Employment Opportunities for Your Subject Area: Skills, Knowledge and Experience

1 Demonstrate the following knowledge and understanding:

Employment opportunities related to your subject area and interests and the skills, knowledge, experience and attributes that are required to work in these contexts.

2 Demonstrate the following skills and abilities

To be self-reflective about your personal skills, attributes and abilities and how these compare with what is required for your future employment

What am I required to do in this assignment?

A portfolio which contains:

Your graduate destination - What? Why? etc.

Role analysis – history, trends, etc.

A current job description and person specification of your ideal job – Appendix 1

Reflection – what you already have – skills and experience and what you will need to get in order to meet the person specification

Personal Development Plan

CV and covering letter as if you were seeking employment

What do I need to do to pass? (Threshold Expectations from UIF)

Reflectively underpinned personal development planning detailing the personal skills, attributes and abilities you currently offer, how these compare with what is required for your future employment, and what steps you now need to take to achieve your graduate employment goals

Understanding of the employment opportunities related to your subject area and interests and the skills, knowledge, experience and attributes that are required to work in these contexts.

How do I produce high quality work that merits a good grade?

THIS SECTION IS COMPLETED BY THE STUDENT IN CLASS WHEN THE ASSESSMENT IS DISCUSSED

How does this assignment relate to what we are doing in scheduled sessions?

Each week the unit will cover content that will help you to plan for your assignment. The unit content is delivered over 6 weeks. You are then expected to research for an employment role  related to your degree (i.e manager, supervisor )

which asks you to assess your suitability for a graduate role that you identify.

The unit content is designed to enable you to develop the elements of the portfolio in an incremental way, starting with the CV and cover letter. You are encouraged to use the services of the Careers and Employability Service to have your CV checked and you are actively encouraged to make contact with them at the start of the unit.

THIS CAN BE DISCUSSED WITH THE STUDENTS IN MORE DETAIL WHEN THE UNIT CONTENT IS BEING OUTLINED IN THE INTRODUCTORY SESSION

How will my assignment be marked?

Your assignment will be marked according to the threshold expectations and the criteria on the following page.

You can use them to evaluate your own work and consider your grade before you submit.