CAR20001 Future Work Skills

My Career Plan (around 350 words)

WRITING STYLE

A blend of first person and academic report styles of writing as appropriate to each assignment section.

REFERENCING

Each section in this report must be original and correctly referenced using either APA or Swinburne Harvard style.

• Section 1: at least 5 references
• Section 2: at least 3 references
• Section 3: at least 2 references

Note: a single reference may be used in more than one section in the assignment and the minimum total number of references is 8.

APPENDIX

Will be required if:

• Current job ads are referenced (provide a readable image of the ad as an appendix)
• Interviewing an industry professional who is either working in your target occupation, with your target employer, or running a similar business venture to yours (supply a transcript or summary of your interview as an appendix)

SUMBISSION REQUIREMENTS

Submission of this work will be via Turnitin. The submission portal is located in the Assessments section of Canvas.

1. Swinburne assignment cover page (located on Syllabus page in Canvas)
   1. Section 1 – The Graduate Occupation
   2. Section 2 – The Employer or The Business Venture
   3. Section 3 – My Career Plan
   4. References
   5. Optional Appendix – (i.e. job ads, interview transcript)

ASSIGNMENT DETAILS AND MARKING CRITERIA

In this assignment you will research and report on occupations and employment options suitable for graduates.

SECTION 1 – THE GRADUATE OCCUPATION – 14 marks

SECTION 2 – THE EMPLOYER OR BUSINESS VENTURE – 13 marks SECTION 3 – MY PLAN – 13 marks

RESEARCH EFFORT – 5 marks WRITTEN COMMUNICATION – 5 marks

SECTION 1 - THE GRADUATE OCCUPATION (14 marks)

1. Introduction (3 marks)
   1. Provide a one sentence statement of your Professional
   2. Name THREE different occupations that relate to your Professional Purpose and note HOW THEY LINK to your Professional Purpose (Canvas page 6).
   3. Identify which ONE of the three occupations will be the focus of your

2. Job description and employment options (3 marks) Provide a referenced, summary of the occupation’s:
   1. typical tasks or duties, including any specialisations if applicable, e.g. journalist, sports journalist
   2. employment options – industries, sectors and employment

3. Entry Requirements (3 marks)

Provide a referenced (at least 3) list of the typical requirements or criteria for entering this occupation, including:

1. level of qualification and experience (where appropriate include type of experience)
2. areas of knowledge (technical, theoretical)
3. capabilities (e.g. ‘ability to’ requirements)
4. Occupational labour market trends (2.5 marks)
   1. State the geographic location you would ideally work in (i.e. country, or state, or region, or city) and focus this section of your report
   2. Identify ONE projected (referenced) trend (growth/decline, new ways of working) for the occupation in your target geographic location
   3. Identify the possible driver/s of change that might account for the projected trend (referenced)

5. Professional Supports (2 marks) Briefly outline:
   1. the main professional groups and organisations related to the occupation e.g. professional associations, registration board, unions, interest groups, organisations offering grants schemes or advice
   2. how these groups support people in the occupation as well as university

References (0.5 marks)

At least 5 references from different sources required; may be from primary and secondary sources.

SECTION 2 - THE EMPLOYER OR THE BUSINESS VENTURE (13 amrks)

Choose either:

2.1  The Employer

OR

2.2  The Business Venture

• THE EMPLOYER

Select an employer that recruits people working in the occupation you reported in Section 1. Use at least 3 references, provide the following information.

1. Introduction: Your criteria (3 marks):

 

1. Provide a brief description of the type of employer you would ideally like to work for, e.g. industry, size, location, values/mission, type of clients/projects, reputation, working conditions, opportunities for development or type of employment. Explain why criteria is important for you (reflect on your Workview from Assignment 1).
2. Name the employer you are researching for this report, briefly outline the employer’s main function/services, and provide evidence of how this employer matches (or doesn’t match) your criteria (outlined in a.).

 

2. Media platforms (2 marks)

 

1. Provide a summary of the employer’s media platforms (e.g. website, LinkedIn, Twitter etc)
2. Describe how these might be used in your career planning (e.g. job search, networking, researching)

 

3. Recruitment (2.5 marks)

 

1. Detail the recruitment methods used by this employer, particularly any opportunities for university students and graduates (e.g. internships, graduate programs)
2. If possible, list the requirements or criteria the employer typically uses to recruit your target occupation and note if this is the same or different to your findings in Section 1

 

4. Employer Priorities (2.5 marks)

 

1. Provide a brief summary of the employer’s current news or business priorities that you find You may use sources such as a YouTube promotional video, CEO interview/report, news article, LinkedIn article, Twitter messages/threads.
2. Briefly outline how this information help you as a job

 

5. Your information sources (2.5 marks)

 

2. Briefly discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the sources of information you found for this section of your report (2.1).
3. Explain why it may be useful to consider the strengths and weaknesses of your sources labour market information when career

References (0.5 marks)

At least 3 references from different sources

OR

• THE BUSINESS VENTURE

1. Introduction: Your Criteria (2.5 marks)
2. Briefly outline your business idea – the product/s or services you will offer and the industry your business would operate in
3. State your ideal type of self-employment (e.g. sole trader, contractor, company, partnership, cooperative) and how this fits your Workview [from assignment 1]

 

2. Customers and competitors (2.5 marks)

 

1. Identify your target customers/clients and the problem your business would solve for them
2. List your main competitors and describe why your business idea is unique

 

2. Business plan (3 marks)

 

1. Briefly outline your current 12-month plan (including ideas for marketing) AND identify what is yet to be planned
2. Identify at least ONE potential support or resource you could use for assistance in your business development

 

4. Skills and competencies (2 marks)

 

1. List the skills and competencies you will require to make this business a success
2. Identify your current strengths and weaknesses in relation to running your business

 

5. Your information sources (2.5 marks)
6. Briefly discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the sources of information you found for this section of your report (2.2)
7. Why is it useful to consider the strengths and weaknesses your sources of information?

References (0.5 marks)

At least 3 references from different sources required.

SECTION 3 – MY CAREER PLAN (13 marks)

BASED ON YOUR FINDINGS IN SECTIONS 1 AND 2 OF YOUR REPORT, CREATE:

1. Two short term (6-12 months) SMART goals (2.5 marks)

i.e. Specific, Measurable, Authentic, Realistic, Timebound

1. Goal 1 about gaining experience/employment in your target occupation OR in connection to your business creation plan that relates to information you provided in sections 1, 2 or both of your report
2. Goal 2 about for building your industry awareness/networks, related to information you have

2.  Two Action Statements for each goal (8 marks)

• Each statement must detail the actions you would take to achieve your goal
• Each statement must be structure to contain information about:
  • WHAT you plan to do
  • HOW you plan to do it
  • WHEN you plan to do it

3. Your key strength (2 marks)

Conduct a self-assessment against the occupational requirements you identified in this report (1.3).

1. Identify ONE requirement that is a current strength of yours
2. Provide ONE piece of evidence that this is an actual strength of yours, e.g. report results from a formal self-assessment (e.g. My Career Toolkit) or a description from your lived experience where you demonstrated this

References (0.5 marks)

At least 2 references required.

LAYOUT: [replace the red text with your goals and action statements]

SMART GOAL 1 Occupation/Business	ACTIONS to meet goal 1
1. Specific, measurable, achievable, relevant,   timebound.	1.  What, how, when 2.  What, how, when 3.  What, how, when
SMART GOAL 2 Industry awareness and networks	ACTIONS to meet goal 2
2. Specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, timebound.	1.  What, how, when 2.  What, how, when 3.  What, how, when

MY STRENGTH	MY EVIDENCE
Strength	This strength is demonstrated by …

Research effort: range, depth and accuracy (5 marks)

• A range of references used
• Used credible and appropriate references
• References used accurately in content
• Intext referencing is in place; correct and consistent intext referencing style
• Reference list/bibliography included; correct and consistent referencing in list

Written communication (5 marks)

• Structure is logical with ideas and information clearly expressed
• Appropriate use of paragraphs, dot points and charts or diagrams
• Language is concise and professional
• Grammar is accurate (less than 3 errors)
• Spelling is accurate (less than 3 errors)

NOTE:

Informational Interview

This research strategy is recommended but optional for this assignment. You may use this research method for either Section 1 or 2 or both.

If you do an interview:

• Ensure you access and follow the Information for Interviewees document in Canvas
• You must reference the interview and include a transcript or summary of the interview as an appendix to your assignment (not included in your word count) or you will lose marks in the References section of the rubric.
• You may use the interview findings in any section of this

EXTENSIONS

• Extensions for the assignment may be granted in exceptional
• Requests for extensions must be directed to the convenor in
• All extension requests submitted to the convenor must be submitted before the assignment due
• For all extension requests:
• The request must be accompanied by appropriate documentation (i.e. a medical certificate for illness, a counsellor’s/psychologist’s letter for psychological issues or personal circumstances)
• The documentation must indicate the length of time for which the student was impacted by the illness/circumstance, so that university staff can determine the length of extension warranted
• Remember that pressure of other work (whether university work or paid work) does not count as a basis for an

Late Submissions

• Unless an extension has been approved, late submissions will result in a
• You will be penalised 10% of the assessment’s worth for each calendar day the task is late, up to a maximum of 5 calendar
• After 5 calendar days a zero result will be
• Late penalties begin to accrue as soon as the deadline has passed.

NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure you have correctly uploaded your assignment. Files emailed after the deadline will accrue late penalties even if you attempted to upload. Thus, please check your file was uploaded successfully.