up your level of employability, which represents your chances of succeeding on the job market and maintaining a sustainable career over a lifetime. The Employability Capital Growth Model (ECGM) can help you do this work.
The ECGM is a framework developed by researcher William E. Donald that allows for creative and critical discussion of employability in a way that graduate students and postdocs will find both practical and intellectually engaging. It allows you to evaluate your employability based on a wide range of factors, taking into consideration your unique position as an individual, the paths your life and education has taken, and the realities of work in the 21st century.
In this session we will examine the concept of employability in relation to the nine types of employability capital, as well as how external factors in the economy can influence your ambitions.
All graduate students and postdocs are welcome. If you are a TA, this session counts toward voluntary paid training hours, provided that you are working as a TA in the term when the training takes place.
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Employability Capital (W2026)
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