Career planning - your personal leadership GFOK010

Number of credits: 1,5 HEC
Number of participants: 24

Aim
The aim is to increase postgraduate students’ awareness of their unique competencies, personal qualities, skills and motivational factors and how these can be utilised as resources in their career planning. The course also aims to raise participants’ awareness of external influences on career choices.
As a participant, you will get insights into how individual qualities can be the building blocks of a fruitful career plan.

Intended learning outcome
On completion of the course, successful students should be able to:
- formulate a clear picture of their personal resources, values and motivators (knowing oneself),
- identify a career direction and, based on their own resources, values and motivators, formulate at least one concrete career goal (leading oneself),
- compile a strategic action plan supporting the desired career direction and goals (setting out actions).

Admission requirements
No prior knowledge in the area is required. Target group is the early-stage PhD students.

Content
The course starts with an introduction to the term "career planning" and the importance of planning careers from a holistic perspective. The influences of personal characteristics and societal pressures on career decisions are discussed. You will participate in a number of activities to help you identify your resources, address issues of externaI and internaI values and identify motivational and other factors influencing careers. Throughout the course, you will document your own unique situation and your desired future. At the end of the course, you will compile an individually written, clearly structured action plan targeting your goals.

Schedule
The course comprises lectures, activities, discussions and homework. You will work both individually and in small groups with a focus on producing your individual career action plan.

Course leader and examiner
Deborah Rupert - course leader and examiner.

Language
English

Literature
Documentation and reference literature will be distributed during the course.

Assessment
Full attendance at all sessions and an oral presentation. Grades: U, G.
Students may be examined in courses on which they are enrolled within a year of starting the course. After this time, no missing assignments may be submitted and participants will have to re-apply for the course at a later date.

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Stand-by list means that the course is fully booked but you may be offered a seat place if one becomes available. In this If that is the case, a notification will be sent to you.
Cancellation of participation should be done as soon as possible and no later than one week before the course start via the link in the confirmation email. In case of cancellation less than 7 days before the start, send an email to genericskills@chalmers.se.
Cancellations later than one week will result in a late cancellation fee of 1000 SEK. The fee for "no shows" is 1500 SEK.

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