Rules for anonymous submission and marking:
The University has adopted anonymous marking on most modules, as research shows that this is the fairest and most equitable approach for all students.
However, the Faculty has made allowances for some coursework will not be submitted anonymously since they are developmental in nature. This includes some portfolios and all final year dissertations/projects.
For this module, you can use your name and student ID on your portfolio and when you upload your work in TurnItIn. If you are in doubt, please talk to your module leader.
There is more guidance in your Programme Handbook.
Detailed description of assessment
| Your portfolio should be structured according to the headings below. More detailed guidance on each will be provided in the Workshop sessions. You will collect the evidence for your portfolio as you complete the Workshops, so you build up the portfolio as you go along (you cannot leave it until the last minute!) Part 1: Comparative Industry Analysis (30% weighting) Global & Commercial Awareness (approx. 2000 words) Comparison of two selected industries/sectors Main features, recent changes and expected future trends in the sectors/industries and their related graduate occupations Comparison of three key organisations in one industry/sector (chosen from the above two; one may be your own business start-up as a self-employed person): values, aims, strategies, market shares, key activities, recent performance, future plans employer brand, main strengths and weaknesses as employers fit with own values and career development goals Please remember this is an academic portfolio so it is important that you to use a variety of data and literature to gain a higher grade. Part 2: Self-Assessment (20% weighting) Personal profiling and relationship management toolkits (approx. 1000 words) Reflection on personality test, verbal reasoning, numerical reasoning results and skills audit Reflection on developmental network and cultural intelligence toolkits My personal brand statement Please use relevant career management and personal development literature in support of your reflection. Part 3: Career management (30% weighting) approx. 1000 words) Reflect on how you would manage your job searching efforts and strategy and produce a SMART career plan that includes your short, medium and long-term goals over the next 5 years. You might want to use the template overleaf. You might want to use the template on page 63. Job application (Letter of application and Curriculum Vitae for a real vacancy).You will need to provide evidence showing that a professional has reviewed and commented on at least one of these documents). If you are planning to be self-employed after graduation then write a speculative professional letter to a business associate introducing your business and stating your requirements. You also need to include your CV. Reflection on (mock) interview (3 interviews, reflection on roles as interviewee, interviewer and observer, and how feedback was given to one another).There is substantial academic literature on these topics, which you should refer to and cite. Reflection on (mock) assessment centre Note: Your portfolio will be assessed not only for content but also forlanguage and presentation. Also, your portfolio grade will include a mark for engagement in the tutorial Workshops (see below). Please use your name and student ID on your portfolio and when you upload your work in TurnItIn (See Section 5.2 above). |
Assessment criteria
| Portfolio Marking Criteria | Marks allocated to criteria: |
| Comparative Industry Analysis (Part 1) To what extent has the student provided a fully-researched comparison of two industries/sectors and a comprehensive and reflective comparative analysis of three employing organisations in one of these sectors? Is there a consideration of fit with own values and career development goals? | 30 |
| Self-Assessment (Part 2) To what extent has the student provided a comprehensive reflection on his or her personality test, verbal reasoning, numerical reasoning, a detailed, coherently-linked personal skills audit, personal brand statement and developmental network? | 20 |
| Job Search Activity (Part 3) To what extent has the student presented a linked SMART career plan, a professional job application / speculative business letter, CV, detailed and insightful reflection on the mock interview and assessment centre? | 30 |
| Language and Presentation To what extent is the portfolio grammatically correct, appropriately written and professionally presented? | 10 |
| Engagement To what extent did the student attend punctually and engage positively with the tutorial Workshops? | 10 |
- Re-Sit Assessments
The Progression and Award Board (PAB) will determine whether students who have failed items of coursework or exams will be permitted to complete re-sits. These normally take place in July/August. If your results letter advises you that you have been given a re-sit opportunity you will need to check the portal for details of the assessment element(s) that you will need to complete and for the timings of re-sit examinations.
For non-exam re-sits (e.g. coursework, essay, presentation, group work assessments), please consult the relevant Module’s moodle page for instructions on what is required of your re-sit assessment. The due date will be Wednesday 10th July 2020.
You should be aware that there is no automatic right to take re-sits; this is at the discretion of the PAB and dependent on the scale of failure and your overall profile. If you are offered a re-sit opportunity which you do not take up, you will be recorded as having a non-submission; you will not keep the original grade for that item if you are told by a PAB that they want you to re-sit.
- Reading Lists
The key texts for this module are:
- Neugebauer, J. and Evans-Brain, J. (2016) Employability: Making the Most of Your Career
Development, London: Sage (ISBN 9781446298350)
- Rook, S. (2013) The Graduate Career Guidebook, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (ISBN 9780230391758)
This latter text belongs to the Palgrave Study Skills series. See:
https://he.palgrave.com/page/detail/?sf1=barcode&st1=9780230391758which includes several other useful texts such as:
- Cottrell, S. (2013) Skills for Success: The Personal Development Planning Handbook, 4th edition, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (ISBN 9781403911322) which you should be familiar with from your PPD1 and PPD2 modules.
Pearson’s also do a practical self-help series of ‘Brilliant’ books related to career management
(http://www.pearsoned.co.uk/bookshop/subject.asp?item=8338) such as Brilliant Networking and Brilliant CV, which can also be very useful. Beyond these, there are many practical texts on career management, job search and employability which you will find in the library.
Critical academic text:
- Baruch, Y. (2004), Managing Careers: Theory and Practice, Harlow: FT Prentice Hall (ISBN 027367800)
- Greenhaus, J.H. et al. (2010), Career Management, Sage: London (ISBN 9781412978262) (gives a USA perspective)
- Pryor, R. & Bright, J. (2011), The Chaos Theory of Careers: A new perspective on working in the twenty-first century. Taylor & Francis, Oxon (ISBN 9780203871461) – eBook
Useful journal articles:
- Lyons, S., Schweitzer, L. & Ng, E. (2015), How have careers changed? An investigation of changing career patterns across four generations, Journal of Managerial Psychology, Vol. 30 Issue 1, pp. 8 – 21 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1108/JMP-07-2014-0210 (Full text can only bedownloaded from within the university).
- Baruch, Y. (2006). Career development in organizations and beyond: Balancing traditional and contemporary viewpoints, Human Resource Management Review, 16 (2006) 125–138 https://www.academia.edu/18532046/Career_development_in_organizations_and_beyond_Balancing_traditional_and_contemporary_viewpoints?auto=download
Key websites:
- Business School Employability Office http://www.gre.ac.uk/business/services
- University of Greenwich Employment & Careers Service http://www2.gre.ac.uk/current-students/ecs
- The Greenwich Employability Passport (GEP) http://www.gre.ac.uk/business/study/af/careers/gep
- Prospects (The UK Graduate Careers Service) www.prospects.ac.uk
- Chartered Management Institute (CMI) http://www.managers.org.uk/
• Chartered Institute of Personal Development (CIPD) http://www.cipd.co.uk/
Other useful websites:
Myers Briggs short questionnaire: http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp
SHL questionnaires: https://www.shldirect.com/en/assessment-advice/example-questions
Or http://www.xmarks.com/s/site/www.shlquestionnaires.com/1001/
Big Five Personality Testhttp://www.outofservice.com/bigfive/
IQ, Numeracy / Technical Skills etc. (3 Smart Cubes)
Kalil’s Personality Assessment (True Colors) http://www.truecolorscareer.com/quiz.asp
MAPP Assessment (career interests)
:http://www.assessment.com/MAPPMembers/Welcome.asp?Accnum=06-5253000.00
The Insight Game http://insightgame.org/game.php
(this is a fun game! – you play by flipping cards, then click on Personality Types tabs for more interpretation)
The IPIP-NEO Short Form http://personalitytest.net/ipip/ipipneo300.html
(International Personality Item Pool Representation of the NEO PI-R
)
The Keirsey Temperament Sorter®-II (mini-report) http://www.quintcareers.com/online_assessment_review.html
Type Focus – Satisfying Careers http://www.free.typefocus.com/beforelogin/satisfying_careers
What’s my personality? (Big Five) from Queendom
- Other Details
The majority of information relevant to you while you study at the University has been brought together into your programme handbook. Please refer to your programme handbook for any further information you might require including:
- How to submit assignments,
- Deadlines and extenuating circumstances,
- Plagiarism and referencing,
- Who to go to for advice or if you are concerned,
- How to provide us with feedback,
- Key administrative procedures.
Career & Professional Practice Workbook
WORKSHOP 1 – MODULE INTRODUCTION & PERSONAL PROFILING
Welcome to Career & Professional Practice. In this first session you will meet your personal tutor for the whole of this academic year.
First of all confirm with your tutor that you are in the right place on the right week!
Note that your tutorial workshop group will meet every fortnight at the timetabled location and time for two hours throughout Term 1. Ensure you attend all eight weekly lectures the correct five fortnightly tutorial workshops and ‘The Boardroom’ assessment simulation during the term.
Students will not be allowed to attend a workshop session for which they are not timetabled.
Moreover, the module involves a lot of teamwork through learning sets, so if you miss even one of the five tutorial workshops including ‘The Boardroom’ assessment simulation, you will be missing important learning opportunities and letting your team down.
There is an important ground rule for this module. The tutorial workshops have to be a safe environment in which all students can share their personal interests, values, goals and aspirations. At the University of Greenwich we value people’s diversity of thinking and every student’s contribution is valid. . It is the nature of career management as a topic that students will sometimes be unsure, unrealistic or sometimes change their minds as thinking develops. This is expected. It is therefore essential that all students in the group respect each other’s differences in interests, values, goals and aspirations. In the spirit of diversity, you are expected to provide constructive feedback to one another and remain respectful at all times.
Aims of Workshop 1
- to understand the range of personal profiling for employability and career management
- to begin to diagnose one’s strengths and weaknesses in terms of transferable skills
- to discuss and prepare the requirements of Part 2 of the portfolio.
In this workshop, we will be doing the following 5 activities:
- Reflection on 3 Psychometric Tests (30 mins)
- Transferable Skills Audit (40 mins)
- Form learning sets (10 mins)
- Critical Reflection (30 mins)
- Preparing your Personal Story (Ignite presentation) (10 mins)
All of these activities are relevant to your Portfolio (Part 2).
ACTIVITY 1.1: PERSONAL PROFILING (PSYCHOMETRIC TESTS)
More and more graduate recruiters are using psychometric tests as part of their selection process. It has been shown that if you practice you can improve your score in ability/aptitude tests, such as Numerical Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning, Logical Reasoning and Situational Judgement Tests. Practicing will therefore increase your chance of securing a graduate level position.
The Employability & Careers Service (ECS) offer you a range of services to support you with psychometric tests.
- Go on the Employability and Careers Service (ECS) website via this link. There you will see lots of resources, including links to general advice, a range of practice aptitude and personality tests, examples of company tests and some websites to help you improve your performance
- Log in to our free psychometric test service provided by Graduates First. You will need to register first using your university e-mail address. Take a psychometric test (and receive expert feedback reports).
- The registration form will also ask you to provide your name, gender, age, industry, ethnicity, module title and your expected degree grade
- You will then receive an email direct from Graduate First confirming your email address, which will give you access to the tests. Please be aware that you are allocated a limited number of tests.
For workshop 1 you will need to complete the following 3 tests. Your results and interpretation of the four tests below are required for Part 2 of the Portfolio.
- Numerical reasoning test (choose either SHL or Kenexa) –This test assesses your ability to use numerical data while at work. Don’t panic! You do not need to be good at maths to perform this type of test as it measures your numerical potential rather than your mathematical knowledge. Most employers tend to use Numerical Reasoning tests in conjunction with either a Verbal or Logical test at the beginning of an assessment process.
- Verbal reasoning tests (choose either SHL or Kenexa) – These tests assess your vocabulary, comprehension including your ability to identify relationships between words. Written by ex-KENEXA and ex-SHL Chartered Psychologists, these tests are used by most employers in the graduate selection process.
- Personality Test (16 Personalities / Humanmetrics) – After completing any of the above questionnaire you will obtain:
° Your type formula according to Carl Jung’s and Isabel Myers-Briggs’ typology along with the strengths of preferences
° The description of your personality type and a list of occupations most suitable for your personality type.
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