Playsomething / HRC Creative Arts & Industries

Unit Number/s and Title: MUSPRA 349 Planning for a Career in Music Assignment Title: Career Development What is needed

Level 3 Business Diploma

Functional Skills

English ICT

Written work and research, verbal presentation of findings Work on computers using Power Point.

Numeracy

Briefing Date: Wednesday 24th April 2013

Submission Date: May 8th/15th and June 5th/12th 2013

Review Dates: Weekly review in class Final Assessment Date: 19th June 2013 Assessor/s: Dave Evans IV: Alex Foryan

Learners Name:

Suggested Reading: Wilson, H The Little Black Book of Career Success: The unwritten rules, tips and insights for success. (Cheeky Monkey Publishing, 2007) Field, S Career Opportunities in the Music Industry (Checkmark Books, 2009) Cann, S Building a Successful 21st Century Music Career (Delmar, 2007) Passman, S All you Need to Know About the Music Business (Penguin, 2011)

Learning Outcomes
Plan effectively to develop a range of knowledge and skills to support future engagement with the music profession

This task covers part of the unit 349 Planning a Career in Music Assignment To give you further insight into your desired career path, you will research 2 chosen careers in detail. Within your research you must pay particular attention to the criteria listed on the following page. You will collate your research into Power Point slides and give 2 verbal presentations to the class. You must also be prepared to take a Q & A session once the presentation is finished

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Tasks / Evidence / Submission Date Grading Criteria
NYA WT Achieved

Task 2: You will research 2 chosen careers within the music industry and collate your findings into 2 Power Point you presentations. must include Within the your presentation information:
1. Identification of the roles (careers) 2. Requirements of roles 3. Availability/viability of the job roles 4. An assessment of personal suitability for the job roles 5. A plan to get there (hypothetical or otherwise).

D2. To achieve a DISTINCTION, all learners must:

Create an aspirational plan for personal career development putting current activity into context as relevant and justifiable. The plan will be informed by an analysis of two music industry roles and an assessment of their own suitability to those roles.

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M2. To achieve a MERIT, all learners must:

Create an aspirational plan for personal career development putting current activity into context as relevant and justifiable. The plan will show a degree of insight and original thought and will reference a detailed analysis of two music industry roles and an insightful assessment of their own suitability to those roles.

P2. To achieve a PASS, all learners must:

Create an aspirational plan for personal career development putting current activity into context as relevant and justifiable. The plan will be informed by an analysis of two music industry roles and an assessment of their own suitability to those roles.

See the attached document for more detail on your presentations.

Evidence: 2 power point presenations Submission Date: May 8th/15th and June 5th/12th 2013

PLTS (Personal Learning & Thinking Skills) Key: Achieved: Assessor Learner IE Independent Enquirers CT Creative Thinkers RL Reflective Learners TW Team Workers SM Self-managers EP Effective Participators

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Additional Information for creating a successful Power Point presentation on your 2 chosen careers. Make sure you have included all of the points below within your presentation to ensure meeting the grading criteria

Within your two 10 minute power point presentations on 2 music industry roles you must have detailed information on the following: Clear identification of the career/job role you are going to discuss. The required skills and accepted routes into the role (would you need a degree? Some sort of qualification? Is it a start from the bottom and work up type of job? Or is it about knowing the right people)?

Is the role widely available (such as music teacher/ covers band member) or is it much more specialist (such as tape editor). With this in mind will there be a lot of competition for the role or not much? How much can you expect to earn? Discuss the current skills you have which would give you a greater chance of getting the job over someone else. Then discuss the skills you personally need to work on which will give you more chance of being successful in the role. Discuss some original/unique ways in which you could increase your chances of being successful in that industry, think outside the box. For this you should consider your unique selling point (USP). Having a good USP will increase your chances of being successful at what you do. Leave a couple of minutes at the end to take questions on what youve talked about.
Remember, you do not want to write essays in the Power Point. Break it down into bullet points on each slide, which will remind you of the things you want to talk about. You can include additional notes if you wish, which will not appear on the screen that your audience can see. For this to be successful you need to be confident on what you are talking about ,make sure you rehears the presentation in your head, using the slides in front of you, before you get up and deliver it.