AWL302 - Your Professional Story

Unit details

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Year:

2023 unit information

Enrolment modes:

Commencing 2024:

Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online

Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:TBA
Prerequisite:

Students must have passed 8 credit points of study, prior to enrolling in this unit

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150-hours over the trimester undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

Online independent and collaborative learning activities, plus 1 x 1-hour seminar per week (alternating as skills labs and coaching sessions) with an additional 3 x 1-hour interactive workshops with guest presenters across the trimester.

Scheduled learning activities - online:

Online independent and collaborative learning activities, plus 1 x 1-hour seminar per week alternating as skills labs and coaching sessions (livestreamed and recorded) with an additional 3 x 1-hour interactive workshops with guest presenters across the trimester.

Content

Coming to the end of your studies and wondering how you can present the skills and knowledge you have developed in a way that helps you stand out from the crowd? This unit will guide you on how to articulate your professional value to a range of stakeholders: from prospective employers to supervisors, peers and even potential business partners. You will learn how to craft a powerful brand narrative that showcases your competencies and capabilities and gives you a distinctive edge in the story you tell about your professional identity. You will also learn about job search and career strategies, how to make the most of networking opportunities and navigate career transitions, along with specifically tailoring applications and elevator pitches to work opportunities - all while building on the evidence you have already collected and curated as part of your studies and/or your professional development e-portfolio.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Demonstrate career-readiness, a clear professional identity and insight into the skills, knowledge and graduate attributes necessary to meet the standards of performance and practice in professional work environments locally, nationally and globally.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO6: Self-management

GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO2

Critically reflect on their learning and the development of skills throughout their course and evaluate the progress made towards their professional development goals and aspirations.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO6: Self-management

ULO3

Investigate and formulate opportunities for ongoing development of their learning and skills into their professional lives, and identify career strategies and digital tools to manage their professional identity as it evolves over time.

GLO3: Digital literacy

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO6: Self-management
ULO4

Develop a professional brand narrative that showcases their competencies and capabilities, including digital skills.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO2: Communication

GLO3: Digital literacy

GLO6: Self-management

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1 – Professional Portfolio 2400 words
or equivalent
60% Information not yet available
Assessment 2 – Mock interview and reflection Video interview, plus 400-word reflection 40% Information not yet available

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via: AWL302

Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.