Marni Hope, the event coordinator for Indigenous Services, has been a key part in getting these events to happen. Photo by Hayden Siemens
For many students, finding time to build up their career, whether through their resume or job searching, can be an extremely difficult task. But for Indigenous students at Lethbridge College, getting the proper help with their career search and resume building can be even harder to balance. Luckily, Indigenous services at the college has started up their RBC student success series.
This series of events aims to teach Indigenous students how to better their career search through helpful tips and presentations that can offer many insights into what goes into making a good resume.
As the name suggests, RBC has been a main contributor in this event to help Indigenous services benefit with career building skills.
These events are held at the Niitsitapi Gathering Place (AN1501) from 11am-12pm on Wednesdays in a bi-weekly manner at the college.
Marni Hope, event coordinator of Indigenous services, says the events are a great way for students to get help in an easy way that reduces the stress that can be caused when dealing with these problems.
“One of the big takeaways from the program is that it allows students to see that there’s lots of supports on campus that they may not normally know about. It gives them that opportunity to see that you know if they’re if they’re struggling in, say, academics. There’s somebody here on campus who strictly focuses on the academics.”
The student success series has already taught participants the tips and importance of writing a resume, cover letter and important information to prepare for an interview. These tips include researching the business you are applying for to get a better understanding on what to share with your interviewer. Alongside these tips, the success series offers students attending a free lunch.
For these past meetings, Seanna Uglem, the career development coordinator, has been teaching the participants insight to those who may have questions regarding the information they may be learning.
Uglem believes getting access to this type of information for free and having a safe space to learn it is key to incorporating it into their daily lives.
“There are different ways to be successful when it comes to your resume and just so that people are spending the most amount of time doing the right things when it comes to preparing for their resume instead of not getting that help.”
Having resources available is an important thing to have when trying to build up your own resources for your career search, and resources like resume building and career help can be the difference between a future or one that is not aligned with your interests.
Lethbridge College’s learning café offers many other resources to students for time management, studying, procrastination, writing tips and more.
