Course overview
Students need to learn how to operate effectively in a professional environment in order to be successful in their careers. This course is composed of two main components: finding and winning your next job; and achieving success in the workplace. More specifically, the first component will cover opportunity awareness, how to develop your personal brand and how to succeed in the selection processes. The second component will cover professional ethics, teamwork, meeting behaviours, self-awareness and awareness of others, relationship building, persuasion, and oral and written communication - both formal and informal, including social media.
Course learning outcomes
- Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills
- Apply these skills at all stages of application for employment
- Understand the importance of good communication in a professional environment, as well as differences in communication and personality styles
- Understand the importance of teamwork in a professional environment
- Understand the function of meetings and participate effectively in them
- Work effectively in a team to analyse and solve practical problems
- Understand a business context, and use this to help an organisation achieve its strategic aims
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