Scuola di Economia e Management
Syllabus
Academic Year 2018/19 Second Semester
Learning Objectives
The aim of the course is to:
Learning targets
Students will be able to identify their skill set, be aware of their aptitudes and motivations towards a certain type of job/career in order to make satisfying job choices.
They will know how to write a correct resume and cover letter and the different types of job interviews with practice mock interviews both individual and group (assessment center).
Course Content
Main sections:
- Job application process - The recruitment process in the organizations. Job search channels - How to write resume and cover letter. The video cv. Employability skills.
- The selection process - Different types of Job Interviews - Phone Interview, Skype Interview, Individual interview, Group Interview (practice mock interview) - Company storytelling guest.
- Personal Branding and career networking - What’s a digital brand? The use of social media in the career development (Linkedin, Professional Blog, Social networking profiles/account).
- Career planning and aptitudes - How to create a career plan and how to explore personal aptitudes, motivations, interests in order to better drive personal job choices. The self assessment exercise will help to explore aptitudes and personal values and also gives suggestions to facilitate a path of self-awareness.
- Communication strategy - How to effectively communicate during a job interview
Course Delivery
Lectures and workshops with active involvement of participants as for:
- Production of personal resume and cover letter
- Digital brand
- Career planning tool
- Mock interview both individual and group interview
- Company storytelling: guest company to illustrate the selection process
Course Evaluation
Attending the course is mandatory and graduate students will obtain 2 CFU if they attend at least 60% of lessons.
Participants are required to:
- Have an active involvement in mock interview practice both individual and group to be aware of the selection process strategies
- To attend the company storytelling about selection process in a multinational reality
- To produce a resume and cover letter
- To be aware of the communication strategies