Career Navigation at UBC

Career Navigation at UBC is a two‑part learning series designed to support employees in actively navigating their careers in a changing workplace. The series combines reflection and practical tools to help participants build clarity, direction, and engagement in their careers at UBC.

Beyond viewing career as a ladder, this series invites participants to think about career as a dynamic relationship between their strengths, contributions, and the impact they create.

Part 1: Career Navigation at UBC

This session introduces a practical framework for reimagining career growth and development.

Participants will leave with practical ways to:

1. Define Career Success with Intention
   Create a personal definition of career — extending beyond traditional markers — to create meaning and deepen engagement.
2. Reimagine Career in a Changing Workplace
   Recognize how careers are evolving in today’s dynamic workplace and reimagine their own approach to stay relevant, engaged, and impactful.
3. Design a Personalized Career Navigation Strategy
   Design and apply a self-suited career navigation approach by identifying relevant resources, cultivating working relationships, and mapping actionable next steps that align individual career with organizational impact.

Part 2:  Career Navigation in action

Following the above ‘Career Navigation at UBC’ session, this hands-on, practical session will enable participants, to begin mapping their personal and professional strengths in a changing workplace and create an action plan to engage their careers at UBC.

 At the end of this workshop participants will gain:

• Insights into what matters for their career.
• Skills to begin articulating their strengths and opportunities for greater career engagement.
• Ability to access appropriate resources based on changing career needs.

This series is grounded in the UBC context while building transferable skills and mindsets that support career navigation across roles, organizations, and career stages.

Audience: This workshop hosted by Workplace Learning & Engagement is open for all UBCO faculty and staff. 

Schedule: 

Part 1: June 16th - 9:30 am to 12:30 pm

Part 2: June 25th - 9:30 am to 12:00 pm

Location: In-person - TBD

Fee: $75 (PD fund eligible) 

Design & Facilitation

Pooja Khandelwal is a Master Certified Coach (MCC) and Director, Talent Retention & Career Navigation at UBCLinks to an external site.. She serves on the Global Executive Board of the International Coaching Federation and was part of the inaugural cohort launching ICF’s Advanced Certified Team Coach (ACTC) credential. Pooja brings over eight years of experience coaching academic leaders at UBC, blending systems thinking, coaching, and people‑centered leadership to support career development and organizational effectiveness.

Questions: contact shweta.thakur@ubc.ca