BSHE:IntroductionToCareerDevelopment
Introduction to Career Development for IT-specialist
English for Academic Purposes I
- Course name: Introduction to Career Development
- Course number: R-01
Course Characteristics
Key concepts of the class
- Value systems of organizations and Corporate culture
- Soft skills and hard skills
- Personal Brand
- Career Planning and Development
- Curriculum vitae (CV) and Cover Letter
- Interview
- Negotiation for salary
- Job market
- Employees’ rights
What is the purpose of this course?
The course provides students with an opportunity to learn and develop the necessary skills to engage in life/career planning. During the course students will learn resume writing and formatting tips, how to go through a various types of interviews, and will cover job search strategies. In addition, we will analyze the main labor market development trends and study the importance of knowledge about Labour law.
- What should a student remember at the end of the course?
By the end of the course, the students should be able to remember and recognize
- how to compose a selling CV and how to write a cover letter
- how to pass a job interview, what questions could be asked and how to answer them
- how to negotiate for salary
- how to build personal brand and stand out from the crowd
- what is “corporate culture” and why it is important when you drive your careers
- what is “soft skills”
- employees’ rights
- wage systems
- more about IT labor market in Russia, Tatarstan, Innopolis
- What should a student be able to apply at the end of the course?
By the end of the course, the students should be able to ...
- identify organization’s corporate culture
- to write a CV and a Cover letter
- to pass job interviews and negotiate for salary
- to start building their personal brand
- to plan and develop their careers
- make their own Self-Development Plan and build Career Development Paths
Course evaluation
| Type | Default points | Proposed points |
|---|---|---|
| Labs/seminar classes | 20 | 30 |
| Interim performance assessment | 30 | 50 |
| Exams | 50 | 20 |
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Grades range
| Grade | Default range | Proposed range |
|---|---|---|
| A. Excellent | 90-100 | 85-100 |
| B. Good | 75-89 | 70-84 |
| C. Satisfactory | 60-74 | 60-69 |
| D. Poor | 0-59 | 0-59 |
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Final assessment:
To pass a mock interview
1. Familiar with and can answer all types of questions – 20%.
2. Provide a convincing answer to the question: Tell me about yourself – 30%.
3. Not avoid eye contact, communicate clearly and precisely, look friendly, self-confident – 10%.
4. Provide compelling examples for competency-based questions, follow the structure of answering those kind of questions – 20%.
5. Communicate clearly their brands, what value they can bring to business giving a clear answer to the question Why should we hire you – 20%.
Resources and reference material
1. Ted Talk by Amy Cuddy ‘Your body language may shape who you are’ https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_may_shape_who_you_are?language=en
2. Tone Crabbe, How to thrive in a world of too much
3. Ted talk by David Phillips on How To Avoid Death By Power Point https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwpi1Lm6dFo
4. Useful presentation phrases
5. The Commencement address delivered by Steve Jobs at Stanford University, 2005
6. The Labour Code of the Russian Federation
Course Sections
The main sections of the course and approximate hour distribution between them is as follows:
| Section | Section Title | Teaching Hours |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soft skills and Personal Brand | 6 |
| 2 | How to write CV/Resume/Cover letter and pass job interviews | 6 |
| 3 | Work environment | 4,5 |
| 4 | Career development paths | 6 |
| 5 | Total | 22,5 |