Career Resources

Browse resources and articles with leading experts and Western Alumni’s career coach to level up your professional development.

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Natalie Diezyn
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Micro-Mentorship with Natalie Diezyn

Natalie shares her journey from startup founder to working with major studios like Disney and Warner Brothers. She discusses storytelling, networking, and building a career in Canada’s thriving entertainment industry.

  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Professional
Micro Mentorship With Casey Koch
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Micro Mentorship with Casey Koch

Learn practical tips including the importance of presenting solutions, building your network, seeking mentors, and staying proactive in new roles.

  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Professional
Micro Mentorship With Marcus Crossdale
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Micro Mentorship with Marcus Crossdale

Western alum and Vice President at benefitsConnect Inc., Marcus Crossdale, shares candid advice on navigating the transition from university to professional life.

  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Professional
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Using AI in Your Career Plan

Learn how AI can help you in the job search and recruitment process with specific tools and approaches.

  • Job Searching and Resumes
  • Professional
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Breaking Through the Mid-Career Stall

Learn how to gain greater recognition at work using simple communication techniques that can help position you for key projects and promotions.

  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Personal Interest
  • Professional
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Networking for Career Acceleration

Access professional development tools designed to help you accelerate your career.

  • Networking
  • Professional
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Accessing the Hidden Job Market

Gain key strategies for building your professional network to help access the hidden job market.

  • Job Searching and Resumes
  • Networking
  • Professional
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Create an Effective Personal Brand from Scratch

Learn how to build an effective brand with dynamic photography, strong positioning, and visual components like logos, typography and colour systems.

  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Networking
  • Personal Interest
  • Professional
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The Job Closer

Solve the toughest challenges in your job search with a proven approach.

  • Job Searching and Resumes
  • Professional
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2-Hour Job Search

Land your first interview with a research-backed framework.

  • Job Searching and Resumes
  • Professional
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Choose Possibility: Take Risks and Thrive (Even When You Fail)

Hear a fresh, new perspective on decision-making and risk-taking for anyone afraid of making the wrong career choices.

  • Personal Interest
  • Professional
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Entrepreneurship + Innovation

Learn from an exceptional group of purple and proud entrepreneurs and innovators as they speak about their personal journies, approaches to creativity, experiences founding companies and scaling them.

  • Professional
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Dynamic LinkedIn Profiles

Master LinkedIn to highlight your unique brand and attract the right opportunities.

  • Professional
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Advanced Resumes

Transform your resume into a powerful marketing tool to stand out among your toughest competition.

  • Job Searching and Resumes
  • Professional
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Communicate with Influence

Using neuroscience, learn how to deliver the right information at the right time to engage your audience.

  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Personal Interest
  • Professional
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Design Thinking: A Creative Way To Solve Problems

Learn how design thinking can stimulate innovation and generate new possibilities.

  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Personal Interest
  • Professional