Module manager: Debbie Powell
Email: d.powell@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2010/11
| LUBS1040 | Personal Tutorials for Accounting and Finance |
| LUBS1050 | Personal Tutorials for Accounting and Management |
| LUBS1060 | Personal Tutorials for Economics |
| LUBS1070 | Personal Tutorials for Economics and Management |
| LUBS1080 | Personal Tutorials for HRM |
| LUBS1090 | Personal Tutorials for Management |
CSER1010
This module is approved as an Elective
- Do you want a head start when you apply for summer or industrial year placement? - Want to increase your awareness of your own skills/interests and personal characteristics so that you can impress a future employer? - Do you want help deciding whether to go into employment or stay in academia. This is a practical and highly participative module with local employer involvement run by the university's professional Careers Consultants. Assessments are continual, relevant and useful with no exams. - To do this module you don't need any previous experience or special skills. - To meet the learning outcomes no student will be permitted to join the module after the end of week two.
On completion of this module, students should:
- have developed a clearer picture of their own skills, interests and personal characteristics in relation to careers ;
- understand what they need to do to develop their employability and be aware of the resources, support and opportunities available to do this;
- understand what they need to do to compete effectively in the job market;
- have produced a CV;
- have a clear understanding of what skills, qualities and experience are necessary for a specific occupation and how their suitability meets this criteria.
Written Communication; Planning & Organisation; Problem Solving; Interpersonal Communication; Team Working; Networking; Decision Making; Negotiation; Initiative.
This 20 credit module will cover the following during the 11 weeks:
- Introduction to module, assessments & reflection
- The Graduate Marketplace. Gain a better understanding of the graduate employment market.
- Look at the first destinations of Leeds graduates
- Researching resources and sources of support at University
- Presentation techniques - Mini group non-assessed presentations
- Getting to know your values, skills and learning style
- CV – how to prepare and make speculative applications
- Enhance your employability through work experience
- Action plan for future career planning
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workshop | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| Private study hours | 178 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 22 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200 | ||
78 hours - total reading time, lecture research time, post-workshop completion of learning log; research and preparation of assignments;
100 hours - occupational research including identifying sources, attending careers events, undertaking self analysis etc
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment | CV and Covering Letter | 15 |
| Reflective log | Learning Logs | 15 |
| Essay | Summative statement and Action Plan | 20 |
| Report | Occupational Report | 50 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 5/9/2011
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