![Student going over materials and plans](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-02/Engineering%20Panel_UGuelph_Feb.25_EventCard.png?itok=ZcSYNrN5)
Summer Symposium Series: Engineering Career Resources
Backgrounders
A career in engineering would let you help people through designing and implementing the things they use in their daily lives.
![Anthony Mantione](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2021-05/Anthony_Mantione.jpg?itok=_ftiEcGI)
Anthony Mantione
Senior Economist
![Engineer inspecting a solar panel](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-02/engineer%20inspecting%20solar%20panels.png?itok=6coE_28S)
Careers In Sustainability
Lessons
Students explore non-traditional careers related to sustainability and sustainable development.
![Celebrity talk show](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-09/celebrity-talk-show.jpg?itok=c_Cce4mo)
Career Talk Show
Lessons
Students will research a career (or career sector) and role-play being a person in that career being interviewed by a talk show host.
![Electrical engineers at work](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2019-11/Engineering_Videos.jpg?itok=BfurQxJO)
Engineering a Future Career
Lessons
Students explore the different branches of engineering and discover the similarities and differences between them.
![Welding trainee](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-12/welding-trainee.jpg?itok=LC5-biCv)
Exploring Skilled Trades and Apprenticeships
Lessons
Students explore a variety of skilled trades careers and learn about training requirements.
![Students working together on a laptop](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-12/young-women-learning-computer-programming.jpg?itok=bsU4tzi6)
Learning About Technological Careers
Lessons
Students will research careers and post-secondary pathways related to their current course.
![Student presenting to peers](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-12/teaching-the-class-about-renewable-energy.jpg?itok=GF2HHE5_)
Demonstrating Skills in Technological Careers
Lessons
Students will learn and demonstrate skills required in a career of interest.
![Boot on a shovel](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-08/boot_on_shovel.jpg?itok=nI5FQnDC)
Is This For Me? Reflecting On Occupational Fit
Lessons
Students engage in self-reflection as they consider occupational fit and how various career options align with their personal strengths and preferences.
![Ethical hacker](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-10/ethical_hacker.jpg?itok=mVqHNonM)
Careers of the Future
Lessons
Students will learn about potential careers of the future and create their own job description.
![Scientist testing water samples](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-10/scientist-monitoring-water-quality.jpg?itok=d68styFY)
Careers in the Great Outdoors
Lessons
Students explore careers related to outdoors and the land and then design and build a water filter prototype.
![Rock climbers](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-11/Rock_climbers.jpg?itok=amqET4fz)
How Can I Take Responsible Risks?
Lessons
Students share examples of responsible risk-taking and reflect on how they can take risks.
![Diver with branches](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-11/diver_with_branches.jpg?itok=iUM3n12Z)
Taking Risks in Your Career
Lessons
Students learn about different ways that people take risks in their careers.
![Help wanted sign](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-10/help_wanted_sign.jpg?itok=rEHKighR)
Help Wanted: STEM Career
Lessons
Students will produce a Help Wanted Ad that lists the skills, personality attributes and job conditions for a specific career/job title.
![Volcanologists looking at glowing lava](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-10/scientists-looking-at-glowing-lava.jpg?itok=VYIAfCcm)
Career Exploration : Volcanologist
Lessons
Students construct a model of a volcano and explore the career of a volcanologist.