COMM 202Career Fundamentals

Welcome!

AGENDA

• Why COMM 202?• Meet the Team• Course Outline

• Our schedule• Assignment overview• Expectations agreement

• Course Blog Overview• Student Advisory

Committee• Homework:

StrengthsQuest

WHO AM I?

MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR EXPERIENCE

“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.”

~ShakespeareAs You Like It 2/7

University is a dress rehearsal for life!

OUR 202 TEAM

We are more alike then we are

different.

We are both learningWe are both teaching

MY TEACHING PHILOSOPHY

OUR SCHEDULE

5 Major Assignments

• Skills Matrix• Networking Reflection• Resume & Cover Letter• Employment Interview• Informational Interview

COURSE BREAKDOWN

15%10%30%10%10%

Weekly Assignments – 15%

• StrengthsQuest Presentation• LinkedIn Profile• Job Posting Research• Resume eModule quiz & draft• Cover Letter draft• Interview Stream

COURSE BREAKDOWN

PROFESSIONALISM – 10%

• Skills Matrix• Networking Reflection• Resume & Cover Letter• Employment Interview• Informational Interview• Weekly Assignments• Professionalism• Bonus Opportunities

COURSE BREAKDOWN

15%10%30%10%10%15%10%

Up to 3%103%

STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Email: michelle.watson@sauder.ubc.ca by January 13th with your tutorial section, TA’s name, a bit about yourself and why you are interested in being a committee member and/or if you would be interested in leading the group w/ a TA mentor.

FIRST ASSIGNMENT

Focus on Strengths

WHAT ARE YOUR “TOP 5”?

What is StrengthsQuest?

• SQ is based in positive psychology and measures your areas of greatest potential.– Talent: spontaneous, repetitive, natural,

recurring patterns of thought, feeling, behaviour, motivation.

– Theme: a grouping of common talents– Strength: when a theme is generatively

applied– Fit: when you are in a role that appreciates

your strength, and allow then to thrive.

WHAT SQ BELIEVES

• You have a group of talents within you.• Your greatest talents hold the key to high achievement,

success, and progress to levels of personal excellence.• Becoming aware of your talents builds confidence and

provides a basis for achievement.• Learning how to develop and apply strengths will improve

your levels of achievement.• Each of your talents can be applied in many areas

including relationships, learning, academics, leadership, service, and careers.

• As you develop and apply strengths, your achievements will increase and you will experience greater and more frequent successes.

• Developing and applying strengths results in reaching levels of personal excellence and becoming the person you have the potential to be – exciting stuff!

FIRST ASSIGNMENT

Michelle Watson

Individualization

Activator

Restorative

Empathy

Responsibility

Element Excellent2 points

Proficient1 point

Unsatisfactory0 points

Points/2

Key Strengths

• 5 key strengths are uniquely and clearly communicated

• Student is prepared

• Student has copy of SQ report.

• 1-4 strength themes are communicated but not clear or repeated from report

• Student is unprepared & provides only 1-2 strengths

/2

Out of 6 total marks• Key Strengths -2 marks• Experience w/ proven examples –

2 marks• SMART goals – 2 marks

What parts of the theme/strength description are totally you?

What SKILLS are associated with

your theme?

STRENGTHSQUEST PRESENTATION RUBRIC

STRENGTHSQUEST PRESENTATION RUBRIC

Experiences • Provides clear & convincing link to strength theme

• Clearly and convincingly summarizes experience including a Situation, Task, Action and Result (STAR)

• Some reference to applicable strength theme

• Sufficient information however lacks STAR structure

• Little or no reference to applicable strength theme

• Example lacks clarity and structure

/2

How do your strengths show up in your life?Give a solid example including: situation, task, the actions you took, and the results of your actions.

STRENGTHSQUEST PRESENTATION RUBRIC

Goal Setting • Provides 1-2 SMART goals that will develop on strength themes consisting of ALL elements of a SMART goal

• Goals are partially developed but does not meet SMART criteria of goal setting

• Little or no mention of goals or specific action plan

/2

SMART Goals

S - specificM - measureableA - attainableR - realisticT – time bound

How can you use your strengths to excel in your

studies or in other areas of life?

NEXT WEEK

• StrengthsQuest – bring a hard/soft copy of your report

• Be prepared to do a 3 minute presentation on your 5 top strengths following the rubric outlined in class.