Careers Module Outline 2013

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IILM Institute for Higher Education

Module Manual: CareersCourse Code: PL-301

Academic Year: PGP/2012-13Course Credit: 02Course Marks: 20

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1. Introduction to the Module and Module Objective

Careers course aims to provide students with an understanding of skills required to get ajob, do well in a job, an opportunity to develop relevant career management skills, keyissues of career decision making and to equip students with the skills to manage their

career effectively. The module would deepen the understanding of the forces anddynamics that shape careers. The course entails towards empowerment of students forbetter plan and growth in their career paths.

The course will help in enhancing a student's interaction with his/her peers though class-room interactions and with industry people and hence will maximize their learning fromeach other's experience and knowledge. The course draws on a variety of resources to meet this goal, including newspaper articles,autobiographical and biographical accounts of others careers, interviews conducted bystudents during the course, and an individual assignment designed to develop and guidestudents thinking about their careers and the tools that will be necessary to realize them.

At the end of this module, students will: Have learnt about key issues of career decision making

Have better understanding of self to make effective choices for careerdevelopment

Have identified skills to prepare better for jobs selection

Have practiced and developed better skills to do aptitude test

have learnt about key career management skills that help them keep upwardgrowth path

have researched a career that they may wish to pursue in the future

have improved their presentation skills by planning and delivering presentations ingroups.

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2.Introduction to the Tutors

2.1 Area ChairName: Capt Sunaina SinghPhone Number: 08826690141Cabin No.: 77Extn No.: 731Email: [email protected] URL: http://iilm.edu/faculty/profiles/sunaina-singh.html

2.2 Module LeaderName: Ms Ruchika Mehra Jain

2.3 Tutorsi) Ms Ruchika Mehra JianWebsite URL: http://iilm.edu/faculty/profiles/ruchika-mehra-jain.html

ii) Capt Sunaina (Retd)Website URL:http://iilm.edu/faculty/profiles/sunaina-singh.html

iii) Nupur Sehgal.

3. Module Pre-Requisites N/A

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4. Module Readings

4.1 Main Texts

Specific readings from HBS (Harvard Business School) as listed with the respectivesessions should be treated as required readings for this module.

4.2 References

1. Ibarra, H. 2003. Working Identity : HBS Press

2. Reaching your potential by Robert S Kaplan

3. Managing Oneself Peter F. Drucker Harvard Business Review

4. Ibarra, H. & Lineback, K. 2004. Whats your story? - Harvard Business Review

5. Networking to Enhance your Job Search, The Riley Guide

6. How to get noticed on job portals

7. Hill, L. 1998. Beyond the myth of the perfect mentor: Building a network of developmental relationships. Harvard Business School.

8. 10 Tips for Your First Job

9. Embracing the Whole Individual: Advantages of a Dual-centric Perspective of Work and Life Kristina A. Bourne, Fiona Wilson, Scott W. Lester, Jill Kickul

4.3 Recommended Articles, Other material

1) FAQs about Networking

Website URL : http://www.uwec.edu/career/online_library/Networking.htm

2) Getting a job during the slowdown by Tarun Matta, The Mint

3) Lessons Learned Managing Your Career Harvard Business School Press

5.4 Websites

http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sk/skillsmenu.htm

http://www.firstnaukri.com/

http://www.linkedin.com/

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Session Outline

Session 1: Introduction; Dimensions of Careers; Views of WorkSession 2: Importance of career Planning

Session 3 &4: Industry InteractionSession 5: Marketing yourself Session 6: Social Capital in CareersSession 7: Mentorship through careerSession 8: Challenges faced during TransitionSession 9: Guest lectureSession 10: Building ResilienceSession 11: Performing well in first 100 days of your jobSession 12: Essential Attributes for Career Advancement

Session 13: Managing a Diversity at workplaceSession 14: Integration of Work and Life

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5.1- Session 1: Introduction; Dimensions of Careers; Views of Work

The session focus on the defining career and how one understands its implication. Most of us might think that the key to a successful career change is to know what we want to donext and then using that knowledge to guide our actions. In this session, students will getto know how people from all walks of professional life go about making a careers and alsothat career change is not a step-by-step linear processits twisted and takes much longerthan we think. The session help student understand the different aspects which comeabout while a career is made.

Learning Outcome:

Students will learn to be more flexible while choosing their career after MBA as finding thejob that fits best is the result of doing and experimenting

Required Readings:

1) Ibarra, H. 2003. Working Identity. Chapter 1 Reinventing Yourself: HBS Press.

5.2- Session 2: Importance of career planning

To identify what career one wants to take, it is also essential that one identifies whatskills one possess and how one should plan it. The session would help student understandwhat they have been in their past and how that influences on to what they are today.Better understanding of their personality profile through psychometric tools and how itmakes an occupational fitment can be useful in planning career decisions which are

realistic.

Learning Outcome: Student can understand their competence and plan career choicesbased on their fitment and capability.

Required Reading:Reaching your potential by Robert S KaplanManaging Oneself Peter F. Drucker Harvard Business Review

5.3 & 5.4 Session 3 &4: Industry InteractionThe session would involve the participation of industry personnel. The session wouldprovide student with understanding of the industry from where the student come from,along with their experiences and learning as they progressed through their career.

Learning Outcome: The student will learn from the experience and career journey of experts from different industries.

5.5- Session 5: Marketing yourself While looking to make a career change, telling stories about professional self can inspire

others belief in your character and in your capacity. A compelling professional story helpspeople more easily understand where you have been and more importantly understand

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how your experiences tie to your future. In this session, students will know why they needa story and what this story should contain. It would elaborate on how to share experienceto elaborate on competencies .

Learning OutcomeThis session will help students to understand the importance of marketing themselveswhile appearing for any job interview.

Required Readings:1) Ibarra, H. & Lineback, K. 2004. Whats your story? Harvard Business Review.

5.6- Session 6: Social Capital in Careers

The value of networking for job search how to do it and why it is useful

Using own network like family, friends, relatives to search for jobs

How to present yourself in Professional context

Using social networking sites like Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter for getting Jobs

Other Off Campus Job search options like firstnaukri, monster

How to make yourself visible

Required Readings

1) Networking to Enhance your Job Search, The Riley Guide

2) How to get noticed on job portals, The Economic Times

Suggested Readings

1) FAQs about Networking

Learning OutcomeStudents will learn the importance of social networking and will start getting in touch

with their contacts which would help them to get internship/final job offers.

5.7- Session 7 : Mentorship through careerHaving a guide to help you crusade through life will help the student better than being ontheir own. To be able to identify and seek guidance for personal and professional growthwould help students. The session will help student understand the importance of such rolemodels in their life and how they can contribute to their success.

Learning Outcome: To help student identity mentorship as a continuous process which canhelp them succeed

Required Reading: Hill, L. 1998. Beyond the myth of the perfect mentor: Building anetwork of developmental relationships. Harvard Business School.

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5.8- Session 8: Challenges faced during TransitionThe students will learn about the transition from college to working life that can bechallenging. The session will focus on the support system which is very important.Students will learn ability to collaborate with individuals from different cultures andbackgrounds, to cooperative with diverse personalities, to be a team player, and to workon projects with strict deadlines will all be put to test in your first job.

Learning Outcome

The session will provide students to identify the challenges faced during the transitionface from college life to work life 5.9 -Session 9: Guest lecture on ups and down during their careergraph

5.10- Session 10: Building Resilience

Resilience is - "The ability to thrive in difficult scenarios, to overcome adversity &bounce back". Resilient people and Managers achieve success even during challengingtimes. The session will cover how can students become more resilient and help their teambuild resilience too. Students will learn practical skills for dealing with the negativeimpacts of adversity more quickly while increasing their learning and ability to deal withchange and challenges in the work environment.

Learning OutcomeThis session will provide students with new insight and the opportunity to create an actionplan to increase their "bounce back ability" which would help thrive in the challengingtimes ahead.

5.11 -Session 11 : Performing well in first 100 days of your job

Understand what needs to be done in the job

Map the job, its opportunities and pitfalls

Establishing Priorities

Required Reading:

1) 10 Tips for Your First Job

Learning OutcomesStudents will get to know tips which will help them to perform well in first 100days at job.

5.12 -Session 12 : Essential Attributes for Career Advancement

Work as a Learning

Taking Ownership of your own Development

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Taking on more Responsibility

Valuing Integrity

Suggested Reading:

1) Lessons Learned Managing Your Career Harvard Business School Press

Learning Outcome: Students will get to know about various tips andtechniques which will help them to advance and perform well in their career.

5.13- Session 13: Managing a Diversity at workplaceToday most of the organizations have a diverse workforce so everyone in anorganization should learn to appreciate and embrace diversity to reducefriction, missed opportunities, customer and client complaints, service deliveryproblems, etc. This session is aimed at helping students understand whydealing with diversity would be beneficial to them as employees.

Learning OutcomeStudents will develop conceptual understanding to diversity and its differentforms and would learn different tools to deal with diversity at the workplace.

5.14 -Session 14: Integration of Work and LifeThis session focuses on Work life integration, finding ways to blend work andlife so that students can have meaningful experience with both of them. To

succeed in the corporate world it is essential to create a balance as there aretimes when there can be a dis-balance, to provide students with those skillscan help student to be better equipped with their future careers.

Learning OutcomeThis session will help the students to understand the state of balance andharmony between the professional and personal roles in ones life.

Required Reading: Embracing the Whole Individual: Advantages of a Dual-centric Perspective of Work and Life Kristina A. Bourne, Fiona Wilson, Scott W.Lester, Jill Kickul

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7.Assessment PlanI. Individual Presentation (30%)

II. Individual Assignment (50%)

III. Curriculum Vitae (20%)

Details of Assessment:-

7.1 Component 1: Presentation (30%)

This assessment is based on interview interaction and the questions which are asked in aninterview. This would be based on the critical points shared during the course. The studentshould be prepared to tell his story in manner which highlights his competencies andpersonality in a positive manner and attacks recruiters to higher them. During the course

of this interaction a feedback would also be shared on the CV submitted.Component 2: An individual written assignment to reflect on career decisionMaking (50%)

Assessment Brief

The ability to identify your skills and development needs is a key strength when makingcareer decisions and planning your future career. The purpose of this assignment is toencourage you to consider your skills, reflect on your learning, and analyse various careeroptions available to you and then accordingly work on action plan that would direct you toachieve your career goals.

Your TaskYou are required to submit an assignment of no more than 1500 words (appendices will betreated as being outside the word limit) providing answers to the three key questions,below:

1) Considering the decisions you have made so far about your career choice, explainwhat has influenced your decisions, including:

Family Background

Your academic achievements

Any key individuals involved (i.e. people drawn from your family, friends, school,college, university, etc)

Anything else that you feel is of relevance

(Approx 400 words)

2) Analyse and evaluate your individual learning throughout the Careers module

What you have learnt about yourself (skills abilities, qualities, motivations)

Career options available

What has been most beneficial to your learning (i.e. contacts, resources etc.)

How you have approached your learning and how you have consolidated thislearning (i.e. how your ideas are developing)

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Any other external factors

(Approx 400 words)

3) Create an Action Plan for the next 3 years, indicating the steps you will take to

progress your career ideas. Provide detail on;Your short term and longer term career aims.

Why you will take the actions that you have proposed

When you intend to take the actions short, medium, longer term

How you will carry out a range of activities to fulfil the actions

Potential barriers/challenges and how you intend to overcome these

What resources you will need to address gaps in knowledge, expertise or overcomeother personal/circumstantial barriers

(Approx 700 words)

Component 3: Curriculum Vitae (20%)

The student has to submit their curriculum vitae in the format as shared in their previouscourses. The CV would be evaluated and feedback will be shared.

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Criteria of Assessment: Presentation, Discussion and Individual Assignment

Grade A B C D

Learning Objectives Criteria Distinction Proficient Pass Fail

Understand the role of personal and professional factors that influenceCareer decision making

Demonstrates excellentunderstanding of the personaland professional factors in Career

decision making

Demonstrates goodunderstanding of the personaland professional factors in

Career decision making

Demonstrates reasonableunderstanding of the

personal and professionalfactors in Career decisionmaking

Fails to Demonstrate anunderstanding of the

personal and professionalfactors in Career decisionmaking

Understand the important factors thatimpact the performance of anindividual in a job

Demonstrates excellentunderstanding of the factors that

impact the performance of anindividual in a job

Demonstrates goodunderstanding of the factors

that impact the performance of an individual in a job

Demonstrates reasonableunderstanding of thefactors that impact the performance of anindividual in a job

Fails to Demonstrate anunderstanding of thefactors that impact the performance of anindividual in a job

Written Communication

Articulate and persuasive use of language. Consistently accurate

use of grammar/spelling

Language mainly fluent.Grammar /spelling mainly

accurate

Purpose and meaningsomewhat clear but

language is poor

Purpose and meaningunclear.

Language/grammar andspelling poor

Structure and presentation

Structure guides reader throughideas clearly. Presentation is

excellent.Structure coherent.Presentation good.

Problems with structureand presentation

Structure unclear. Poorly presented.

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8. Format for Submission of Coursework

All assignments must be submitted according to the deadlines specified. Failure to submitsame without a justified reason shall result in zero marks. Submissions are to be made inhard copy/ soft copy as instructed by the faculty.

When submitting coursework in hard copy, you must include a cover page which specifies:

The Assignment name Your name/ group members names Students ID number(s) Your section The module title

The name of the module instructors

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9. Assessment

9 .1 Assessment Map

Methods of Assessment

Module A1 A2 A3 A4 A5

Careers

T1- Individual assignment/case studyT2- Group assignment/ project/business planT3- Open book examinations/ case studyT4- Closed book examinationsT5- Group Presentations

9.2 Teaching Map

Teaching Map

Module T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6

Careers

T1- LecturesT2- Seminars/TutorialsT3- Live projects/presentationsT4- Case studyT5- Guest Lectures/Industrial VisitsT6- Lab Sessions

9.3 Curriculum Map

Programme Level Goals and Module learning Outcomes

Programme Learning Outcomes

Module L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L6 L7 L8 L9

Careers

L1- An understanding of organizations, their external context and their management

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L2- An awareness of current issues in business and management which is informed byresearch and practice in the field.

L3- An understanding of appropriate techniques sufficient to allow investigation intorelevant business and management issues.

L4- The ability to acquire and analyze data and information.

L5- The ability to apply relevant knowledge to practical situations.

L6- The ability to work and lead effectively in a team based environment.

L7- An improvement in both oral and written communication.

L8- Be cognizant of the impact of their individual and corporate actions on society andrecognize ethical business practices.

L9- Be sensitive to the social, economic and environmental responsibilities of business

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