What is Get Hired?
Get Hired is an interactive, annual conference offered by the Academic Advising & Career Centre (AA&CC) designed to equip upcoming and new UofT graduates with the necessary strategies, tools, skills and confidence to find and keep work. This three-day in-person conference will be held from May 2 - 4, 2023. Sessions will include keynote speakers, interactive workshops, concurrent sessions, demo interviews with our employer partners and an opportunity to have a professional headshot taken for your LinkedIn profile.
These sessions will give you a chance to hear successful career stories, get advice on your job search from the professionals and learn what you need to be successful. This year we will be partnering with the Development and Alumni Relations Office to host an Alumni networking event and at the end of the three-day conference students will engage in a mini job fair where employers will be waiting to meet and discuss prospective employment opportunities. The employer representatives may not be hiring at that time, but the goal is to create opportunities for students/grads to learn about hiring practices in a range of organizations, and who knows? – sometimes when you make a positive human connection, it smooths the path to an employment opportunity in the future!
A booth for LinkedIn professional profile photos will be available to all those registered during the mini job fair, free of charge! Come dressed to impress during this three day conference!
Note: All three days of this conference will be hosted in-person at the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus.
Who Can Participate?
Students in Year 3 or 4+ of their degree (i.e., around 14+ credits completed), as well as new and recent UofT graduates (undergraduate or graduate) up to 2 years after graduation, should attend. Preference will be given to students in their graduating year and new grads. We are pleased to offer limited spaces for UTM and St. George students.
What Does It Cost?
A conference like this through a private company would cost around $500 or more - and you can attend free of charge thanks to our sponsors, TD Insurance, Manulife, and the AA&CC! Find out more about our UofT Affinity Partners and sponsors here, https://bit.ly/GH2023_affinity.
How Do I Register?
Registration is now open! Please register here!
All registered students will be sent detailed logistical instructions, materials and final details by email before the conference (note this will be sent to your utoronto email address). If you require accommodation, please email aaccevents.utsc@utoronto.ca and we will work with you to make arrangements.
Conference Schedule
DAY 1: Get Inspired - Tuesday May 2, 2023
1:00PM - 1:30PM | Registration |
1:30PM - 2:00PM | Welcome Address: Varsha Patel, Assistant Dean, Student Success and Career Support |
2:00PM - 3:00PM |
Alumni Keynote Speaker: Adam Rodricks, Canada's Top Social Media Strategist/ Author/ Digital Marketing Specialist Title of Presentation: "Where Gaming Got Me" Join the 2022 UTSC Young Alumni of the Year, Adam Rodricks, as he shares stories from his career that span his time attending UTSC to where he is now working as a best-selling author, Digital practitioner, and public speaker:
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3:00PM - 3:30PM | Coffee Break |
3:30PM - 4:30PM |
Concurrent Breakout Session (Students will Choose One Session to Attend):
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4:30PM - 4:45PM | Break |
4:45PM - 5:45PM | Young Alumni Panel |
5:45PM - 6:00PM | Break |
6:00PM - 7:30PM | Alumni Networking Event |
DAY 2: Get Connected - Wednesday May 3, 2023
9:30AM - 10:00AM | Registration |
10:00AM - 11:00AM | Keynote Speaker: Jake Hirsch-Allen, LinkedIn |
11:00AM - 11:30AM | Break |
11:30AM - 12:30PM |
Concurrent Breakout Session - Part 1 (Students will Choose One Session to Attend):
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12:30PM - 1:30PM | Lunch |
1:30PM - 2:30PM |
Concurrent Breakout Session - Part 2 (Students will Choose One Session to Attend):
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2:30PM -3:00PM | Break |
3:00PM - 4:00PM | Interviewing Strategies with the Pros and a Demo Interview |
DAY 3: Get Ready - Wednesday May 4, 2023
9:30AM - 10:00AM | Registration |
10:00AM - 10:30AM | Welcome Address: Neel Joshi, Dean of Student Experience & Wellbeing |
10:30AM - 11:00AM | Break |
11:00AM - 12:00PM |
Concurrent Breakout Session (Students will Choose One Session to Attend):
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12:00PM - 1:30PM | Lunch |
1:30PM - 2:30PM | Recruiter Panel Discussion |
2:30PM - 3:00PM | Break |
3:00PM - 5:00PM |
Mini Job Fair/ Networking + LinkedIn Photos For a list of participating employers in attendance, click here! |
Post-Programming Events:
Post-Graduation Work Permit & Path to PRAre you an international student? If you are completing your program soon, interested in working in Canada for up to 3 years and applying for permanent residency, please join us for this information session to learn about the post-graduation work permit and the fastest paths to achieving permanent residency in Canada. Date of Session: Friday May 5, 2023 | 9:30AM - 11:00AM |
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Creating a Personal Brand and Getting Noticed (3-part series)Everyone has a personal brand, whether they know it or not. Do you know what yours says about you? In this labour market having a successful personal brand can make all the difference when it comes to employers and others wanting to connect with you. Date of Sessions: Tuesday May 16, 2023 | Tuesday May 23, 2023 | Tuesday May 30, 2023 From 11:00AM - 12:30PM |
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Job Seekers Club (4-part series)Join a small cohort of like-minded students and grads and develop impactful job search skills with Career Specialists! We will focus on:
Date of Sessions:Wednesday May 17, 2023 | May 24, 2023 | June 7, 2023 from 3:00PM - 5:00PM |
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Connecting the Dots and Finding You - Career Exploration & Assessment (2-part series with 1-on-1 consultations)Are you unsure about your program choice or career direction? Join us if you're having trouble connecting your study to future career. Who this program is for: All UTSC students who are looking for answers to:
BENEFITS for participants:
Date of Sessions: Tuesday May 23, 2023 | Thursday May 25, 2023 from 5:00PM - 6:30PM |
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Thiriving in the Workplace with Emma-Sue PrinceYou're at the start of your career and it's an exciting time. The recent Get Hired conference will have given you plenty of inspiration, tips and strategies for networking, applying for work and preparing for interviews. The 7 skills of adaptability, critical thinking, empathy, integrity, optimism, being proactive and resilience are a crucial part of this but what happens once you've started in the workplace? Actively using and applying these skills when you are in the workplace will help and support you to hit the ground running, build confidence and visibility and truly thrive. These are skills that we each have within us in pretty much unlimited capacity - if we nurture and develop them. This is not gobbledygook, this is not a quick fix, this is well researched and trialled within my book 7 Skills for the Future and within hundreds of awareness raising workshops I have run all over the world with all sorts of people in different industries. Date of Session: Wednesday May 24, 2023 from 1:00PM - 2:15PM |
Get Hired Conference Sponsors:
The University of Toronto Scarborough's Academic Advising & Career Centre would like to thank our UofT Affinity Partners and sponsors, Manulife and TD Insurance. Discover the benefits of affinity products!
Questions about Get Hired? Please email us at career.utsc@utoronto.ca