Networking and Career Design (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Schedule

Weekly Schedule

WEEK 1:
Course start & introductions & networking fundamentals
• Project teams, team creation
• Networking
Career design principles & steps
• Future of work and changing careers
• Principles of career design & career design cycle
• Do good -project ideation (45 min)

WEEK 2
Job search and CVs
Career compass
• role of identity and narratives in career design
• importance of questioning assumptions
• elements of your career compass.

WEEK 3
Do good project planning, Social wellbeing
Meaningful work & purpose
• Why & what & myths of meaningful work
• Pathways to meaningful work
• Ideating purposes

WEEK 4
Career prototypes
• Three career prototypes
• Prototyping experiences
• Ideating prototype tests
Checkpoint and Visit
• Do good project
• Company visit/guest lecture

WEEK 5
Physical Well-being
Deadline for do-good project plans
Do good project, consultation, planning and finalizing 3x 45 min

WEEK 6
Networking event: Porvoo Connections:
Meet, Network, and Grow
Testing prototypes/ interviews

WEEK 7
Do good implementation
Submit your Testing Prototypes summary
Career design portfolios
Creating a visual narrative (strengths, values, interests, purposes) & a roadmap

WEEK 8
Deadline for career design portfolio submission
Portfolio feedback session
Presentations of the Do good projects.
Closing and reflection
Submission of Assignment 3: Learning Diary / Log

Implementation methods, demonstration and Work&Study

Execution methods –
This course is implemented in contact mode and includes workshops on campus with practical exercises, networking events with industry experts, a do-good project/voluntary work and creating a career design portfolio.

Intro

Welcome to design your career and build your network! This course will help you develop your career planning skills and identify the key components of a meaningful career path. During this course you will cultivate professional relationships with peers, mentors and industry experts and make local connections in a do-good voluntary project/work. You get to ideate alternative career paths and try out your ideas to brand yourself in the Finnish labour market.

Materials

Digital material on Moodle and other materials provided during the course.
Literature and reading list published as the course starts.

Teaching methods and instruction

Lectures and class activities, events and do-good project assignment.
Individual learning assignments.
Experiential and reflective learning, problem-based learning.

Working life connections

Liaising with the local business environment and organisations. Participation in job fairs, guest lectures and possible study visits to local companies.

Exam dates and re-exam possibilities

No exam.

Internationality

International and inter-cultural aspects and perspectives into Finland.

Completion alternatives

Demonstration of competence as recognition of prior learning, please contact ….
For more information see Haaga-Helia student pages on Recognition of Learning.

Learning assignments

Career and Networking Porfolio:

1. Project report (do good voluntary work)
2. Career Design Portfolio Develop a career narrative to guide your continuous career design.
3. Learning Log or Diary: Reflection of networking events and your activity in them and class
work, deadline 16 May

Assessment methods

Project plan, implementation and reflection on the do-good activities or voluntary work 30 %

Career Design Portfolio: Submission of the personalized career action plan. 30%

Participation and reflection of events: Compile evidence of networking efforts (event attendance, connections made) with reflection, and active contribution and engagement in class discussions 40 %

Continuous assessment: active participation in the lectures, activities, and events.
The students are required to pass all parts of the course and to submit all the assignments on time.
Assignments will be downgraded in case of possible late submissions.
Assessing one’s own learning is a compulsory part of the course.

When the implementation type of the course in contact it is required that the student is present during those teaching hours that are marked in the study schedule. If you are absent more than 25%, your grade will be lowered by one. If you are absent more than 50% the course is failed.