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Unit description
Develops professional skills necessary for gaining employment in a student's chosen field. Includes goal setting, job search skills, résumé writing, interview skills, insights into organisational behaviour and practical approaches to dealing with common workplace issues. A key component of this unit is the development of a personalised Professional Development Plan.
Unit content
Topic 1: Career planning and development
Topic 2: Professional preparation for the workforce
Topic 3: Self-awareness: underpinning career success
Topic 4: Opportunity awareness: understanding the world of work
Topic 5: Organisational behaviour and common workplace issues
Topic 6: Experiential learning for internship and/or graduate positions
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
GA1: Intellectual rigour,
GA2: Creativity,
GA3: Ethical practice,
GA4: Knowledge of a discipline,
GA5: Lifelong learning,
GA6: Communication and social skills,
GA7: Cultural competence| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 |
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| 1 | demonstrate an understanding of key theoretical and practical issues relating to career planning and development | | | | | Lifelong learning | | |
| 2 | critically reflect on their current life-career situation and prepare a professional development plan for the future | | Creativity | | | | Communication and social skills | |
| 3 | analyse the nature, scope, breadth and variety of employment opportunities and career paths in relevant industry sectors | | | | | Lifelong learning | | |
| 4 | demonstrate the ability to effectively meet the professional requirements of the employment selection process | | Creativity | | | | Communication and social skills | |
| 5 | demonstrate self-awareness in regards to a range of key skills and competencies appropriate to the workplace context | | | | | Lifelong learning | | |
| 6 | evaluate practical approaches to dealing with common workplace issues in a professional manner. | | Creativity | | | Lifelong learning | | |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- demonstrate an understanding of key theoretical and practical issues relating to career planning and development
- critically reflect on their current life-career situation and prepare a professional development plan for the future
- GA2:
Creativity
- GA6:
Communication and social skills
- analyse the nature, scope, breadth and variety of employment opportunities and career paths in relevant industry sectors
- demonstrate the ability to effectively meet the professional requirements of the employment selection process
- GA2:
Creativity
- GA6:
Communication and social skills
- demonstrate self-awareness in regards to a range of key skills and competencies appropriate to the workplace context
- evaluate practical approaches to dealing with common workplace issues in a professional manner.
- GA2:
Creativity
- GA5:
Lifelong learning
Prescribed texts
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