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 skills, 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, etc. 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 skills, 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, etc. 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 preparing for your career after university so you can begin to:
- understand your individual default character tendencies (strengths, weaknesses, & how you may be viewed by colleagues), style of communication, and developing your best working habits, and how they relate to your productivity and teamwork;
- develop your transferable skills;
- explore communication strategies and ways to adapt to and grow in various working environments for international teamwork;
- analyze styles of leadership and stimulate your sense of responsibility as a leader;
- discover & clarify your future vision, define your next steps after university, and design your own flexible yet definite career paths.
- understand your individual default character tendencies (strengths, weaknesses, & how you may be viewed by colleagues), style of communication, and developing your best working habits, and how they relate to your productivity and teamwork;
- develop your transferable skills;
- explore communication strategies and ways to adapt to and grow in various working environments for international teamwork;
- analyze styles of leadership and stimulate your sense of responsibility as a leader;
- discover & clarify your future vision, define your next steps after university, and design your 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 strengths & weaknesses, satisfaction and accomplishment. |
B ,
E
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| 2. | You will be able to define and identify important transferable skills, and how to leverage your strengths to improve your weaknesses. |
B ,
E
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| 3. | You will be able to develop strategies for communication and working with a variety of types of personalities, cultures, and working situations, for successful international teamwork. |
B ,
D ,
E
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| 4. | You will be able to understand types and levels of leadership, and begin to practice self-management for 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
|
| 5. | You will be able to prepare for successful interviews, job hunting, and career moves. |
B ,
E
|
| 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 Working with types of people, teammates Homework: Stories of satisfaction, accomplishment, gaining skills |
Writing stories of accomplishment | 90分 |
| Homework readings | 90分 | ||
| 3. | Self-assessment pt. 2 Stories of satisfaction, accomplishment, gaining skills Big-5 character theories Types or tendencies Homework: Myers-Briggs & traditional assessment |
Transferable skills exercises | 120分 |
| Facet5 survey | 60分 | ||
| 4. | Self-assessment pt. 3 Facet5 character assessment, pt. 1 Knowing one's own default mode, tendencies, strengths & weaknesses |
Facet5 Assessment Exercises | 120分 |
| Presentation prep | 120分 | ||
| 5. | Self-assessment pt. 4 Facet5, pt. 2 Teamwork & environments How others may see you, overcoming being misunderstood by others |
Assessment feedback review | 60分 |
| Reading | 60分 | ||
| Presentation prep | 120分 | ||
| 6. | Facet5, pt. 3 Facing difficulties: negative feedback, reactions, triggers, failures. Spotlight on what you can control: your words & actions. Self-discipline, responsibility, "ownership" |
Reading | 60分 |
| Presentation prep | 120分 | ||
| Exercises on changing words & actions | 60分 | ||
| 7. | Student Presentations Developing transferable skills Changes in work situations, jobs, careers |
Presentation prep | 120分 |
| Readings | 30分 | ||
| 0分 | |||
| 8. | Ideal work environments Practical Workplace Communication: Reporting, Meetings 1st Level of Leadership: Position |
Leadership exercises & readings | 90分 |
| Workplace environment exercises | 90分 | ||
| 9. | Leadership as Conversation Practical Workplace Communication: Strategies for building trust 2nd Level of Leadership: Relationship |
Leadership reading & exercises | 120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 | 120分 | ||
| 11. | Training new members Practical Business Communication: Mentoring 4th Level of Leadership: Raising New Leaders |
Reading & exercises | 120分 |
| Career search prep | 60分 | ||
| Interview prep | 60分 | ||
| 12. | Practical Business Communication: Dealing with problems Top Level Leadership |
Reading & exercises | 100分 |
| Interview prep | 120分 | ||
| 0分 | |||
| 13. | Practical Business Communication: Interviewing Preparation Presenting your skills Ready for Opportunity |
Interview prep | 120分 |
| Summary prep | 120分 | ||
| 14. | Practical Business Communication: Interviewing Individual Interviews Feedback & discussion |
Feedback response | 30分 |
| 15. | 0分 | ||
| Total. | - | - | 2650分 |
| Weekly written exercises & discussion of exercises | Presentations | Facet5 Assessment Exercise | Career & Interview Prep | Final Summary | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 5% | 0% | 5% | 0% | 5% | 15% |
| 2. | 10% | 10% | 0% | 5% | 25% | |
| 3. | 10% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 5% | 15% |
| 4. | 5% | 10% | 0% | 5% | 20% | |
| 5. | 5% | 0% | 20% | 0% | 25% | |
| Total. | 35% | 20% | 5% | 20% | 20% | - |
35% Weekly exercises (& in-class discussion of exercises)
20% Presentations: 10% each: on Transferable skills, on Self-management
5% Exercise related to Facet5 Online assessment
20% Career preparation & mock job interview
20% Final Summary Essay
20% Presentations: 10% each: on Transferable skills, on Self-management
5% Exercise related to Facet5 Online assessment
20% Career preparation & mock job interview
20% Final Summary Essay
Facet5 Online Core Personality & Workplace Communication Assessment
Whitcomb, C. & L. Whitcomb (2013) Effective Interpersonal and Team Communication Skills for Engineers (IEEE/ Wiley);
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);
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, a career & leadership development coach with over 10 years experience. |
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