Steps in My Career Path (2cr)

Objective

During this course you will gain a deeper understanding of your own strengths, and also become familiar with the skills requirements in your profession.
You will enhance for your career planning skills in the context of your lifelong learning.
You will learn to search for information and support that will develop your career planning skills according to your individual needs.
You will also receive information, training and support for improving your job-hunting skills.

Content

This course consists of two sections:
1. Making your skills and competences visible (1 ects)
2. Towards working life (1 ects)
You should follow the schedule given to your group. Withinin the timeframe of the schedule your studies are self-paced.
Studies include learning tasks which help you to:
• outline the skills you have acquired at different stages of your life
• recognize your own personality traits and strengths. VIA Test will give you tips on your areas of strength, and the test will and support you in marketing your skills and mapping possible jobs.
• consider and clarify the skills requirements of your industry
• build up your own portfolio of competences
• be trained to search for jobs
• understand how promoting diversity , acceptance and appreciation are applied in the work community
Through the assignments, you will reflect on your own career. You will find clear instructions for each assignment in the study sections.
Councelling and a contact session
During the course you will be able to get support and guidance for your effort. For this study unit, we will arrange a contact session with the participants and the facilitator. The session will take place between sections 1 and 2. The session will be organized either in a small group, as individual meetings or as a councelling session online.
Face-to-face meetings
In a face-to-face meeting, you can get personal guidance, and you can focus on your tasks and challenges. Your own active role in utilizing guidance is important. So feel free to contact guidance counselors, if reflection on your own does not take you far enough.
Evaluation
This course will be evaluated on the scale pass / to be supplemented. You can get personal feedback of the assignments.
Course material
Take full advantage of the study materials. The links in this course are to support you in your transition to employment and working life.