Career & Professional Development
Explore the various services available on campus to support your graduate education
Career and professional development services
The Career Boost Graduate program aims to meet the unique employment needs from our academic and administrative departments seeking graduate student talents while creating an opportunity for our graduate students to gain valuable work experiences.
Visit the Career Boost Graduate Program website for more information on job postings, program details and significant dates. Contact the Career Boost program at careerboost@torontomu.ca for questions on the job postings.
Student Financial Assistance website provides information on eligibility requirements, how to apply, application deadlines, and more! Contact the Student Financial Assistance team at jobs@torontomu.ca for further questions.
At the TorontoMet Career, Co-op & Student Success Centre, we build careers for life. We will provide you with innovative career assessment and development skills so you can excel in the workplace now and throughout your career.
Book an appointment via email with one of our specialists dedicated to working with graduate students and postdocs or attend one of our many career education workshops/webinars and employer events, to get the support you need. You can also check out our resources online (external link) , including our award-winning Career Compass and Career Resource Hub.
The Future Smart program is designed to equip graduate students with professional skills needed to transition into successful careers.
With an expansive selection of program partners and offerings, Future Smart will complement your grad degree with essential skills for the real world. Online options available.
Career Education Specialists are available for graduate career advising through 1-1 appointments, workshops and events. Topics include, but are not limited to, job search, networking strategies, resumé and CV review, personal branding (on- and offline) and mock interviews.
As a graduate student, you have automatically been granted access to GRADCentral on D2L. A comprehensive online hub of professional, teaching and career development resources to complement your graduate academic training and assist with your transition to academic and/or industry career pathways.
The Graduate Leadership Institute is an exciting initiative that aims to transform scholars into influencers. Director Dr. Wilson Leung empowers graduate students with leadership capacity in order to impact our city, country and world.
Leadership advising appointments, workshops and Future Smart credits are available to graduate students.
TMU business cards can be ordered by full-time graduate students. The cost per box is $30 (one-sided) or $40 (two-sided).
Visit the online ordering portal (external link) . (PDF file) See online ordering instructions.
The Toronto Metropolitan University Library is located in the heart of the campus in the Library building (2nd floor, 350 Victoria St.).
The collection includes over 500,000 books and more than $3 million is spent annually to support electronic resources (nearly 45,000 e-journals, 165,000 e-books, databases and indexes, geospatial data and catalogued websites or electronic documents). Many course readings are available online and can be accessed through D2L Brightspace.
Regardless of your program and year of study, Toronto Metropolitan University has a diverse set of on-campus job opportunities available to you. Faculties and departments are regularly looking for talented and engaged students to fill a wide variety of positions including research, peer advising, administrative, technology-based, and social media jobs, and much more.
On-campus opportunities through TorontoMet Career, Co-op & Student Success Centre
The TorontoMet Career, Co-op & Student Success Centre offers key job search resources and links to online job postings, including Toronto Metropolitan's job board, Magnet (external link) .
Offered by the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, the voluntary Graduate Teaching Development Program is designed to:
- Provide professional development in teaching for Toronto Metropolitan University Graduate Students and Graduate Assistants (GAs)
- Provide opportunities for Toronto Metropolitan University Graduate Students and GAs to become more effective in their work at Toronto Metropolitan University and to mentor others
- Provide a certificate in learning and teaching upon completion of each of three levels of this program
The Tri-Mentoring Program’s (TMP) educational priority is to mentor each student using their individual experience to find their sense of belonging on campus. The “tri” represents our peer-to-peer, career and group mentoring activities.
Mentorship opportunities for graduate students:
- Career Mentoring: Through Career Mentoring, students in their third year or above are matched with an industry professional for guidance and encouragement in progressing towards their goals.
- GRADMentors: The program pairs graduate students with undergraduate students who are interested in further graduate studies, as well as to discuss strategies for academic success now and in the future.