{"id":3213,"date":"2021-09-03T12:28:19","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T16:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/gradpd\/?page_id=3213"},"modified":"2025-07-11T10:28:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T14:28:52","slug":"establish-your-career-narrative-explore-the-job-market","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/gradpd\/establish-your-career-narrative-explore-the-job-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Establish Your Career Narrative: Explore the Job Market"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Establish Your Career Narrative: Explore the Job Market\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/gradpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/Banner-Trajectories-1-240x80.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/gradpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/Banner-Trajectories-1-240x80.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/gradpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/Banner-Trajectories-1-160x53.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/gradpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/Banner-Trajectories-1-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/gradpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/Banner-Trajectories-1-400x133.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/gradpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/Banner-Trajectories-1-360x120.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/gradpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/Banner-Trajectories-1.jpg 1343w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Skill Pathway:&nbsp;<\/b>Career Planning &amp; Job Hunting<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Career Readiness Competencies:&nbsp;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Career Management<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Workshop Description<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This workshop addresses a key component of career planning: researching the job market and learning the norms and expectations within particular sectors, organizations, and occupations. Participants learn research methods that can be used to conduct a thorough and systematic review of the professional spaces they are considering entering. This includes asking the right questions, learning the language of employers, and avoiding cynicism regarding job prospects. To help participants begin their exploration, the workshop includes an introduction to a variety of professional paths available to graduate students, including paths within academia, on the periphery of academia (such as Alt-Ac or alternative-academic careers), and outside of academia.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Learning Outcomes<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(1) Explain the premise and main sections of the Individual Development Plan, and particularly the section on exploring the job market<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2) Devise a strategy to gather information on desired sectors of employment, relevant organizations, and potential positions<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(3) List the key skills and competencies required for desired positions<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skill Pathway:&nbsp;Career Planning &amp; Job Hunting Career Readiness Competencies:&nbsp;Career Management Workshop Description This workshop addresses a key component of career planning: researching the job market and learning the norms and expectations within particular sectors, organizations, and occupations. 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