Assessment details
Assessment 1: Employment Application
Group/
Guidelines to the employment application
This assessment item is an opportunity to customise this part of your study to suit your own individual needs, interests and career aspirations. You need to find an advertised position that you would be likely to apply for when seeking an internship or graduate position. (It should be relevant to your degree and realistic for your level of experience). Constructing your Employment/Internship Application is an exercise designed to develop your professional writing skills; essential elements of job seeking and business success. This assessment also tests your editing skills and ‘eye for detail’, and ensures that your application is error free and of the highest quality. This assessment item is designed to be used by you as an ongoing working document to assist you in securing an appropriate internship position or employment upon graduation.
NB: Although you will be emailing this assessment directly to your lecturer, you should address the email to the person and organisation that you are applying for a position with.
Application letter
Résumé
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Study Guide.
This is a separate document headed, ‘Addressing the Selection Criteria’. For a real job of your choice that requires applicants to address the selection criteria as part of the application process (typically these are government roles). This job can be different from the one you are targeting in your application letter and resume.
You must identify a job that has a downloadable Selection Criteria document/information and select one selection criterion from this document that you will address. Use the wording of the selection criterion as a sub-heading and following the guidelines relating to selection criteria from Topic 2 (Understanding the application process), address a single selection criterion in 1–2 paragraphs.
See the MySCU site – Assessment Details link – for the marking criteria for this assessment and be sure to check your work against those criteria before submitting.
Assessment 2: Portfolio
Guidelines for your Career Portfolio
This assessment is designed to be used by you as an ongoing working portfolio to assist you in identifying your career goals and appropriate organisations you wish to pursue for internship or employment positions. Writing in first person (‘me’, ‘I’, ‘mine; etc.) is permitted however, you should remember that this is a university assessment and not a descriptive story. A minimum of five (5) well integrated academic references is required.
Part A – Report
The following may assist you to structure your portfolio:
Executive summary
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Remember that an Executive Summary of a report is just that, a summary. It contains a
statement of report purpose and an overview of the actual and specific findings. Generally, it
should be no longer than one page and does not count towards the word limit of your report.
The Executive Summary can only be written after you have completed your report. Write in
past tense (e.g. The purpose of this report was to …). If an Executive Summary is well written
the reader should be able to understand the main points, findings, and conclusions of the
actual report without having to read the full report. Be sure to check the Executive Summary
Quick Guide for tips http://scu.edu.au/teachinglearning/
download.php?doc_id=12780&site_id=301&file_ext=.pdf
Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction
Ensure that you write an introduction for this assignment. The Academic Skills Quick Guides
will provide you with a reminder on what should be contained in an introduction.
http://scu.edu.au/teachinglearning/download.php?doc_id=12761&site_id=301&file_ext=.pdf
2.0 My career
paragraphs. Critically evaluate how your descriptions compare and contrast with the
literature covered in this unit relating to definitions of careers, career management and
career success (Topic 1). Do not use dictionary or Wikipedia definitions in this discussion.
Instead, you should be evaluating the descriptions contained in academic writings such as
your Readings.
and refer to Appendix A which will contain your database of potential employers.
3.0 Goal setting
but realistic, goals can have powerful positive influence on career success. Identify a goal
setting theory (model) or motivation theory and discuss how it may be useful to assist you
in achieving your career goals.
achieve within the next 10 years. Refer to Appendix B which will contain detailed
information about these five goals.
4.0 Conclusion
5.0 References
Appendices (A & B)
Use appropriate headings numbered 1–5 ensuring each organisation is listed in order of
preference (i.e. your most preferred organisation is number 1, your second choice
employer is number 2 etc.). You may include your field trip organisation as one of the
potential employers.
Use the following headings, to ensure all relevant information is provided and then
include a short review
(1–2 paragraphs) of the career prospects available within each selected organisation:
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Include 1–2 paragraphs regarding:
◦ what each organisation is renowned for
◦ the types of career opportunities available in this organisation.
Appendix B – Learning/Career Goals
Detail your five (5) most important learning/career goals that you wish to achieve
within the next 10 years using the template available on the MySCU site – Assessment
link.
NB: The word count of appendices is not included in your overall assessment word
count.
Part B – Video
This component of the assessment requires you to record yourself presenting an academic
quality industry sector analysis. You will need to be succinct as the video should be no more
than 5 minutes in length. Be sure to provide:
complete your current degree;
You must use information gained from discussions with industry insiders, academic journals
and from your observations and general research but be sure to note the source of your
information. For example, you might say: ‘Timeshare is a growing sector of the hotel industry.
According to an article published in Perspective Timeshare Magazine on 3 May, total revenues for
this sector are up by 3% compared to the same time last year.’ Before going on to discuss in your
own words what this means for the industry and your career.
You can also cite information that was shared with you on the field trip but again be sure to
cite the source. E.g., ‘In a presentation on 12 July 2017 Mr. Brown, Vice President of A Very
Good Hotel Group said key challenges for the sector included …‘
See the MySCU site – Assessment Details link – for the marking criteria of all assessments.
Assessment 3: Report
Length: 2500 words
Format: Report
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Submit: via Turnitin through the Assessment link of the MySCU site
Guidelines
The self-awareness report is designed to be a practical exercise with personal benefits – a reallife
self-management strategy to assist you in obtaining a suitable employment position and
developing your career. This report should demonstrate a solid self-awareness and discuss your
career-related strengths and weaknesses.
You discussion should focus on the Organisational Behaviour (OB) factors discussed in this
unit.
Report
The following elements may assist you in structuring your self-awareness report:
Executive summary
Remember that an Executive Summary of a report is just that, a summary. It contains a
statement of report purpose and an overview of the actual and specific findings. Generally, it
should be no longer than one page and does not count towards the word limit of your report.
The Executive Summary can only be written after you have completed your report. Write in
past tense (e.g. The purpose of this report was to …). If an Executive Summary is well written
the reader should be able to understand the main points, findings, and conclusions of the
actual report without having to read the full report. Be sure to check the Executive Summary
Quick Guide for tips http://scu.edu.au/teachinglearning/
download.php?doc_id=12780&site_id=301&file_ext=.pdf
Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction
Ensure that you write an introduction for this assignment. The Academic Skills Quick Guides
will provide you with a reminder on what should be contained in an introduction.
http://scu.edu.au/teachinglearning/download.php?doc_id=12761&site_id=301&file_ext=.pdf
2.0 Self-awareness
◦ What insights have you obtained about your personality, for example from the Myers-
Briggs Type Indicator or the Big Five personality model? (Topics 3 and 4)
◦ What are your most important attitudes, values and motivators? (Topics 3 & 5)
◦ What are your emotional intelligence abilities? (Topic 6)
◦ What is your leadership aspiration and potential (or demonstrated ability)? (Topic 8)
◦ What are your approaches to power, politics and influence? (Topic 9)
3.0 Decision making and planning
Refer to the literature on Problem Solving and Decision Making (Topic 7) and critically
evaluate how an understanding of these theories can be of assistance to the decision-making
and problem-solving processes you will be using when seeking your internship/graduate
employment. You must compare and contrast at least two approaches/theories.
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Your discussion should identify and elaborate upon factors that will be important in your
internship/graduate position decision such as the geographic location, paid/unpaid nature,
opportunity for training and development, opportunity for ongoing employment, and so forth.
4.0 Conclusion
Conclude and summarise the report.
References
Appendices
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