Explore careers
To determine a realistic professional goal and action plan, you have to tangibly explore careers in management and live meaningful professional experiences in the management field.
5 objectives
- Familiarize yourself with the more concrete aspects of careers in management: examples of positions, the day-to-day, conditions of employment, typical progression, among other things.
- Find out about the trajectories of professionals currently evolving on the job market.
- Identify your preferences: activity sectors, types of organizations and positions.
- Validate your findings by living practical experiences in the field.
- Define a realistic career plan that matches your aspirations.
How to meet these objectives
- Consult the section Careers in management.
- Gather information on job search sites, the career pages of companies that interest you, for example.
- Search for inspiring professional profiles on social networks, for example. Contact them in order to ask for information and advice.
- Make regular updates: organize and analyze the information you gathered.
- Formulate your career plan and define the objectives that will help you reach it. Set the corresponding action plan.
Experience life!
How can you be certain that the options you identified are the best ones for you? As of now, start living new experiences: internships, university projects, exchanges, jobs, for example. This will allow you to:
- challenge your view of careers in management;
- get to know yourself better;
- develop your skills;
- add one or more valuable experiences to your CV.
The tools you need
On hec.ca
- Careers in management
- BBA specializations (in French only)
- Define your career plan and the actions to be taken
- How to use LinkedIn effectively
- Get information from professionals
- Recruiting or networking events
- Target businesses and let them know who you are
- Internship, project or summer job?
- Finding an internship, a supervised project or a summer job
- Get involved to get noticed
- Job search sites and resources
- Alumni employment data
External Resources
Exploring Careers
- Careers in Management
- National Occupation Classification
- Information on the labor market (IMT – Emploi Québec)
- Onetonline
- What Can I Do With My Degree? (John Molson School – Université Concordia)
Exploring Organizations
Private Sector
- The 300 Biggest SMEs in Quebec (Les Affaires) (in French only)
- The 500 Biggest Businesses in Quebec (Les Affaires) (in French only)
Public Sector
- Government of Canada Jobs
- Career Portal of the Quebec Government (in French only)
Community Sector
International Cooperation Sector
- Directory of AQOCI members (Quebec International Cooperation) (in French only)
Exploring Activity Sectors
- Current events in sectors of activity (Les Affaires) (in French only)
- List of professional orders (in French only)
- Directory of sectoral workforce committees
Mentoring
- Academos (for ages 14-30)
- Mentorship program of the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Montreal
Martine, Sandra and Virginie’s advice
"When it’s time to learn more about your career options, try diversifying your activities: research, informal meetings, networking events, discussions with people in your existing network (family, friends, colleagues, teachers, etc.).
It could be beneficial to talk with a few different professionals occupying the same position, you could be surprised by the differences in their experience!”
Career Management Services activities
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