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Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Advanced
Former School/College
Pre-requisites
Completion of 144 credit points or equivalent of admitted course.
Anti-requisites
Unit aim
Provides students with a systematic approach to developing a strategy for entry into the employment marketplace. In particular, attention is focused on understanding the needs of employers in the sport, health and fitness industries and on communicating to secure a job. In this unit students will actively seek and undertake the equivalent of a three-week full-time internship with a public, community, or private enterprise organisation in order to obtain practical on-the-job experiences - while providing a beneficial and worthwhile opportunity for the host organisation.
Unit content
- Introduction - the industry and job market - the internship placement
- Discovering career strengths
- Job search strategies
- Understanding application and selection processes - writing effective job applications and résumés
- The employment interview - interview and selection skills
- Career planning and development
Learning outcomes
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 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | collect information on internship and employment opportunities from a variety of sources | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
| 2 | evaluate their individual preferences, skills, aptitudes, qualifications and experience | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 3 | make effective enquiries about internship and employment positions | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | ||||
| 4 | prepare a résumé that matches their qualifications to the needs of the position and write effective cover letters and supporting statements for employment applications | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | ||||
| 5 | prepare for the job interview and present themselves professionally in job interview situations | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | ||||
| 6 | discuss some of the major factors contributing to successful career planning and development | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | ||||
| 7 | demonstrate that they have successfully completed a 3-week (120 hours equivalent) internship with a host organisation, and critically appraise their own performance with that organisation. | Ethical practice | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | ||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- collect information on internship and employment opportunities from a variety of sources
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- evaluate their individual preferences, skills, aptitudes, qualifications and experience
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- make effective enquiries about internship and employment positions
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- GA6: Communication and social skills
- prepare a résumé that matches their qualifications to the needs of the position and
write effective cover letters and supporting statements for employment applications
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- GA6: Communication and social skills
- prepare for the job interview and present themselves professionally in job interview
situations
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- GA6: Communication and social skills
- discuss some of the major factors contributing to successful career planning and development
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- GA6: Communication and social skills
- demonstrate that they have successfully completed a 3-week (120 hours equivalent)
internship with a host organisation, and critically appraise their own performance
with that organisation.
- GA3: Ethical practice
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- GA6: Communication and social skills
Prescribed texts
- No prescribed texts.
- No prescribed texts.