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_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Department of Economic Education / Career Service S & A / University of Cologne - Germany

Students and the world of labour employment orientation in developing

student skills in Higher Education The Field Career Service Work at the University of Cologne

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Career Service S & A University of Cologne

Overview

Presenter: Johanna von Luckwald

About the University of Cologne

History Career Service Work in Germany

Concept / Modules

About Career Service S&A

Research 2006/2007 Career Service S&A

Embedding Curriculum

Our BA-Services Spectrum


About the University of Cologne

The University of Cologne is arranged in 6 faculties.

The Faculty of Human Sciences have 6,500 students. The Career Service »S&A« is integrated into the faculty of Human Sciences at the Department of Economic Education.

About 43.000 students are currently enrolled. 10 % of those are international students.

The University of Cologne offers different additional skills for career orientation and qualification for several target groups. Those are in cooperation with central course guidance.

The Career Service S&A arranges interdisciplinary career orientation and business qualification offers. Some parts are integrated into the studies and other parts are additional offers.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Department of Economic Education / Career Service S & A / University of Cologne - Germany

Since 1989, the career service S&A at the Department of Economic Education has been offering the opportunity to supplement their studies with career orientation and practical training, to students of the University of Cologne, enrolled in economic education and humanities. That significantly increases their chances on the job market.

Introduction

The main function of university is scientific based education. But concerning the specific study and career advancement of the students there is also a need for business preperation. Apart from specific education Universities should also offer occupational qualification and closeness to practice. New study relevant fields of activities should be developed and the carreer entry should be more tightly focused.


The professionalizing of the Career Service work atGerman universities will become especially important with respect to the establishment of BA / MA programs.


History Career Service Work in Germany

1960 First discussionabout relation between university and world of labour

1975 Graduate unemployment. Focus: practical training in universities

1985 Establishment of initiatives for practical training and career

orientation at German universities

1989 Establishment of Career Service S&A, Department of Economic Education at the University of Cologne. S&A offers a career orientation and developes employability of students of economic education, humanities and education

1999 Bologna Conferece - University reform. Adoption of BA/MA programmes. Gain of importance of career service work at German universities. Focus: Employablity

2003 Establishment Career Service Network Germany `csnd`

2007 Enlargement of the Career Service S&A concept for BA-students


About Career Service S&A

The career service S&A is an opportunity for students of the University of Cologne to supplement their studies with career orientation and practical training.

Work tasks are: counseling and advising career planning and decision making job search strategies employability skills

The career service cooperates with employers who participate in job fairs, on campus interviewing, resume referral and related programs.

S&A financed by the Faculty of Human Sciences of the University of Cologne.


Career orientation and development of employability for students of economic education and humanities

Trainings

Group Projects

Speaker Series

8-week Internship

Electives

Job Market Seminar

University and private sector partnerships

2-semestercareer-programme

1. Semester1. Semester


Modules

Job Market Seminar2 h course every weekJob Market Seminar2 h course every week

Job Market Seminar2 h course every weekJob Market Seminar2 h course every week

Job Market Seminar:In the Job Market Seminar participants learn about their career prospects based on their individual profiles and the current job market. In addition, students develop key qualifications and prepare themselves for a professional internship.

1 day job orientation1 day job orientation



1 day Training inProject management

1 day groupformation Project management


Group Projects (in addition with companies) Group Projects (in addition with companies)

10 month - Group Projects (in addition with companies) 10 month - Group Projects (in addition with companies)

Group Projects:Students organise groups to work on career-related topics for twosemesters. At the end of the second semester, each group presentsits results. Participants practice project teamwork, learn about groupprocesses, and try out various techniques, such as group workmoderation and organising presentations with the help of advanced visual and communicative methods.

Modules


Cooperations for projects & internships (Selection)



Modules

Job Market Seminar1 x 2 h. p .s.




Speaker Series:Speakers from the business and non-profit sectors come to talk about different occupational fields and other job-related topics. Through discussions with the speakers, participants receive practical information about careers and work.

Speaker series with discussionsSpeaker series with discussions



Electives:During the S&A-programme, students are required to expand and deepen their knowledge of business economics and computer-related applications. In addition, they must select and attend courses in two other career- or market-related areas. These include, for instance, evaluation, organisational development and marketing.

Qualifikation during 2-semester

1x Economics 1x Economics

1x PC course 1x PC course

Elective 1 Elective 2Elective 1 Elective 2

Modules



8-week professional internship:Each participant is assigned a professional internship individually tailored to his or her skills and interests. The internship offers students the chance to realistically assess job demands in production or service industries, learn about the organisation and operation of a company, and test the skills they have learned in the program. In some cases, the work is quite intensive, going beyond a single internship. Many graduates have gone on to use the internship as a basis for their diploma thesis.

1x internship

Modules



Trainings:- Presentation- Job application -- AC Training

Job Application TrainingTraining in PresentationAssessmentcenter Training

voluntary

Modules



2 semester Job Orientation & Qualification Programm






1 day job orientation of current job market1 day job orientation of current job market

Training inProject management





Economics (1 x 2 h. p.s.)Economics (1 x 2 h. p.s.)

PC courses (1 x 2 h. p.s.)PC courses (1 x 2 h. p.s.)

Elective 1 (1 x 2 h. p.s.)e.g. personnel development


Elective 2 (1 x 2 h.p.s.)e.g. different languages Elective 2 (1 x 2 h.p.s.)e.g. different languages



8 weeks Professional Internship

Job Application Training

Training in Presentation

AC



2-semester Job- Orientation & Qualification Programm






1 day job orientation of current job market1 day job orientation of current job market

Training inProject management





Economics (1 x 2 h. p.s.)Economics (1 x 2 h. p.s.)

PC courses (1 x 2 h. p.s.)PC courses (1 x 2 h. p.s.)



Elective 2 (1 x 2 h.p.s.)e.g. different languages Elective 2 (1 x 2 h.p.s.)e.g. different languages



8 weeks Professional Internship

Job Application Training

Training in Presentation

AC

Public presentation ofGroup Projects

Public presentation ofGroup Projects

Qualification Certificate

Alumni S&A

3.Semester3.Semester


Credit points

Speaker Series

8-week Internship

Elective1

Job Market Seminar

Elective 2

Economic

Embedding Curriculum

Trainings

Group Projects

In addition without credit points

The time required is:2 hours every week course3 days training1 Presentation Project Work* Time for the project

The Career Service S&A arranges interdisciplinary career orientation and job-qualification offers. Some parts are integrated into the studies and other parts are additional offers.


Group Projects

8-week Internship

Workexperiences

Speaker SeriesJob Market Seminar

Contact with the world of labour

8-week Internship

Presentation-Day Conference

What can students of economic education

and humanties do to plan their career?

Developing employabilty-skills

Trainings Group Projects

During their study


Use forstudents

Use foremployers

Use for university

employability

qualified employees

get to know the students

attractiveness of university

qualified students

university-ranking

funding

Networking

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Basic information:

126 graduates from courses 11-33 took part in the

evaluation (36,5% rate of return of 345)

Questionnaire – duration approx. 20 min.

(through email, letter and phone)

Up to 30 students per course



Questions (Selection):

Advancement of key qualifications through S&A

Special use of knowledge

Experience of new occupational possibilities through S&A

Occupational contacts to students through S&A

Use of occupational contacts

Consequences of the S&A certificate on the application for an employment


Research 2006/2007

advancement of key qualifications through S&A

20,4%

42,5%

27,1%

10,0%

26,1%

43,2%

24,5%

6,2%

22,3%

39,2%

30,0%

8,5%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

professionalcompetence methodical competence social competence

key qualifications

applies partly applies applies only a little does not apply

The asked qualification fields of professional-, methodical and social competencewere rated very positive by the graduates with 62,9%, 69,3 bzw. 61,5%.


Research 2006/2007

43,7%

11,1%

25,4%

29,4%

23,8%

25,4%

11,9%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%

project management

information enquiry

application techniques

presentation techniques

knowledge about businesseconomics

computer literacy

evaluation

special use of knowledge

Analogue to general advancement of all knowledge project management was attributed the greatest use with 43,7%, followed by the presentation techniques with 29,4%.


Research 2006/2007

32,3%

54,0% 54,8%

41,1%

8,9%

3,2%0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

attendantcourse

speaker series internship project work additionalcourses

otherexperiences in

newoccupational

fields

experience of new occupational possibilities

Through the additional S&A-internship 49,6% of the respondentsgained long-term business contacts._________________________________________________________________________________________ Career Service S & A University of Cologne

Research 2006/2007

64,2%

6,5%

18,7%

49,6%

22,8%

0,8%0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

collective attendantcourse

speaker series internship project work additionalcourses

occupational contacts through S&A courses

Research 2006/2007

22,8%

41,8%

6,3%

30,4%

13,9%

8,9%

24,1%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

reference side job publication diploma thesis internship employment other use ofbusinesscontacts

use of occupational contacts

The values in side job, diploma thesis and reference show the good status S&A participants have in firms and organizations.

Research 2006/2007

20,5%

25,7%

5,1%

15,4%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

applies partly applies applies only a little does not apply

Positive effect of the S&A-certificate

+46,2%

-20,5%


„To work in a project team was a really giant advantage for me. I collected lots of expieriences that will be importantfor business and that are by now helpful at university.“ (J. Baak)

„To work in a project team was a really giant advantage for me. I collected lots of expieriences that will be importantfor business and that are by now helpful at university.“ (J. Baak)

„Through S&A I gained insight of the possibilities of my occupational future.“ (C. Stoltmann)

„Through S&A I gained insight of the possibilities of my occupational future.“ (C. Stoltmann)

„Through my internship I got my diploma thesis and a job in a concern. Great!“ (A. Nyuen)

„Through my internship I got my diploma thesis and a job in a concern. Great!“ (A. Nyuen)

„The best advantage I gained for my occupational orientation was that I got safer concerning the profession I chose for myself!“ (A. Tönies)


Our BA-Servicespectrum

Data bank

Mentoring

Library

Mission: Certificat Employability

Internet Materials

Open program


Brochure Career Service S&A in English (pdf 1,5 MB) : www.uni-koeln.de/ew-fak/seminar/sowi/wirtschaft/sua/english/index.shtml

Publications: www.sua.uni-koeln.de/überuns/publikationen

Department of Economic Education, University of Cologne, Germany: www.uni-koeln.de/ew-fak/seminar/sowi/wirtschaft

Career Service S&A, University of Cologne, Germany: www.sua.uni-koeln.de

Further information


Contact

Prof. Dr. Bernd O. Weitz Dipl.-Päd. Johanna von Luckwald Director Director (projectmanagement)[email protected] [email protected]

University of CologneFaculty of HumanitiesDepartment of Economic Education Career Service Student & Arbeitswelt Gronewaldstr. 250931 Cologne / Germany

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