School of Accounting and Finance

SAF Alumni Careers

Promoting Alumni  Professional Success

The valuable resources offered by the Office of Alumni Affairs Alumni Career Advisor will help you direct your career path.

  • utilize the online job search tool JobMine a service exclusive to UW alumni
  • attend alumni career planning worshops
  • benefit from the alumni job search workshops

uWaterloo Career Services has a job board with a page for Alumni Jobs.


Alumni Career Advisor

The Office of Alumni Affairs in partnership with Career Services provides career counselling to alumni. The Alumni Career Advisor can assist you with the following:

  • Determining your career direction
  • Planning a career change
  • Personality and interest assessments
  • Resume and cover letter critiquing
  • Interview skills development
  • Networking and career planning workshops
  • Networking/Calling cards - coming soon  

 

Schedule an Appointment

To schedule an appointment with the Alumni Career Advisor please visit the Career Services web site. The Alumni Career Advisor is available for individual appointments in person and by telephone. Some evening appointments are available.

We strongly encourage you to join the uWaterloo Alumni E-Community before making an appointment. The Alumni Career Advisor uses the resouces on the E-Community during appointments.

Here is what alumni are saying...

"The Alumni Career Advisor provided me with a short, concrete list of action items and a wealth of resources. With her help I have the framework I was looking for to help my career."
BMath '87

"I want to thank you for your ongoing support. You provide an excellent service for Waterloo alumni and are great at what you do!"
BES '89

"Working with the Alumni Career Advisor allowed me to realize a multitude of exciting career options for my degree."
BA '02

"I found the advisor provided some of the most practical advice I have received... The Advisor provided very specific techniques which have already begun to pay off."
BMath '93  

Alumni Career Planning and Job Search workshops are held regularly throughout the year. If you would like to be contacted when the dates are posted, please email us.
 



You can search the Co-op Education and Career Services JobMine system for jobs posted specifically for UW alumni. New jobs are posted daily. This is a service exclusive to UW alumni and can only be accessed by uWaterloo Alumni E-Community members. Join the E-Community today to start using JobMine.  

 

 


Career Development Manual

Alumni can access the award winning, interactive Career Development Manual which provides self assessment tools, information on career trends as well as practical tips on resume writing, networking and interviews.

 

Continuing Education Courses

The Continuing Education Index page includes courses on project management, report writing, and presentation skills.  See the monthly listing to view what Continuing Education has to offer.

We Want to Hear From You. Let us know what topics you would like to discuss for your development as a professional.  Perhaps you have expertise you'd like to share with your fellow alumni.  Are there faculty at the School of Accounting and Finance you'd like to hear from?

To get involved, contact Frances Houston at fhouston@uwaterloo.ca.

Hire a Co-op Student

You are an important source of co-op positions.  We rely on you to spread the word to your employers about the School of Accounting & Finance co-op program. If you know of a job, or can create one, please contact:

Kevin McMahon, Business Development Officer
School of Accounting and Finance
(519) 888-4567 ext. 32792

See the Information for Employers for more details.

 

Links to more Co-op information

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Alumni JobMine - a job search tool exclusive to uWaterloo alumni, in partnership with Co-operative Education and Career Services

Searchable directory - search the alumni directory for friends and former classmates

Life-long learning opportunities - log on to access the alumni promotional code required to receive a 20% discount on all in-class and online UW Continuing Education non-credit courses

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SAF
The School of Accounting and Finance is the only English speaking professional school of its kind in Canada. We offer 2 undergraduate (Accounting and Financial Management and Computing and Financial Management) and 3 graduate (Master of Accounting; Master of Taxation; PhD in Accounting) programs to provide students with the technical, analytical, evaluative, and communication skills needed to prepare for successful careers in public accounting, finance, industry, government and not-for-profit sectors. In conjunction with the Faculties of Mathematics and Science, the School also administers 2 undergraduate programs (Mathematics/Chartered Accountancy; Biotechnology/Chartered Accountancy) and 1 graduate program (Master of Quantitative Finance).