This course is conducted completely in English.
It is recommended for 3rd year students who have completed lab rotations or other collaborative laboratory research as well as individual research, not just introductory
classes.
This is a course in personal career design development.
We will start from professional assessment of each student's character, then discuss necessary skills, preferred work styles and environments, and clarify career goals.
From this individual foundation, we will move to learning strategies for developing skills, resilience, leadership and adaptability to collaborate in international teams.
This course does not provide a “manual” of techniques for job-hunting, but strategies for how to consider and continue personal professional development and lifelong learning. We hope this course will help equip students for not only achieving their immediate research and work goals, but also for their long-range career success.
It is recommended for 3rd year students who have completed lab rotations or other collaborative laboratory research as well as individual research, not just introductory
classes.
This is a course in personal career design development.
We will start from professional assessment of each student's character, then discuss necessary skills, preferred work styles and environments, and clarify career goals.
From this individual foundation, we will move to learning strategies for developing skills, resilience, leadership and adaptability to collaborate in international teams.
This course does not provide a “manual” of techniques for job-hunting, but strategies for how to consider and continue personal professional development and lifelong learning. We hope this course will help equip students for not only achieving their immediate research and work goals, but also for their long-range career success.
This course is designed to assist you in:
self-assessment of their individual character, communication, and best working habits and how they relate to teamwork;
developing their transferable skills;
learning to adapt to and grow in various working conditions, to stimulate their sense of responsibility as a leader, to clarify their future vision, to define their next steps after university, and to design their own flexible yet definite career paths.
self-assessment of their individual character, communication, and best working habits and how they relate to teamwork;
developing their transferable skills;
learning to adapt to and grow in various working conditions, to stimulate their sense of responsibility as a leader, to clarify their future vision, to define their next steps after university, and to design their own flexible yet definite career paths.
| Goals and objectives | Course Outcomes | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | You will be able to understand your core character, communication and working style through professional assessment and individual inventory of satisfaction and accomplishment. |
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| 2. | You will be able to define and select strategies for working with a variety of types of personalities and working situations, leveraging your strengths to improve your weaknesses. |
B ,
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| 3. | You will explore career possibilities that align with your future goals, personal best practice for successful accomplishments, and preferred work environment, and will be able to identify essential transferable skills needed for your careers and how to develop them. |
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D ,
E
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| 4. | You will be able to comprehend and begin to practice self-management and on-going personal and professional growth which include creating strategies for overcoming failure, developing resilience, and learning how to become a better leader. |
B ,
D ,
E
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| 5. | You will practice job hunting skills including narrowing your job search, writing resumes and practicing interviews. |
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E
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| Class schedule | HW assignments (Including preparation and review of the class.) | Amount of Time Required | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Intro. to the Course Key factors in careers Individual character, transferable skills, learning styles, habits & discipline, communication, workplace expectations, teamwork, types of colleagues & work environments, opportunities for growth |
Assessment exercises | 90分 |
| 0分 | |||
| 2. | Self-assessment pt. 1 Big-5 character theories Types or tendencies? Concept of Work Culture |
Assessment Exercises | 90分 |
| Homework reading | 60分 | ||
| 3. | Self-assessment pt. 2 Knowing one's own default mode, tendencies, strengths & weaknesses How you may be misunderstood by others |
Assessment feedback review | 120分 |
| Presentation prep | 120分 | ||
| 4. | Self-assessment pt. 3 Stories of satisfaction, accomplishment, gaining skills |
Writing stories of accomplishment | 120分 |
| Presentation prep | 120分 | ||
| 5. | Facing difficulties: negative feedback, reactions, triggers, failures. Spotlight on what you can control: your words & actions. Teamwork simulation. |
Exercises on changing words & actions | 60分 |
| Reading | 60分 | ||
| Presentation prep | 120分 | ||
| 6. | Student Presentations Bootcamp: Discipline, Responsibility, "Ownership" |
Reading | 60分 |
| Presentation prep | 120分 | ||
| 7. | Student presentations Developing transferable skills Changes in work situations, jobs, careers |
Reading | 60分 |
| Transferable skills exercises | 60分 | ||
| Presentation prep | 60分 | ||
| 8. | Ideal work environments Practical Workplace Communication: Reporting, Meetings 1st Level of Leadership: Position |
Leadership exercises & readings | 60分 |
| Workplace environment exercises | 90分 | ||
| 9. | Leadership as Conversation Practical Workplace Communication: Leading 2nd Level of Leadership: Relationship |
Reading & exercises | 90分 |
| Career search prep | 120分 | ||
| 10. | Building resilience Practical Workplace Communication: Collaboration 3rd Level of Leadership: Comrades in Production |
Reading & exercises | 60分 |
| Career search prep | 130分 | ||
| 11. | Training new members Practical Business Communication: Writing, pt. 1 (information, requests) 4th Level of Leadership: Raising New Leaders |
Reading & exercises | 60分 |
| Business writing | 45分 | ||
| Interview prep | 120分 | ||
| 12. | Practical Business Communication: Writing, pt. 2 (positive & alternative responses, problems, apologies) Top Level Leadership |
Reading & exercises | 60分 |
| Business writing | 45分 | ||
| Interview prep | 180分 | ||
| 13. | Practical Business Communication: Interviewing Preparation Presenting your skills Ready for Opportunity |
Interview prep | 180分 |
| 14. | Practical Business Communication: Interviewing Individual Interviews Feedback & discussion |
Feedback response | 90分 |
| 15. | 0分 | ||
| Total. | - | - | 2650分 |
| Online assessment | Weekly exercises & discussion | Presentations | Career search skills prep | Mock interview | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 5% | 5% | 10% | |||
| 2. | 10% | 15% | 25% | |||
| 3. | 10% | 15% | 5% | 30% | ||
| 4. | 5% | 5% | ||||
| 5. | 10% | 5% | 15% | 30% | ||
| Total. | 5% | 40% | 30% | 10% | 15% | - |
5% Online assessment (required as first step in the course)
40% Weekly exercises & discussion
30% Presentation
10% Career search skills preparation
15% Mock job interview
40% Weekly exercises & discussion
30% Presentation
10% Career search skills preparation
15% Mock job interview
Facet5 Online Core Personality & Workplace Communication Assessment
Whitcomb, C. & L. Whitcomb (2013) Effective Interpersonal and Team Communication Skills for Engineers (IEEE/ Wiley);
Sinek, S. (2017) Find Your Why: A Practical guide for discovering purpose for you & your team. Portfolio;
Maxwell, J. (2011) How Successful People Think Workbook, Center Street;
What Color is Your Parachute 2020 Edition: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-changers. (2020) Bolles, N. et.al. Ten Speed Press;
Shell, E.R. (2018) The Job: Work & its future in a time of radical change, Currency Books;
Sinek, S. (2014) Leaders Eat Last, Portfolio.
Various articles and online resources
Whitcomb, C. & L. Whitcomb (2013) Effective Interpersonal and Team Communication Skills for Engineers (IEEE/ Wiley);
Sinek, S. (2017) Find Your Why: A Practical guide for discovering purpose for you & your team. Portfolio;
Maxwell, J. (2011) How Successful People Think Workbook, Center Street;
What Color is Your Parachute 2020 Edition: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-changers. (2020) Bolles, N. et.al. Ten Speed Press;
Shell, E.R. (2018) The Job: Work & its future in a time of radical change, Currency Books;
Sinek, S. (2014) Leaders Eat Last, Portfolio.
Various articles and online resources
- Course that cultivates a basic self-management skills
- Course that cultivates a basic interpersonal skills
| Work experience | Work experience and relevance to the course content if applicable |
|---|---|
| Applicable | Professor is a licensed practitioner of Facet5 character assessment and a career coach |
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