Career Management in a Digital Age

Module overview

This module, which is taught over two semesters provides a space in which you can reflect on your career aspirations and develop a bespoke personal development programme.

Aims and Objectives

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

critically evaluate and develop your professional development objectives;
identify strengths in yourself and others;
develop your career plan;
develop your professional digital presence.

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

Understand both traditional and contemporary career systems from both theoretical and practical perspectives, to ensure career sustainability and employability for the graduates
Be able to produce strong self-presentation to the labour market
Realise alternative work arrangements, in particular those influenced by new technology
Be equipped with the knowledge of local and global labour markets, which is a complex issue, posing diverse challenges facing individuals and organizations across the globe
Be able to apply critical theories to support and underpin these challenges

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

demonstrate independent learning ability to support continuing professional development.

Learning and Teaching

Teaching and learning methods

The teaching processes for this module comprises a combination of traditional lectures, action learning sets, workshop based activities and personal reflection. By channelling the activities into a facilitated personal inquiry you will be encouraged to become active co-creators of the knowledge and insights pertinent to your career. The assignments are directed in improving intellectual and research skills. The written assignments will help develop your analytical and reflective skills. You will collect, collate and analyse information from a variety of sources as indicated in the two different assignments, and be able to communicate concepts and practices effectively based on your efforts. Besides more traditional lecture-led sessions, students will be required to work independently to develop their knowledge and understanding of the learning and development required to be successful in the MSc programme. You should check the online timetable regularly for updates to times and places of teaching sessions.

Study time
Type	Hours
Teaching	24
Independent Study	126
Total study time	150

Resources & Reading list

Textbooks

Y Baruch (2021). Managing Careers and Employability. SAGE.

Zichy, S (2017). Career Match: Connecting Who You Are with What You’ll Love to Do. AMACON.

Harriman House Ltd. Interviews and Assessment Centres.

Lees, L. (2016). How to Get a Job You Love. McGraw-Hill Education.

Maun, R. (2012). Job Hunting 3.0: Secrets and skills to sell yourself effectively in the modern age. Marshall Cavendish International (Asia).

Taylor, D (2010). Now You've Been Shortlisted: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Being Successful at Interviews and Assessment Centres. Harriman House Ltd..

R Bolles (2019). What Colour is Your Parachute?.

Assessment

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

In-class activities

Assessment Type: Formative
Feedback:
Final Assessment: No
Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Assignment	80%
Group Assignment	20%

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Assignment	100%

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Assignment	100%