Career Development BUS101 

Quarter Five 2004

Syllabus

Instructor:  William S. Jamison  

Web page: http://www.chartercollege.edu/jamison/ or email: wjamison@chartercollege.edu

Meeting Time and Place: Tuesday 5:25 PM - 7:25 PM Room 199

Required Text:

Your Career: How to Make it Happen by Julie Griffin Levitt, South-Western Educational Publishing, ISBN: 0-538-72708-X.

Course Description:

A study of career planning and job search.  This course improves the marketability of students in the work environment.  Topics include self-assessment, interviewing, networking, employment application, cover letters, resumes, follow up letters, and career management.  Lecture 2.15 quarter hours.

 

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of the required assignments, students should be able to achieve the objectives listed under each of the following six categories:

   1.  Personal Motivation

  •  Identify techniques for enhancing job search and career performance through positive attitudes and actions.

  •  Apply goal setting, self-talk, and visualization to enhance job search and career performance.

   2.  Internet

  •  Use the Internet for employer research to learn about products and services, locations, job descriptions, and more.

  •  Use the Internet to obtain current information and guidelines for conducting a successful job search (resume and cover letter preparation, cover letters, networking, and more).

  •  Use the Internet to identify relevant job openings.

  •  Use the Internet to obtain salary survey information, to calculate comparative salaries among various locations and to obtain useful relocation information.

  •  Use the Internet to obtain information and guidelines for succeeding on the job and reaching full career potential.

   3.  Career Planning

  •  Complete self-exploration to summarize educational background, working experience, capabilities and accomplishments, skills, interests, values, and personal qualities.

  •  Apply self-exploration research to the development of a summary of job qualifications and evaluation of the job target and career goal.

  •  Research career planning resources to identify and/or confirm the career choice.

   4.  Contemporary Issues in the Workplace

  •  Identify important contemporary workplace issues including globalization, work quality, working responsibly in a team, and workplace ethics.

   5.  Job Search

  •  Organize the job search well to achieve maximum success.

  •  Identify positive and planned action steps to deal effectively with frustration or rejection often experienced in the job search.

  •  Research application and hiring procedures applicable to the student’s targeted job and career.

  •  Consider all possible resources for finding the targeted job.

  •  Research prospective employers, their products, services, reputations, and achievements.

  •  Identify what the employer looks for most in the hiring process.

   6.  Develop a Resume, Cover Letter, and Application for Employment

  •  Develop an effective resume.

  •  Develop an effective cover letter.

  •  Complete an application for employment accurately and effectively.

   7.  Job Search Marketing and Career Management Tools

  •  Develop a Lifetime Career Database.

  •  Prepare a professionally developed Career Portfolio.

  •  Prepare an effective Interview Marketing Kit.

   8.  Successful Interviewing

  •  Develop effective interviewing skills.

  •  Identify the differing styles of interviewing used today.

  •  Identify effective methods for getting interviews.

  •  Participate effectively in practice interviews.

  •  Follow up the interview effectively.

  •  Identify sources of job search information.

  •  Arrange and participate in a practice interview.

   9.  Success on the Job and Job/Career Changes

  •  Recognize the importance of lifelong learning to achieving full career potential.

  •  Identify techniques for adjusting to and succeeding in a new job.

  •  Identify techniques for earning a promotion.

  •  Identify methods for making a job change professionally and successfully.

  •  Identify effective techniques for relocation in a job/career change.

  •  Identify effective techniques for dealing with the problem of being laid off or terminated from a position.

 

Information Literacy Project:

All students submit an Information Literacy Project as required by the instructor.

 

Notice to Students with Disabilities:

Students who have a disability that requires accommodation should contact their Academic Associate to complete a Request for Accommodation Plan.

Grading:

Class Attendance & Participation              10%                 

Self-Assessment                                       5%                 

Employment Application                          10%                 

Letter-perfect Resume                            20%                 

Cover Letter                                           15%                 

Interview Participation                             15%                  

Thank You Letter                                      5%

Information Literacy Project                     10%

Exams                                                   10%

                                                   100%

Letter grades for course based on:

A = 90 - 100%

B = 80 -   89%

C = 70 -   79%

D = 60 -   69%

F = Below 60%

Attendance:

Regular attendance is expected.  If students miss a class, they are responsible for finding out what they missed.  Students should also call the office (277-1000) to report their absence.  If students know in advance that they will be absent, they should inform their instructor.

Class Schedule

 

Week 1             Orientation and Self-Assessment

ORIENTATION

CHAPTER 1            Reach Your Full Career Potential

Week 2             The Job Search: Research, Planning, and Organization

CHAPTER 2            Take a Look at Yourself

CHAPTER 3            What Do Employers Want?

Week 3             The Resume, Cover Letter, and Application

CHAPTER 4            Explore Contemporary Workplace Issues

CHAPTER 5            Organize Your Winning Network

Week 4             Interview Strategies

CHAPTER 6            Engineer an Efficient Job Search

CHAPTER 7            Investigate Job, Application, and Hiring Procedures

CHAPTER 8            Research Prospective Employers

Week 5             Interview Preparation and Practice

CHAPTER 9            Prepare a Winning Resume

CHAPTER 10          Perfect the Application and Cover Letter

Week 6

CHAPTER 11          Interview Like a Pro

CHAPTER 12          Master the Art of Getting Interviews

CHAPTER 13          Be Prepared for Any Interview Style

Week 7             Improving Job Search Skills, Succeeding on the Job, and Making a Career or Job Change

CHAPTER 14          Navigate Interview Questions and Answers

CHAPTER 15          Ace Employment Tests and Negotiations

CHAPTER 16          Practice for Your Successful Interview

Week 8

CHAPTER 17          Interview and Follow Up

Week 9         Thank you Letters

CHAPTER 18          So What If You Don’t Get the Job?

CHAPTER 19          You’re Hired! Succeed in Your New Position

Week 10   Career Management

CHAPTER 20          Make Successful Job and Career Changes

Accepting or Rejecting a Job

       FINAL EXAM is posted here.