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BSS008-2: PRACTICE WEEKS: CAREER PLANNING Assessment #2 brief: (40%) Important note: This assessment mainly covers the activities you have covered in practice week 2. Please refer to the lecture slides under ‘practice week 2 folder’ in guided learning for accessing links for the following questionnaires. Reflective Portfolio 1. You will need to undertake both Profiling for Success questionnaires and read your personal reports that are generated from these exercises before completing the reflection below. (NB: After taking each test you will receive a report by email. You should save these as you will need to refer to these in order to complete your assignment below). 2. You will also need to think about the Enterprise-Rent-A-Car presentation and refer to what you have learnt from them on Wednesday. 3. Ensure you answer each question fully and refer to the marking criteria. This reflection will form part of your practice week second assessment. SECTION 1 Your profile and its appeal to a potential employer • Describe your profile from ‘Type Dynamics Indicator’ report in your own words. • What aspects of your profile would be attractive to an employer? (Think about what you heard at the Enterprise-Rent-A-Car presentation from one of the biggest graduate/UG employers in the country to guide you with regards to what employers want) SECTION 2 Identifying and developing your employability skills • After undertaking the ‘Skills Audit’ in practice week 1, what skills do you have difficulty in evidencing? • Why do you think this is? • What activities can you engage in to further your skills portfolio? • What areas of development does your ‘Type Dynamics Indicator’ report identify? • What can you do to improve within the areas identified? • From the Enterprise-Rent-A-Car presentation what skills were highlighted as essential? • Did any of the skills mentioned surprise you? If so why? • What skills do you think you need to develop to meet Enterprise-Rent-A-Car’s requirements? SECTION 3 Specific roles • From the results of the ‘Careers Interest Inventory’ report, choose 3 jobs that really appeal to you. (Choose 3 jobs from any of the career themes generated or the combined list within the report) • What are the main skills and attributes required for each role? • How do your skills and attributes match the roles? • What skills/attributes can you evidence using S.T.A.R. that will really impress an employer? (Again avoid clichés and think about the advice Enterprise-Rent-A-Car gave in the presentation on Wednesday.) S.T.A.R. is a method of evidencing your skills writing in the format of Situation, Task, Action, Result. Situation - what was the situation and when did it take place? Task - what task was it, and what was the objective? Action - what action did you take to achieve this? Results - what happened as a result of your action? • In general which skills do you still need to develop in particular to shine in these roles? • How would you develop these specific skills and attributes? (think about activities/work experience/volunteering you can partake in) SECTION 4 Finding real jobs, matching your skills and researching a company you want to work for • Find live vacancies for the 3 jobs you have identified in SECTION 3. Give full details of the roles and the job requirements and where you have found them. Role Title Company Name URL Job Advert Full Job Description Person Specification/Essential Requirements Application Method 1 2 3 • Which elements of the criteria do you meet? • Which elements of the criteria do you not meet? • Between now and graduation what changes can you make/action can you take in order to meet the criteria for the above roles? • Complete a Company Research Checklist for one of the job roles that appealed to you most.