The Office of Placement and Career Services at UWI is dedicated to every aspect of your career development. We offer a range of personalized services designed to align your interests and skills with career opportunities, supporting your professional growth. From the System for Interactive Guidance and Information (SIGI) to the Peer Career Advisor Programme, we are here to pave your way to a successful career!
What can you do to advance your career journey? Here are a few things we've prepared for you:
Annual World Of Work Seminars
These seminars are focused on helping students to develop skills and competencies needed to compete in the job search and survive in a globalized work place.
Shadow Me
Job Shadowing is a workplace experience option where students learn about a job by walking through the work day as a shadow to a competent worker. It is a temporary, unpaid exposure to the workplace in an occupational area of interest to the student.
"Participating in the Career Awareness Month Activities was a valuable experience that greatly improved my Job Search skills. The Mock Interviews and Job Fair gave me constructive feedback, increased my confidence, and helped me better understand what employers are looking for. Overall, the experience made me feel more prepared and confident to enter the working world."
Victoria Whyte
Final Year Computer Science Student
The University of the West Indies, Mona
Career Portfolio Assistance
The Office of Placement & Career Services will guide you in the preparation of your career portfolio. Students will have the opportunity to chart their educational path and co-curricular involvement. They will be able to identify careers being considered as well as possible places of employment.
Career Awareness Month
Career Awareness Month features a series of events designed to prepare students for the professional world. Activities include the Dress for Success and Workplace Ethics Seminars and scheduled Mock Interviews. On day 2, a Job Fair is held in conjunction with the expo. This is an opportunity for final year students to network with prospective employers/boothholders and to attend structured or walk-in interviews.
System For Interactive Guidance and Information (SIGI)
This is a computerized career counselling information package. It is designed to help students decide what employment areas would best suit them depending on their interests, values, skills and abilities.
