Career Construction: Building a Meaningful Career

Career Webinar
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
12 p.m. MT

Ongoing career development is more crucial than ever before due to the relentless pace that industries are transforming and automating. The challenge for workers today is finding an ideal career in the face of so many unknowns — including future jobs that don’t even exist yet. Self-awareness and reflection are key aspects to your ability to construct the right career path – knowing who you are and what is truly important to you will always help you as you find your next ventures. In this webinar, you will:

In this webinar, you'll learn:

identify what matters in your career by exploring your values, interests and motivators
assess your abilities, strengths and traits to showcase your unique attributes
learn how to confidently apply this new self-knowledge to design your career

Meet Our Speakers

Kelly Gallant, MEd’19 is a career specialist at UCalgary, supporting social work students with their career planning and development. She is also a strengths facilitator at the university and employs a strengths-based approach in her career guidance. Kelly incorporates ideas, theories and strategies towards positive psychology, fundamentally moving individuals towards positive and holistic well-being in their careers, leadership and lives. She is also the founder and facilitator of Kelly Gallant (KG) Consulting, which offers workplace training and development to organizations, as well as personal and professional development towards career-related services for individuals, groups and teams. Kelly has completed her M.Ed. at the University of Calgary in Adult Education, Work and Learning Specialization. She is also a Career Coach with UCalgary Alumni and you can book a session with her as an alumnus through UCalgary Alumni’s career coaching services.