Cover Letters

Cover letters are a potential opportunity to highlight your motivation and experiences. This session will cover

• Formatting, structure and common challenges
• How to describe your motivation and connection to the role
• How to describe accomplishments and experiences

Please note this event will be recorded. Recording will be posted here. 

Career Workshop Series. Participants will benefit from attending multiple workshops in the series, but they can choose to attend only those that best fit their interests and availability.

Upcoming events of the series:

• April 23rd, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM: Interviews (Online)
• April 30th, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Negotiation (Online)
• May 6th, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM: Leveraging Your Strengths (In-Person)

Previous sessions:

• January 22nd, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM: Job Search Strategies: Telling Your Story (Online) 
• February 20th, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM: Career Planning Using DYL Principles (In-Person)
• March 19th, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Resumes for Research-Based Programs (Online) 
• March 25th, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM: Resumes for Course-Based Programs (Online) 
• April 9th, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM: Academic CVs (Online) 

Facilitator

Rebecca Dirnfeld, MA, is a Career Educator who works with the UBC Career Centre to support graduate students at UBC. She has a Career and Work Counselling Diploma from George Brown College. Her past experience includes leading the graduate student career education portfolio for graduate studies and managing the MBA careers team at Toronto Metropolitan University, and in providing career advising to business students as a team member of SFU’s Beedie Career Management Centre. Rebecca is also a part-time graduate student in UBC’s EDST MA program.