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Learning that prepares you for the workforce

NSCC’s connection to industry makes your learning unique, prepares you for what’s next after college and gives you a competitive edge.

99%
of NSCC programs include WIL.
90%
of NSCC grads are employed.
89%
of NSCC grads work in their field.

NSCC 2024 Graduate Survey

Apply your skills while you learn

Work-integrated learning (WIL) includes co-op and clinical placements, work terms, internships and more. You learn in the classroom and then apply what you’ve learned in the real world during your program. Though work-integrated learning, you gain:

  • Hands-on experience and the professional skills employers are looking for
  • A true sense of what it’s like to work in your chosen field
  • The chance to work alongside future employers
  • Confidence for a smoother transition from college to career

Stand out to employers

We develop and update our programs based on current and future industry needs and employer feedback – one of the many reasons employers seek out NSCC grads. Throughout your program you:

  • Gain relevant skills and knowledge that are in demand in Nova Scotia and beyond, increasing your employability.
  • Experience the people, technology and challenges that will characterize future workplaces.

Hear from employers who value an NSCC education:

Build your career readiness

We offer useful career supports and resources to help ready you for the workforce, including:

  • A career quiz to get you thinking about programs and career paths
  • A free, online “Career Jump Start” course designed to help you make and act on your career goals
  • Job search workshops, resume and cover letter-writing coaching for students
  • Small class sizes where you develop both technical and soft skills with individualized attention, enhancing your job readiness

See NSCC grads at work

Get to know our grads in the workforce:

Three people stand in an NSCC Precision Machining workshop. One uses a machine while the other two watch.
Mollie, Precision Machining Meet Mollie, a Kingstec Campus grad and machinist with Nova Scotia Power.
Sandrico, an NSCC graduate, stands in his workplace and leans on a desk while smiling at the camera.
Sandrico, IT Web Programming Meet Sandrico, an Institute of Technology Campus grad and software developer at REDspace.
Zena, a Continuing Care grad, stands with an open book and looks at the pages with an instructor to her right.
Zena, Continuing Care Meet Zena, a Burridge Campus grad and long-term care assistant at Nakile Home for Special Care.
Taylor, an NSCC Plumbing grad, Carries a roll of plastic pipe while walking down a hallway.
Taylor, Plumbing Meet Taylor, an Institute of Technology Campus grad and plumber with GoPro Plumbers.
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