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Career Orientation and Self-Branding (5 cr)

Code: R801D62OJ-3001

General information


Enrollment

01.10.2024 - 17.01.2025

Timing

12.02.2025 - 18.04.2025

Credits

5 op

Virtual proportion (cr)

3 op

Mode of delivery

40 % Contact teaching, 60 % Distance learning

Unit

Bachelor of Hospitality Management

Teaching languages

  • English

Seats

0 - 40

Degree programmes

  • Tourism

Teachers

  • Outi Kähkönen

Responsible person

Outi Kähkönen

Student groups

  • R81D22S
    Tourism, Rovaniemi autumn 2022

Objective

The student develops his/her skills as a superior. He/she is able to provide an employee with a positive work experience and to recognise full potential of his/her employees. He/she is able to develop his/her team leading skills to accomplish the best possible business performance. The student is able to reflect his/her own leadership skills and improve them.

The student can utilize various employment channels for the future recruitment and create advanced application documentation with a creative approach to enhance his/her self-branding. He/she is also able to recognise his/her own potential and make realistic plans for his/her career and development goals.

Content

• Working life requirements and manners
• Teamwork and leadership skills and their development plan
• Various employment channels
• Employment platforms
• Employment and job application documentation
• Self-branding skills
• Career path planning

Materials

Available on Moodle

Teaching methods

- lectures, assignments, workshops and independent studies

Completion alternatives

Skills Demonstration

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Satisfactory (2)
The student can rather well assess and reflect him/herself from the perspective of a superior. He/she knows how to provide employees with a positive work experience. Team leading skills of the student are at a satisfactory level and he/she can evaluate some of his/her development skills in this respect. The student can use some employment platforms and produce job application documents. He/she has some challenges in making plans for recruitment or further education. The assignments are completed but not always performed according to the instructions and deadlines.

Poor (1)
The student has challenges of assessing and reflecting him/herself from the perspective of a superior. He/she knows in theory how to provide employees with a positive work experience. Team leading skills of the student need development but he/she can evaluate his/her development skills in this respect. The student knows the basic employment platforms and is able to produce basic-level job application documents. He/she has major challenges in making plans for recruitment or further education. The assignments are completed but not always performed according to the instructions and deadlines.

Fail (0)
The student does not complete the assignments according to the instructions or does not attend the learning situations at all. He/she does not pass the assignments, tests and/or the exam as required

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Very good (4)
The student can assess and reflect him/herself from the perspective of a superior in a very good manner. He/she is good at providing employees with a positive work experience and knowing ways of using their full potential. Team leading skills of the student are at a very good level and he/she can fairly critically evaluate his/her development skills in this respect. The student can use various employment platforms and produce good and creative job application documents thus developing his/her self-branding in a very good manner to be able to make realistic plans for recruitment or further education. All the assignments are performed according to the instructions and deadlines.

Good (3)
The student can assess and reflect him/herself from the perspective of a superior in a good manner. He/she can provide employees with a positive work experience and knows ways of using their full potential. Team leading skills of the student are at a good level and he/she can evaluate his/her development skills in this respect. The student can use various employment platforms and produce good job application documents thus developing his/her self-branding to be able to make plans for recruitment or further education. Most of the assignments are performed according to the instructions and deadlines.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5)
The student can critically assess and reflect him/herself from the perspective of a superior. He/she is good at providing employees with a positive work experience and knowing ways of using their full potential. Team leading skills of the student are at an excellent level and he/she can critically evaluate his/her development skills in this respect. The student can efficiently use various employment platforms and produce excellent and creative job application documents thus developing his/her self-branding in an excellent manner to be able to make realistic plans for recruitment or further education. All the assignments are performed according to the instructions and deadlines.

Assessment methods and criteria

Assignments:
Personal branding certificate 15 points
Digital portfolio 15 points
LinkedIn assignment 30 points
Video resume 40 points
Self-evaluation approved/failed

Fail: 0-49 points
1: 50-59 points
2: 60-69 points
3: 70-79 points
4: 80-89 points
5: 90-100 points

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

Fail (0)
The student does not complete the assignments according to the instructions or does not attend the learning situations at all. He/she does not pass the assignments, tests and/or the exam as required.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

Poor (1)
The student has challenges of assessing and reflecting him/herself from the perspective of a superior. He/she knows in theory how to provide employees with a positive work experience. Team leading skills of the student need development but he/she can evaluate his/her development skills in this respect. The student knows the basic employment platforms and is able to produce basic-level job application documents. He/she has major challenges in making plans for recruitment or further education. The assignments are completed but not always performed according to the instructions and deadlines.
Satisfactory (2)
The student can rather well assess and reflect him/herself from the perspective of a superior. He/she knows how to provide employees with a positive work experience. Team leading skills of the student are at a satisfactory level and he/she can evaluate some of his/her development skills in this respect. The student can use some employment platforms and produce job application documents. He/she has some challenges in making plans for recruitment or further education. The assignments are completed but not always performed according to the instructions and deadlines.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

Good (3)
The student can assess and reflect him/herself from the perspective of a superior in a good manner. He/she can provide employees with a positive work experience and knows ways of using their full potential. Team leading skills of the student are at a good level and he/she can evaluate his/her development skills in this respect. The student can use various employment platforms and produce good job application documents thus developing his/her self-branding to be able to make plans for recruitment or further education. Most of the assignments are performed according to the instructions and deadlines.
Very good (4)
The student can assess and reflect him/herself from the perspective of a superior in a very good manner. He/she is good at providing employees with a positive work experience and knowing ways of using their full potential. Team leading skills of the student are at a very good level and he/she can fairly critically evaluate his/her development skills in this respect. The student can use various employment platforms and produce good and creative job application documents thus developing his/her self-branding in a very good manner to be able to make realistic plans for recruitment or further education. All the assignments are performed according to the instructions and deadlines.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5)
The student can critically assess and reflect him/herself from the perspective of a superior. He/she is good at providing employees with a positive work experience and knowing ways of using their full potential. Team leading skills of the student are at an excellent level and he/she can critically evaluate his/her development skills in this respect. The student can efficiently use various employment platforms and produce excellent and creative job application documents thus developing his/her self-branding in an excellent manner to be able to make realistic plans for recruitment or further education. All the assignments are performed according to the instructions and deadlines.