Career Management Skills for With Industrial Experience
| Module title | Career Management Skills for With Industrial Experience |
|---|---|
| Module code | BUSM005 |
| Academic year | 2025/6 |
| Credits | |
| Module staff | Professor Bill Peng (Convenor) |
| Duration: Term | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration: Weeks | 11 |
| Number students taking module (anticipated) | 50 |
|---|
Module description
This module is designed to support the employability and personal development skills needed to explore career opportunities, and to source and apply for an industrial placement. Delivery is through subject based lectures and workshops, interactive e-learning resources and personal guidance. An understanding of the key elements of the selection and recruitment process, raising self-awareness of key skills and competencies and developing the reflective skills required for Continuous Professional Development and future career management will be provided.
Following this module, you are required to participate in an approved work placement (BUSM002/004), organised by yourself, for a minimum of 33 weeks. Ultimate responsibility for finding and scheduling a placement lies with you; however, there will be advice and support from the Careers and Employability team, particularly on how to approach employers and identify suitable opportunities. International placements are acceptable but will still need to be approved by the Careers and Employability Team prior to starting the placement. It is important that all placements are deemed of ‘degree’ level, in order for you to gain useful experience for the future. Low level part-time jobs will not be approved.
Module aims - intentions of the module
This non-credit bearing module will enable you to study a dedicated career management module whilst undertaking tasks and activities related to finding and securing a suitable degree level work placement (minimum 33 weeks).
The module aims to:
- Define the core elements of the recruitment and selection process.
- Identify personal competences and work-related skills.
- Develop and extend relevant work-based skills and knowledge.
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
ILO: Module-specific skills
On successfully completing the module you will be able to...
- 1. Identify services and resources that will assist in your placement search and subsequent job search
- 2. Identify and critically reflect on personal experiences and competencies that demonstrate relevant employability skills
ILO: Discipline-specific skills
On successfully completing the module you will be able to...
- 3. Understand the academic assessment requirements for the placement period.
- 4. Locate and interpret information sources to identify academic and employability skills development opportunities on your degree
- 5. Locate and interpret information sources to identify career options where your degree subject area is essential/desirable/useful
ILO: Personal and key skills
On successfully completing the module you will be able to...
- 6. Appraise the purposes and benefits of undertaking a work placement
- 7. Understand how to effectively apply and compete for work placements
Syllabus plan
Core topic seminars and practical workshop sessions:
- Introduction to With Industrial Experience
- Self-awareness: understand your skills/strengths and how that could influence the placement you undertake or organisations you apply to
- Research skills: developing your research skills for placements
- CVs
- Speculative application forms and cover letters
- Interviews (including psychometric testing and assessment centres)
- Commercial awareness
- Resilience
- Next steps (placement paperwork, workplace skills, responsibilities on placement)
Learning activities and teaching methods (given in hours of study time)
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | 50 |
Details of learning activities and teaching methods
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching activities | 8 | Lectures |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching activities | 6 | Career workshops: 3 x 2 hours |
| Guided independent learning | 50 | Pre and post session reading, engagement with formative assessment |
Formative assessment
| Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feedback on activities in workshops and during 1to1s | During workshops and 1to1s | 1-7 | Verbal |
Summative assessment (% of credit)
| Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
Indicative learning resources - Web based and electronic resources
- The Business School’s online careers management skills page on the ELE: ‘Your Employability Skills’: https://ele.exeter.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=13755
- Career Zone and online careers resources:
- Deciding: http://www.exeter.ac.uk/careers/research/careerplanning/deciding/
- Planning: http://www.exeter.ac.uk/careers/research/careerplanning/planning/
- Competing: http://www.exeter.ac.uk/careers/research/careerplanning/competing/
- MyCareerZone Digital: Business School - Placement preparation & workplace skills
- Prospects website: www.prospects.ac.uk
- Inside careers website; www.insidecareers.co.uk
- Graduates First for psychometric testing and games-based assessments University of Exeter Business School - Graduates First
| Credit value | |
|---|---|
| Module ECTS | 0 |
| Module pre-requisites | None |
| Module co-requisites | None |
| NQF level (module) | 7 |
| Available as distance learning? | No |
| Origin date | 23/11/2023 |
| Last revision date | 09/05/2024 |
