Alternative Pipeline: Exploring Different Formats for Delivering Career Courses

Kathy HurshKristin Lively

Discussion• What are the leaks in Career Planning?

• Why do your think students need Career Planning?

• When is the ideal time to begin Career Planning?

Leaks we identified

Lack of• Self awareness• Awareness of their skills• Understanding of workplace expectations• Understanding on how skills transfer to the workplace• Understanding of how their values translate into a career• Understanding of how to network

• Failure to access the reality of a particular career – • CSI Effect • Haven't acquired the skills needed for employment • Resume • Cover Letter • Interview Skills • Can't get outside themselves to see what employer sees • Can't articulate why they should be hired • Failure to connect the dots for the hiring manager to hire them

SPEA-V 252• Career Development and Planning• Offered for the first time in fall 2009• Three parts

• Career exploration• Values• Interests• Holland Code• ONET and OOH• Identify two careers of interest• SWOT analysis

• Nuts and bolts • Resume• Cover letter• Interview skills• Personal statement

• Career management• Salary Negotiation• Ethics in the workplace• Fiscal literacy• Generations in the workforce• Alumni panels

Tools

Flower Exercise “What Color is Your Parachute?”• Students define• Favorite “knowledges”/fields of interest• Preferred people to work with• Transferrable skills• Preferred working conditions• Preferred salary range• Preferred places to live• Goal, purpose or mission in life

• Kingdoms

Flower Exercise• Students complete early• In class - discuss benefits • Sets up the rest of the semester

• Online – assignment is part of module on knowledge, skills and abilities

• Addresses leaks:• Awareness of skills• How skills transfer to the workplace• How values translate into a career

O-NET and Bureau of Labor Statistics

• In-class • Explore highlights of each site

• On-line/hybrid• Students guided through each site • Complete “quiz” on highlights

• Addresses leaks:• How skills transfer to the workplace• Workplace expectations

SWOT Analysis• Students select a career from O-NET or OOH• Define their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats • Addresses leaks:• Self awareness• Awareness of their skills• Workplace expectations• Reality of a particular career

Personal Branding• In-class/hybrid• Class discussion• Worksheet

• Online • Workbook and worksheet• Forum discussion

• Addresses leaks:• Awareness of their skills• Workplace expectations• How to network

Search and Screen Committee• Students work in groups to determine who to interview• 9 resumes to review• Groups agree on 2 applicants to interview• Instructor provides job description and resumes• Online and hybrid – students discuss pros and cons of each

resume on forum• Addresses leaks• What the employer sees

Resume and Cover Letter Critique

• Students provide feedback on another student’s resume• In-class • Exchange with partner

• Online• Partner students

• Worksheet• Addresses leaks:• What the employer sees• Articulate why they should be hired

Mock Interview• In class• Students volunteer for panel interview in front of the class• One-on-one interviews

• Online • Students record themselves• Answer three questions from a list• Must ask one appropriate question

• Addresses leaks• What the employer sees• Connect the dots for the hiring manager

Informational Interview• Students perform 20 minute interview with a professional• Day-to-day • Career path• Network• Career advice

Informational Interview• In-class and hybrid• Lecture/discussion

• Online• Module• Quiz

• Addresses leaks• Reality of a particular career• Workplace expectations• How skills transfer to the workplace

Informational Interview Worksheet• Helps students prepare• List who they would like to interview• Find contact information• Write elevator speech• List questions• Addresses leaks:• Networking

Personal Development Plan• Goal setting• Final assignment• Students select a career goal• List KSA’s required• Determine curriculum needed to develop KSA’s• Create a performance plan

Questions?