Paul Blackmore

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DCS 233 Effective career planning for
Communications Systems students

• Paul Blackmore
• Director
• Centre for Employability, Enterprise Careers

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Effective career planning for Communication
Systems students

• Workshop 1 Identifying career management
  employability skills
• elements of career planning
• graduate labour market and careers today
• skills qualities sought by opportunity
  providers

• Workshop 2 Effective applications
• application forms and electronic application
  processes
• CV writing covering letters

• Workshop 3 Starting points strategies
• Networking - discovering hidden opportunities
• Sources of career information
• Action planning - next steps

• Workshop 4 Commercial Awareness
• Business game, guest employer assignment details

Workshop 5 Interview skills, assessment centres
review
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Business game RAS Challenge

• Karl Ashford
• Julie Twynholm

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DCS 233 Assessed course work

• Overview  For this assignment you must produce
  a CV and cover letter for a specific job vacancy
  and an occupational study. 
• Your occupational study should also refer to
  a separate bibliography listing the resources you
  have discovered (inc. publications, directories,
  articles, recruitment agencies, contacts gained
  from networking, professional bodies, and all
  other sources).
• Assignments should be returned to your
  department by Monday 23rd April.
• Please note it is highly recommended that
  you carry out the occupational study before you
  attempt to complete your application!

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DCS 233 Assessed course work

• Occupational study
• An occupational study is a thorough organised
  study or profile of a career (or similar careers)
  occupation involving research and analysis of
  data. As part of this analysis you are required
  to reflect upon what you have discovered and
  relate this occupational information to your
  personal skills, interests and goals (remember
  the SODiT model!). This is intended to help you
  to provide the evidence required in writing your
  applications.
• One way of of quickly assessing some of the
  possible occupations you may be interested in
  (and discounting others!) is by using a
  computer-based career exploration tool such as
  'Prospects Planner'. This is available across the
  campus network and print-outs are free if used in
  CEEC. A less sophisticated version is also
  available on the Prospects site at
  http//www.prospects.ac.uk/links/Pplanner
• The bibliography is designed to demonstrate the
  number, range and quality of resources you have
  used as well as the credibility of the statements
  you have made in your occupational study.

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DCS 233 Assessed course work

• See web site for more information
• http//careers-main.lancs.ac.uk/dcs

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Effective career planning for Communication
Systems students

• Workshop 1 Identifying career management
  employability skills
• elements of career planning
• graduate labour market and careers today
• skills qualities sought by opportunity
  providers

• Workshop 2 Effective applications
• application forms and electronic application
  processes
• CV writing covering letters

• Workshop 3 Starting points strategies
• Networking - discovering hidden opportunities
• Sources of career information
• Action planning - next steps

• Workshop 4 Commercial Awareness
• Business game, guest employer assignment details

Workshop 5 Interview skills, assessment centres
review