Student Learning Components

Congratulations on landing your Work Study or Work Learn job! For each job you take, we ask you to complete Student Learning Components to learn how your work experience can help you with your future career plans. These required and suggested exercises take minimal time, but will provide long-term benefits, including:

  • Assisting your personal and professional development
  • Increasing your future employability
  • Creating enriched work experiences to complement your learning in the classroom
  • Identifying job-specific objectives and long-term career goals
  • Recognizing opportunities for on-the-job learning, transferrable skills you're developing, and how to get to the next step on your career path

Step 1: Workplace orientation (required of supervisor)

Soon after you are hired, your supervisor should provide an orientation to the work environment and tasks required for the position. Topics to discuss may include:

  • Work schedule
  • Your work area
  • When and how to submit your work hours

When you start, ask when your orientation will take place and alert your supervisor to the resources below. Ask questions if you are unclear about any aspect of the job.

Resources

Step 2: Job objectives (required of student)

Early in your work term (about one month after starting your job in the Winter Session, one to two weeks in the Summer Session), complete the Job Objectives Worksheet on your own time. The worksheet will help identify goals you’d like to achieve in your current position (e.g., improving a particular skill) and offer guidance on how to achieve those objectives.

Discuss the worksheet with your supervisor

Your supervisor knows they are to assist you in completing the worksheet. When you have completed it, bring it to your supervisor for feedback and discuss how they can help you accomplish your objectives. You may need to ask for a special meeting to discuss these job objectives.

Follow up on your objectives

Over the course of your job, keep track of your progress with your objectives through meetings, weekly milestones, and/or regular communications with your supervisor.

Keep your worksheet to refer to it later if needed (e.g., for a performance evaluation or exit interview). You are not required to submit the Job Objectives worksheet to Career Services.

Step 3: Career development activities (optional for student)

We encourage you to hone your job search skills or explore your career options by participating in workshops, career fairs, and other career-related events for UBC students. You can view upcoming events on the Career Services calendar. Here are some examples of career development activities:

Step 4: Performance evaluation (required of supervisor)

About half-way through your work term, your supervisor should provide a performance evaluation, where you will:

  • Discuss your work performance
  • Get feedback on how you are doing in the job
  • Give feedback to your supervisor about your work experience

Performance Evaluation worksheets

You are required to complete the Student Self-Assessment worksheet, and your supervisor is required to complete the Supervisor Assessment worksheet:

Once you complete the Student Self-Assessment, request a performance evaluation meeting with your supervisor. Ask the supervisor to complete the Supervisor worksheet beforehand and bring your self-evaluation to the meeting for discussion. You or your supervisor may choose to keep your Self-Assessment worksheet for future reference. You are not required to submit it to Career Services.

Step 5: Exit Interview (required of supervisor)

At the end of your work term, discuss your experience of the job and workplace with your employer and share your recommendations for the position. This is an opportunity to reflect on your initial Job Objectives and the learning you accomplished over the course of your position. You can also use this time to find out if your supervisor would be willing to provide a reference for you for future jobs.

Questions about Student Learning Components?

Acting Program Assistant
604.822.8278
careers.workstudy@ubc.ca

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