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Project title: Developing Student Career Services in Georgia (CASEDE)Project number: 530566-TEMPUS-1-2012-1-LT-TEMPUS-SMGR (2012-3045/001-001)Project WP3: Development of Career Education Tools

STUDENT CAREER COMPETENCIES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

DEVELOPER(S) OF THE PROGRAMME

The programme was developed under the TEMPUS project “Developing Student Career Services in Georgia” (No. 530566-TEMPUS-1-2012-1-LT-TEMPUS-SMGR (2012-3045/001-001)

Project coordinator: Vilnius University (LT)

EU project partner institutions:- Corvinus University of Budapest (HU)- University of Essex (UK)

PERIOD OF REFERENCE

The programme is approved in 2013 by Georgian project partner institutions:

- Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University (GE)- International Black Sea University (GE)- Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (GE)- Samtske-Javakheti State Teaching University (GE)- Shota Meskhia State Teaching University of Zugdidi (GE)- Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University (GE)- University of Georgia (GE)

CYCLE/LEVEL For the 1st cycle students

II. PILOT STUDENT CAREER MANAGEMENT COURSE DESCRIPTION

TYPE OF COURSE (compulsory, optional) Optional

INSTITUTIONS WHERE THE COURSE IS DELIVERED

The course is going to be delivered at the following Georgian project partner institutions:

- Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University (GE)- International Black Sea University (GE)- Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (GE)- Samtske -Javakheti State Teaching University (GE)- Shota Meskhia State Teaching University of Zugdidi (GE)- Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University (GE)- University of Georgia (GE)

MODE OF DELIVERY SEMESTER OR PERIOD WHEN THE COURSE IS DELIVERED

LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Face-to-face learningThe course is going to be taught 15 weeks in 2013/2014 academic year, Spring semester

Georgian, English

PREREQUISITES FOR STUDENT COREQUISITES FOR STUDENT

English intermediate (level B1) No corequisites

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NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED

TOTAL STUDENT WORKLOAD

CONTACT WORKING HOURS

INDEPENDENT WORKING HOURS

2 ECTS 50 hours 30 hours 20 hours

PURPOSE OF THE COURSE

To develop personal career management competencies, to enhance student employability and career success.

LEARNING OUTCOMESTEACHING AND LEARNING

METHODSASSESSMENT METHODS

Students will:

- know and understand the key factors affecting career development success;

- demonstrate that they have skills to apply theory and practice of career development to themselves;

- have developed the positive, realistic and resilient attitudes and values that underpin career development success.

Student centred, teacher guided, research based learning, reflective learning, task-based learning, group work, individual study and autonomous learning

Report, case studies, self-reflection, project work, presentation

COURSE CONTENT: BREAKDOWN OF THE TOPICS

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Topic 1. What career means in the changing world

- Global economic, social, environmental and technological development tendencies of the modern world;

- The impact of world changes on personal career;

- The modern career concept and its major models (boundaryless, lego, portfolio, etc.).

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Topic 2. Career development theory in practice

- The stages of career development: consistent patterns and critical evaluation as seen from the perspective of the modern career concept;

- An introduction to career theories from a range of academic disciplines;

- Career decisions in practice: applying career development theory in real life.

2 2 1 The reading required by the lecturer

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Topic 3. Self-awareness and its impact on career

- Looking at self-awareness and various ways of understanding your own personal attributes and competencies;

- How doing this can contribute to career planning;

- Exploring what is meant by professional attributes.

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Preparing and presenting own personal profile, which includes results analysis of self-assessment tools and methods and their relation to personal career.

Topic 4. Researching and exploring career options

- Exploration and evaluation of sources of vocational and graduate labour market information;

- Recognition of key factors affecting labour markets;

- An introduction to the hidden labour market and its role in a job search;

- Examination of relationship between academic discipline and the world of work;

- Researching careers: a practical introduction to informational interviewing;

- Exploration of online career development resources.

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Desk-based research on a chosen graduate level career and informational interview with a person working in a job student is interested in; preparation for presentation of research project results.

Topic 5. Presentation of research results on own career optionsStudents making presentations on employment opportunities they are interested in. Discussions follow each presentation with lecturer guidance.

2 2 1Preparation for presentation of research results on own career options.

Topic 6. Career vision- The career vision concept, its

relation to the mission and vision of life, career dreams, strategies and aims;

- The steps and techniques used for creating a career vision: analyzing the main values, interests and principles; visualization of the future; making a list of dreams; life and career case studies, etc.

- Self-assessment of career vision quality.

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Formulating career vision in writing by using one or several career vision creating techniques.

Topic 7. Career decision-making

- The concept of career decisions;- What influences the career decisions

that people make?- The career decision-making process,

its management;- The models of career decision-

making;- Setting criteria for career decisions;

1 1 2 1 Identifying and making a list of key factors for own career decision-making

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- The external conditions and personal peculiarities influencing career decision-making;

- Career decision-making problems and the ways of overcoming them.

Topic 8. Career planning- Challenges of career planning in a

chaotic and rapidly changing world;- Planned-happenstance and using it

for career purposes;- The concept of a flexible (non-

linear) career plan;- The structure of a career plan and its

preparation stages;- Defining career aims;- Assessment of resources required for

implementation of a career plan;- The principles of updating a career

plan.

1 1 2 1 Writing a career action plan

Topic 9. Exploring learning opportunities- Assessment of career learning needs;- Formulating the learning aims;- Preparing a study plan;- Assessment of the learning style;- Efficient learning methods- Learning obstacles and the ways of

overcoming them;- Self-assessment of the learning

outcomes.

1 1 2 1

Identifying and presenting local and international learning opportunities related to personal career vision

Topic 10. Graduate recruitment and what employers are looking for

- Job search strategies: how employers recruit graduates in theory and practice;

- Articulating your experience, qualities and skills to employers with confidence.

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Interpreting graduate destination data, reading narratives selected by the lecturer

Topic 11. Job application documents- Peer evaluation of students’

Curriculum Vitae, letters of applications, application forms;

- Students’ group work to discuss and create answers to white space application documents.

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Preparing job application documents (Curriculum Vitae, letters of application) for the chosen graduate level job advertisement

Topic 12. Job interviewIndividual mock interviews with the career team and external interviewer. Students will receive verbal feedback from the interviewer and student observers. After the interview students will be asked to write own notes on what they have learned from the experience.

1 1 2 1Preparation for presentation of self-reflection statements on own mock interview

Topic 13. Personal resource management- The types of resources needed for

career (money, time, social network, health, competencies, etc.), their interrelation and the ways of

1 1 2 1 Identifying and presenting personal resources needed for successful implementation of a career plan

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multiplying these resources;- The relation between finance and

career;- Lifestyle, its financial evaluation;- Tools and means of effective

personal finance management.Topic 14. Being successful at work

- The concept of self-establishment at work;

- The psychological contract and determining expectations from a new job;

- Understanding the organizational culture;

- The situations of “crossing the limits” in labour relations;

- The major social roles in different areas of life;

- The tools for balancing various areas of life and social roles (setting priorities, planning, negotiation).

1 1 2 2Interview with alumni about their experiences on starting work

Topic 15. Management of career changes- Career changes in a nowadays

dynamic labour market;- Types of career changes (proactive,

reactive, managed, uncontrolled);- Stages of career changes;- The signs showing the necessity for

career changes;- Preparing for career changes;- Transition period in career changes:

the obstacles to changes and the ways of overcoming them;

- The sources of support for career changes;

- Career changes’ success evaluation.

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Total: 30 20

ASSESSMENT STRATEGY

The course work (portfolio) consists of three assessed components:- Presentation of the Research Project Report on Own Career Options- Job Application Package- Career Development Plan

Assessment of the student work is based on the Pass/Fail system. All assignment components of student work must be submitted to secure a pass. There are 2 options for assessment of student work:

- Version A based on the general assessment criteria (Annex I);- Version B based on the grade system (Annex II).

The overall course work mark must be at least 51 points and at least 40 % of maximum possible points in each assignment to secure a “Pass”. In case of students failing they have a chance to get a “Pass” by re-submitting improved version of assignments.

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Version A or version B can be selected for assessment of the student work in accordance with HEI internalregulations.

ASSESSMENT COMPONENTS WEIGHTING

ASSESSMENT PERIOD

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Presentation of the Research Project Report on Own Career Options

50%Week 6

Version A. Assessment of the student work based on the general assessment criteria (Annex I)

Version B. Assessment of the student work based on the grade system (Annex II)Job Application

Package

1) Curriculum Vitae2) Letter of Application (Cover letter or Motivation letter)3) Reflection statement on own mock interview

20%Week 12

Career Development Plan

30%Week 15

Total 100%

OUTLINES OF ASSESSED ASSIGNMENTS

Presentation of the Research Project Report on Own Career Options (50%)

To arrange an informational interview with a person working in a professional job the student is interested in. The main focus of the report is on the role of the person and his experience of developing professional career.

The presentation of the report should contain the following sections:

1) A brief presentation of the sector. An analysis of the current state of the graduate labour market in this sector and the future trends.

2) A brief presentation of the interviewee’s job role and work environment.

3) A brief account of the interviewee’s career story (including their planning in the past, the present and the career development plans for the future). Identifying their transferable skills and relating them to employability skills employers typically look for in graduate applicants. To what extent did personal development planning play a part in their career development (formally or informally)?

4) An analysis of the ways in which an appropriate career development theory could be usefully applied to the interviewee’s progress in his/her career to date and to his/her future plans.

5) The impact this research and analysis has had on own approach to career planning. To support own statements with evidence. To show the use of different sources, such as the information interview, personal communication, books, career directories, professional associations and websites.

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Duration of presentation: 15 min.Job Applications Package (20%)

Curriculum Vitae

Student must relate own work to an actual graduate level job advertisement. A copy of the chosen job advertisement should be attached to the student CV. The CV should be designed and written with this job in mind. The CV should be two pages long.

Letter of Application

Student cover (motivation) letter should be written to accompany the CV student has prepared for the graduate level job advertisement. The length of the cover letter should not exceed one page.

Reflection statement on own mock interview

At the mock interview a student will be given constructive verbal feedback from interviewer(s) and another student who will be acting as an observer. After the interview the student will be asked to write own notes on what he/she has learned from the experience. The reflective statement will bring together the feedback the student has received and own reflection on the experience.

Career Development Plan (30%)

To write a Career Development Plan. The plan will evolve over 15 weeks with course topics contributing to the various elements. A Career Development Plan should include the following elements:

1. An analysis of own current situation, based on research and reflection, and give an informed commentary on own knowledge, experience and skills.

2. A statement of own career goals over the medium to long term.

3. An account of the professional aptitudes, knowledge, experience and skills required to achieve own career goals.

4. A career action plan which sets out the steps necessary for focused personal development to achieve own career goals.

Student will need to give evidence of appropriate research, reflection and self-assessment that have contributed to analysis and career action plan.

Guide length: 800-1000 words

REQUIRED READING

1. Career management guide for students, prepared for TEMPUS CASEDE project. (In Georgian language)2. Gutbrod H. Handbook of professional communication// Publishing House Saari, 2005 (In Georgian

language)3. Trought F. Brilliant employability skills: how to stand out from the crowd in the graduate job

market// Prentice Hall, 20114. Inkson K. Understanding careers: The metaphors of working lives// Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications,

20075. Hopson B. & Scally M. Build your own rainbow: a workbook for career and life management// Management

Books, 2009

6. Bolles R. N. What Color Is Your Parachute? 2013: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers// Ten Speed Press, 2012

RECOMMENDED READING

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1. Done J. & Mulvey R. Brilliant Graduate Career Handbook// Prentice Hall, 200112. Kirton B. Brilliant Workplace Skills for Students & Graduates// Prentice Hall, 20113. Pink D. H. Free agent nation: the future of working for yourself// Business Plus, 20024. Tobin D. R. Learn Your Way to Success: How to Customize Your Professional Learning Plan to Accelerate

Your Career// McGraw-Hill, 20115. Kyiosaki R. T. Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and

Middle Class Do Not!// Running Press Miniature Editions, 20096. Grunwald T. Dude, Where’s My Career?: The Guide for Baffled Graduates// Summersdale, 2008

Annex I

Project title: Developing Student Career Services in Georgia (CASEDE)Project number: 530566-TEMPUS-1-2012-1-LT-TEMPUS-SMGR (2012-3045/001-001)Project WP3: Development of Career Education Tools

VERSION A

ASSESSMENT OF THE STUDENT WORK BASED ONTHE GENERAL ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Assessment components Pass FailPresentation of the Research Project Report on Own Career Options (50%)

1. Specific, accurate and convincing presentation on profession/employment opportunities:

- contains evidence of reading related literature;

- compares different approaches found in the reading;

- points out and analyses the key questions of the issue investigated;

- points out relationship between different factors;

- finds evidence for and against;

- sets up the conclusion and own standpoint;

- has clear content;- shows the methods

applied;- contains the main

outcomes of analysis.

2. Collection of relevant career information, its evaluation and synthesis using at least 3 different printed/online sources.

3. A clear account of the person’s

1. Non-specific, inaccurate and unconvincing presentation on profession/employment opportunities.2. Presentation does not comply with the structure requirements, is not well-evidenced and clearly articulated.

3. Career information presented is irrelevant, there is no comparison or less than 3 sources of information are used.

4. The account of the person’s career story is confusing, too brief and does not reveal the relevance of transferable skills.

5. Career theories are not efficiently applied to the person’s possible future.

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role and career story that shows the relevance of transferable skills.

4. An in-depth analysis of the interviewee’s career decision-making approach and well-argued ideas for applying career theory to future career development.

Job Application Package (20%):1) Curriculum Vitae2) Letter of Application (Cover letter or Motivation letter)3) Reflection statement on own mock interview

1. A correctly formatted graduate CV (with all main sections in the correct order) of the right length, showing clear evidence of targeting content and presentation on the job opportunity customized for a particular employer:

chosen CV form is relevant for the job, the employer and the student;

information is presented in an attractive, ordered, structured and understandable way.

information is easy to find due to the use of headlines.

information important for the employer is emphasized.

2. A correctly formatted graduate cover letter, showing clear evidence of targeting content and presentation on the job opportunity customized for a particular employer:

- a clear evidence of genuine interest in and knowledge about organization and position, experience and competencies important for employer are presented;

- the content is attractive, neat, structured view, easy to read;

- the style is constructive, positive;

- the cover letter reveals positive personal qualities that help appreciate readiness and motivation to work at the organization.

1. The CV lacks key components, components are in the wrong order and content is poorly related to the job opportunity and has the wrong amount of detail (either too little or too much).

2. An incorrectly chosen CV form, CV looks chaotic, lacks structure, is not easy to read and it is difficult to find information.

3. The cover letter is incorrectly formatted (fails to follow proper business conventions), does not build an effective case or address the specific requirements of the role or the employer.

4. Description of the reflection statement on own mock interview is neither specific, nor persuasive. Analysis and self-assessment is not presented.

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3. A specific and persuasive description of reflection statement on own mock interview with analysis and self-evaluation of:

own preparation to participate in a mock interview,

what has been done/went well

what has gone wrong/needs improvement

what has been learned from this experience

Career Development Plan (30%)

1. The action plan uses SMART objectives:

- Specific: significant, stretching, simple;

- Measurable: motivational, manageable, meaningful;

- Attainable: appropriate, achievable, agreed, assignable, ambitious, aligned, aspirational, acceptable;

- Relevant: result-based, result-oriented, resourced, realistic;

- Timely: time-oriented, time-framed, time-based, time-bound, time-specific, time-limited, timetabled.

2. Actions efficiently address the current situation and show clear relevance to goals.

3. Goals are related to the career vision and justified in relation to own strengths, values and priorities.

1. Actions are neither specific, nor measureable, achievable, realistic or time-bound.

2. Actions do not relate to the goals or address the realities of the current person’s situation.

3. Insufficient evidence to clearly link the person’s goals to his/her strengths, values and priorities.

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Annex II

Project title: Developing Student Career Services in Georgia (CASEDE)Project number: 530566-TEMPUS-1-2012-1-LT-TEMPUS-SMGR (2012-3045/001-001)Project WP3: Development of Career Education Tools

VERSION B

ASSESSMENT OF THE STUDENT WORK BASED ON THE GRADE SYSTEM

Points Grade

91-100 points A

81-90 points B

71-80 points C

61-70 points D

51-60 points E

0-50 points Failed

EVALUATION CRITERIUM

10-7 points 6-4 points 3-1 points 0 points Total points

Presentation of the Research Project Report on Own Career Options (50%)

1. Concrete, accurate and convincing profession/employment opportunities presentation

Clear content, contains evidences

Raises key questions

Compare different approaches

Shows main outcomes

Content is not totally clear

Not all key questions are raised

Main outcomes mostly touched

Content is poor, approach is one sided

Only few outcomes are mentioned

Content is not concrete, not accurate

Less important questions are touched

No major outcomes

2. Collection of relevant career information, its evaluation and synthesis using at least 3 different printed/ web sources

Relevant background information from literature

Sufficiently based evaluation

Excellent synthesis

Not sufficient career information from literature

Synthesis is good but not excellent

Poor background information

Weak analysis and synthesis

Very weak knowledge on literature

Poor evaluation, no synthesis

3. A clear account of the Very well captured, deep Focus is not Weak focus on Bad structure,

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person‘s role and career story that shows the relevance of transferable skills

knowledge on person’s role

Convincing transferable skills

strong

Person’s role and career story not totally clear

topic, account of person’s role and career story

Relevance of transferable skills is not showed

no evidences

Information presented is not relevant

No comparison

4. In depth analysis of the interviewee‘s career decision making approach and well-argued ideas for applying career theory to future career development

Well structured, deep analysis, evidence based , good argumentation, career theory clearly showed

Structure not totally fits, evidence base good, argumentation is good but not excellent

Analysis is on surface

Argumentation is poor

Knowledge on career theory is weak

Persons’ career story is confusing , doesn‘t draw out the relevance of transferable skills

Career theories not effectively applied

Job Applications Package (20%)

5.Correctly formatted graduate CV (with all main sections in the correct order) of the right length showing clear evidence of targeting content and presentation at the job opportunity and employer

Chosen CV form is relevant,

Information is attractive, ordered, structured and understandable

Information important to the employer is emphasized

CV form is relevant

Information attractiveness, order and understandability is good

Information needed for employers is not strongly emphasized

CV form is relevant

Structure is not well balanced

Content is not good targeted

Level of presentation is average

CV lacks key components,

Components are in the wrong order

Content is poorly related to the job opportunity

Content has the wrong amount of details

6.Correctly formatted graduate covering letter showing clear evidence of targeting content and presentation at the job opportunity and employer

Clear evidence of genuine interest in and knowledge about organization and position

Experience and competencies important for employer are presented very well

Content is attractive, neat, structured view, easy to read

Style is constructive, positive

Revealing positive personal qualities

Declared evidence on interest to get information about the organization and job

Experience and competencies presented at good level

Personal qualities are underlined mostly in a convincing manner

Formatting of cover letter is acceptable

Evidence on getting information about job and company is not well elaborated

Competencies are presented below average

Personal qualities only partially convincing

Incorrectly formatted graduate covering letter

No clear evidence of targeting the content

Covering letter looks chaotic, without structure, not easy to read and to understand it

7. Concrete and persuasive description of reflection statement on own mock interview with analysis and self-

Own preparation to participate in mock interview is excellent

Well indicated what was done/went good and what

Own preparation to participate in mock interview is good

Preparation to participate in mock interview is not convincing

Description of reflection statement on own mock interview is not

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evaluation went wrong/needs improvement, and what has been learned of this experience

Description of what was good and wrong or to be developed at good level

What was done, good or bad are poorly presented

Self-analysis is weak

concrete, neither persuasive

Analysis and self-assessment is not presented

Career development plan (30%)

8.Action plan uses SMART objectives

Specific, significant, stretching and simple

Measurable, motivational, manageable, meaningful

Attainable, ambitious, aligned, aspirational acceptable

Relevant, result-based, results-oriented, resourced and realistic

Time-oriented, time-framed, time-based, time-bound, time-specific, time-limited, timetabled

Specific, significant but not simple

Manageable, motivational but not easy to measure

Too ambitious

Mostly results-based and results-oriented

Mostly time-oriented, time-based and time-specific

Not so specific and consistent

Hardly measurable

Less meaningful

Aspiration level is weak

Not so much results based and results-oriented

Timely is not convincing

Actions are not specific, measureable, achievable, realistic and acceptable

9. Actions effectively address the current situation and show clear relevance to goals.

Describing current situation is clear

Relevance to goals indicated in an excellent way showing the realities of person’s current situation

Well worked out.

Addressing present situation is good but not excellent

Relevance to goals mostly convincing.

Actions addressed weakly

Relevance to goals is satisfactory

Actions do not relate to the goals or address the realities of the current person‘s situation

10. Goals related to career vision and justified in relation to own strengths, values and priorities.

Career related goals well defined

Goals are linked to own strengths, values and priorities in a good manner

Goals mostly well defined

Justification of links to own strengths, values, and priorities mostly convincing

Goals related career vision poorly justified,

Links to own strengths, values and priorities mostly missing

Insufficient evidence to clearly link the person’s goals to their strengths, values and priorities

TOTAL NUMBER OF POINTS

(Max. 100):

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