This course is limited to only 3rd year students enrolled in the IGP.
This course is conducted completely in English.
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.
Practical hints for job-hunting such as how to participate in an informative interview, job fair, group and individual interviews will also be discussed.
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 conducted completely in English.
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.
Practical hints for job-hunting such as how to participate in an informative interview, job fair, group and individual interviews will also be discussed.
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;
- gain practical insights on how to prepare for and participate in job fairs and interviews.
- 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;
- gain practical insights on how to prepare for and participate in job fairs and interviews.
| 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 Introduction to Big-5 character theories Types or tendencies Homework: Myers-Briggs "types" & traditional assessment |
Transferable skills exercises | 120分 |
| Facet5 survey | 60分 | ||
| 4. | Self-assessment pt. 3 Facet5 "spectrum" of default behavior and 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. | Facet5, pt. 4 Presenting yourself Hints for Informal & Informational Interviews, Job fairs |
Presentation prep | 120分 |
| Readings | 30分 | ||
| 0分 | |||
| 8. | Student Presentations based on Facet5 assessments and written responses | Leadership exercises & readings | 90分 |
| Workplace environment exercises | 90分 | ||
| 9. | Ideal work environments Developing transferable skills Changes in work situations, jobs, careers Practical Workplace Communication: Reporting, Meetings 1st Level of Leadership: Position |
Leadership reading & exercises | 120分 |
| Career search prep | 120分 | ||
| 10. | Leadership as Conversation Practical Workplace Communication: Strategies for building trust 2nd Level of Leadership: Relationship |
Reading & exercises | 60分 |
| Career search prep | 120分 | ||
| 11. | Building resilience Practical Workplace Communication: Collaboration 3rd Level of Leadership: Comrades in Production Job-hunting resilience, maintaining confidence |
Reading & exercises | 120分 |
| Career search prep | 60分 | ||
| Interview prep | 60分 | ||
| 12. | Training new members Practical Business Communication: Mentoring 4th Level of Leadership: Raising New Leaders |
Reading & exercises | 100分 |
| Interview prep | 120分 | ||
| 0分 | |||
| 13. | Practical Business Communication: Dealing with problems Top Level Leadership 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 | Interview Prep | Final Summary | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 5% | 10% | 10% | 0% | 5% | 30% |
| 2. | 5% | 10% | 0% | 5% | 20% | |
| 3. | 5% | 0% | 10% | 0% | 5% | 20% |
| 4. | 5% | 0% | 0% | 5% | 10% | |
| 5. | 5% | 0% | 10% | 5% | 20% | |
| Total. | 25% | 20% | 20% | 10% | 25% | - |
25% Weekly exercises (& in-class discussion of exercises)
20% Presentations: 10% each: on Transferable skills, on Character & Self-management
20% Exercises, written report, on individual character through Facet5 assessment
10% Interview preparation & practice
25% Final Summary Essay
20% Presentations: 10% each: on Transferable skills, on Character & Self-management
20% Exercises, written report, on individual character through Facet5 assessment
10% Interview preparation & practice
25% Final Summary Essay
| ways of feedback | specific contents about "Other" |
|---|---|
| The Others | In-class, by e-mail, after class during office hours |
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 2022 Edition: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-changers. (2022) 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 2022 Edition: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-changers. (2022) 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
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Contact: drned@shibaura-it.ac.jp
- 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 & leadership development coach with over 10 years experience in business. |
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