Career Development

Career Information Centre

In order to make wise career decisions you need to have accurate and up-to-date information.

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Come in and use our Career Information Centre, which contains material on different types of occupations, organizations that regularly employ graduates and job opportunities related to various disciplines. The Centre also has information on postgraduate studies available at the UWI as well as USA, UK and Canada.

We also encourage you to contact embassies, professional organizations, general libraries and industrial directories if additional information is needed.

Job Shadowing Experience (JSEP)

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. Students witness firsthand the work environm

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ent, employability and occupational skills in practice, the value of professional training and potential career options. Job Shadowing may be undertaken using just a few hours of the day, an entire day, or a couple of days in an organisation.

Careers Club

The Careers Club is an association under the Office of Placement & Career Services as part of its many programmes designed to meet the career development needs of the University of the West Indies. The aim of the club is to disseminate career information in a variety of areas while assisting

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students to develop their leadership skills and abilities. This is done through interesting and fulfilling activities centred on developing the skills and values necessary for personal career development and the world of work.

Topics of Interest:

Entrepreneurship
Résumé Writing/Cover Letter
Interview Skills
Image Leadership
Business Plans
Expectactions of Managers
Job Hunting Strategies

Additionally, the club takes part in activities such as socials, debates, outreach programmes, regular seminars, world of work seminars and visits different organisations and feeder institutions.

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.

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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.

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The University of the West Indies, Mona

Placement and Career Services