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Career and Workplace Skills

Our career and workplace skills sessions are designed to provide personalized support for achieving your goals in work, post-secondary studies, or other professional settings. Whether you’re preparing to enter the workforce, starting a new job, navigating post-secondary education, or looking to grow in your current role, these sessions focus on building the confidence, knowledge, and practical skills you need to succeed.

  • Writing resumes and cover letters

  • Preparing for interviews

  • Making friends at work

  • Understanding workplace expectations and unwritten rules

  • Learning customer service and cash handling skills

  • Disclosing and advocating for your needs at work

  • Identifying when you need help, and how to ask for it

  • Building confidence in your role or studies

  • Support can also extend to post-secondary planning, such as navigating campus life, balancing responsibilities, and developing strategies for academic success.

Each session moves at your pace and is designed to help you gain independence, self-assurance, and practical strategies for real-world situations. Our goal is to provide support that empowers you to confidently pursue career or educational opportunities, build meaningful connections, and develop the skills needed to thrive in the workplace or post-secondary environment.

Sessions are tailored to your goals, interests, and challenges, and can include:

STARS CANNOT:

  • Create a resume or cover letter for you

  • Apply to jobs or job search for you

  • Obtain a job for you

  • Write a letter or recommendation for you

  • Complete your homework/assignments

STARS CAN:

  • Support you in writing a resume and/or cover letter

  • Support you in job searching and/or applying to jobs

  • Help you explore different job and career options or practice for an interview

  • Support you in identifying your references or how you can obtain a letter of reference from others

  • Support you in brainstorming or organizing your thoughts when completing assignments

  • Support you in managing your time and staying on task

  • Ask us and we can chat about your support needs and how we can help!