Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Context
You have spent a lot of time and money in completing a degree which will assist you in finding employment or moving
to further study. Your undergraduate course has facilitated the development of hard (eg preparing financial reports) and
soft (eg problem solving) skills. Completing a challenge project in a multi-disciplinary team may be evidence that you
can execute those skills. You may also be involved in paid employment &/voluntary work. In IBC2/PD2 you prepared an
ePortfolio, CV and worked on a career plan. It is time to update this to reflect your personal and academic development
during the last 12 months.
The following 3 tasks will give you an opportunity to STOP and once again reflect on the values, skills and knowledge
that you can promote when you apply for employment or post graduate study.
Purpose of assessment: To demonstrate the student’s ability to use self-reflection to articulate the values, skills and
knowledge that they have developed throughout their undergraduate degree.
The student will submit a 1000 word ‘Career Planning Report’ that includes a Values Audit (100 words); Capability Audit
(650 words); Graduate Pitch (250 words). This is an INDIVIDUAL assessment piece.
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1. List and rank at least 5 personal values that influence your life choices. Explain why consideration of values is
crucial to career management. Use 2 academic references to support your answer.
2. What field of work/further study do you intend to pursue? List at least 5 hard skills you have developed via your
undergraduate course and explain how they will assist you in your field of work/further study?
1. Robles Marcel, 2012 , ‘Executive Perceptions of the Top 10 Soft Skills Needed in Today’s Workplace’, Business
Communication Quarterly Vol 75, No 4, pages 453–465
2. Karl, L 2004 ‘Articulating Skills in the Job Search’ Business Communication Quarterly Vol. 67 Issue 2, p198
3. Australian Public Service, Fact Sheet 5 Addressing selection criteria, viewed November 16 2014
<http://www.apsc.gov.au/publications-and-media/current-publications/cracking-the-code/factsheet5 >
4. 2013 Monash University, Sample Interview questions, viewed November 16 2013
<http://www.monash.edu.au/careers/students-grads/apply-for-a-job/interviews-sample-questions.html >
5. Graduate Capabilities in your Unit Guide BPD3100 Applied Business Challenge
1. Using the readings and your own reflections provide a written response to the 5 most common selection criteria
used by employers when choosing graduates. It is essential that you provide examples to support your
responses. (650 words). The selection criterion is
2b - Choose one skill that you want to develop further and prepare a specific, succinct plan that you will use.
Task 3-Graduate ‘Elevator Pitch’ (250 words)
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The e Portfolio and personal website prepared in IBC2/PD2 was the start of your personal branding. This requires
constant updating. In this task you will synthesise all the information from Task 1 & Task 2 to update or further develop
your personal brand. You will prepare a
An "Elevator Pitch" is a concise, carefully planned, and well-practiced marketing message about your professional self
that your potential manager or interviewer should be able to understand in the time it would take to ride up an elevator
(2 minutes or less). Prepare your pitch as a 250 word document and include this in your LinkedIn account.
LinkedIn
Blogging
Wordpress, LinkedIn publishing platform, etc.
Microblogging sites
Twitter, Facebook, Google+, etc.
Video & audio sites
YouTube, podcasting, SlideShare
Image posting
Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter
Having prepared your elevator pitch, it is time to either create or update your LinkedIN account. Take screen shots of
your LinkedIn account and include in your submission in this assessment. Locate 2 academic references that will
assist you to prepare your pitch and personal branding.
References nd, University of California, Creating An Elevator Pitch - Two Minutes or Less, University of California,
viewed November 18 2014,<http://career.sa.ucsb.edu/students/job-search/creating-elevator-pitch-two-minutes-or-less>
Preparation
You are expected to have completed all the readings and learning activities set up especially in weeks 3-4. you should
also refer back to your ePortfolio developed in BPD2100.
The rubric for this task can be viewed in the Assessment Guide
Once you submit your Career Reflection, you will be able to see Originality Report (via Turnitin), which you can use to
improve your essay based on the report. You will be able to submit multiple files per submission and submit your files
more than once.
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