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Unit of Study HOTL5007 - Professional Industry Development (2020)

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Unit description

Equips students with the skills and capacity to manage and inform their own professional identity in contemporary business careers. Students will explore techniques, tools and processes that will provide the background and context for career choices.

Unit content

Topic 1: Introduction to career management

Topic 2: Self-assessment

Topic 3: Personal branding

Topic 4: Current and future workplace trends

Topic 5: Job search strategies

Topic 6: Future-proofing your career

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Location Domestic International
Brisbane - The Hotel School
Session2
Session2
Melbourne - The Hotel School
Session2
Session2
Sydney - The Hotel School
Session2
Session2

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 synthesise key theoretical principles, professional skills and individual attributes relating to career planning and development
2 demonstrate the ability to effectively meet the professional requirements of the employment selection process
3 utilise self-assessment tools to develop practical strategies to manage a lifelong career
4 differentiate and apply various techniques for successful lifelong career planning

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. synthesise key theoretical principles, professional skills and individual attributes relating to career planning and development
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  2. demonstrate the ability to effectively meet the professional requirements of the employment selection process
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  3. utilise self-assessment tools to develop practical strategies to manage a lifelong career
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  4. differentiate and apply various techniques for successful lifelong career planning
    • GA5:

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