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COMM 202Career Fundamentals
Welcome!
AGENDA
• Why COMM 202?• Meet the Team• Course Outline
• Our schedule• Assignment overview• Expectations agreement
• Course Blog Overview• Student Advisory
Committee• Homework:
StrengthsQuest
WHO AM I?
MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR EXPERIENCE
“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.”
~ShakespeareAs You Like It 2/7
University is a dress rehearsal for life!
OUR 202 TEAM
We are more alike then we are
different.
We are both learningWe are both teaching
MY TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
OUR SCHEDULE
5 Major Assignments
• Skills Matrix• Networking Reflection• Resume & Cover Letter• Employment Interview• Informational Interview
COURSE BREAKDOWN
15%10%30%10%10%
Weekly Assignments – 15%
• StrengthsQuest Presentation• LinkedIn Profile• Job Posting Research• Resume eModule quiz & draft• Cover Letter draft• Interview Stream
COURSE BREAKDOWN
PROFESSIONALISM – 10%
• Skills Matrix• Networking Reflection• Resume & Cover Letter• Employment Interview• Informational Interview• Weekly Assignments• Professionalism• Bonus Opportunities
COURSE BREAKDOWN
15%10%30%10%10%15%10%
Up to 3%103%
STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Email: [email protected] by January 13th with your tutorial section, TA’s name, a bit about yourself and why you are interested in being a committee member and/or if you would be interested in leading the group w/ a TA mentor.
FIRST ASSIGNMENT
Focus on Strengths
WHAT ARE YOUR “TOP 5”?
What is StrengthsQuest?
• SQ is based in positive psychology and measures your areas of greatest potential.– Talent: spontaneous, repetitive, natural,
recurring patterns of thought, feeling, behaviour, motivation.
– Theme: a grouping of common talents– Strength: when a theme is generatively
applied– Fit: when you are in a role that appreciates
your strength, and allow then to thrive.
WHAT SQ BELIEVES
• You have a group of talents within you.• Your greatest talents hold the key to high achievement,
success, and progress to levels of personal excellence.• Becoming aware of your talents builds confidence and
provides a basis for achievement.• Learning how to develop and apply strengths will improve
your levels of achievement.• Each of your talents can be applied in many areas
including relationships, learning, academics, leadership, service, and careers.
• As you develop and apply strengths, your achievements will increase and you will experience greater and more frequent successes.
• Developing and applying strengths results in reaching levels of personal excellence and becoming the person you have the potential to be – exciting stuff!
FIRST ASSIGNMENT
Michelle Watson
Individualization
Activator
Restorative
Empathy
Responsibility
Element Excellent2 points
Proficient1 point
Unsatisfactory0 points
Points/2
Key Strengths
• 5 key strengths are uniquely and clearly communicated
• Student is prepared
• Student has copy of SQ report.
• 1-4 strength themes are communicated but not clear or repeated from report
• Student is unprepared & provides only 1-2 strengths
/2
Out of 6 total marks• Key Strengths -2 marks• Experience w/ proven examples –
2 marks• SMART goals – 2 marks
What parts of the theme/strength description are totally you?
What SKILLS are associated with
your theme?
STRENGTHSQUEST PRESENTATION RUBRIC
STRENGTHSQUEST PRESENTATION RUBRIC
Experiences • Provides clear & convincing link to strength theme
• Clearly and convincingly summarizes experience including a Situation, Task, Action and Result (STAR)
• Some reference to applicable strength theme
• Sufficient information however lacks STAR structure
• Little or no reference to applicable strength theme
• Example lacks clarity and structure
/2
How do your strengths show up in your life?Give a solid example including: situation, task, the actions you took, and the results of your actions.
STRENGTHSQUEST PRESENTATION RUBRIC
Goal Setting • Provides 1-2 SMART goals that will develop on strength themes consisting of ALL elements of a SMART goal
• Goals are partially developed but does not meet SMART criteria of goal setting
• Little or no mention of goals or specific action plan
/2
SMART Goals
S - specificM - measureableA - attainableR - realisticT – time bound
How can you use your strengths to excel in your
studies or in other areas of life?
NEXT WEEK
• StrengthsQuest – bring a hard/soft copy of your report
• Be prepared to do a 3 minute presentation on your 5 top strengths following the rubric outlined in class.