EMSK5012- Employability Skills

Learning outcomes assessed:

1. Develop employability skills and increase self-awareness within a range of contexts to demonstrate a commitment to lifelong career development learning

2. Apply and critically appraise a range of theories of career development

3. Analyse and evaluate sources of local, regional and global opportunities relevant to career ideas, interests and ambitions

4. Produce a professional CV, online profile, action plan and develop digital literacy skills for work

• Carefully read the module handbook, the marking criteria and the grade descriptors.

Academic Misconduct

You are responsible for ensuring you understand the policy and regulations about academic misconduct. You must:

• Complete this work alone except where required or allowed by this assignment briefing paper and ensure it has not been written or composed by or with the assistance of any other person.

• Make sure all sentences or passages quoted from other people’s work in this assignment (with or without trivial changes) are in quotation marks, and are specifically acknowledged by reference to the author, work and page.

Critically appraise two of the theories from this module

How could you apply elements of these theories to your future career development?

Know your sector Learning outcomes: LO3

Analyse a professional qualification you could acquire alongside your degree and explain the rationale for undertaking of this qualification to meet your career ambitions.

Discuss how you plan to acquire these recognised professional standards and evaluate how they could add value to an employer and make you the preferred candidate in an

interview.

Let them know you Learning outcomes: LO1 & LO4

Identify a current job description and specification for a desired job in your sector. How does your CV and LinkedIn profile demonstrate the essential and desirable skills required, and what this says to a potential employer.

Reflect on the interview process and how well you were able to apply the STAR method.

What have you learnt about yourself (throughout the whole module) and what aspects do you need to improve on for work readiness?