Managing and Developing Careers BUSM2030

BUSM2030 Managing and Developing Careers

Assignment 1: Reflection

Team/Individual task:Individual
Word/time limit:1000 (+/- 10%)
Weighting:30%

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Assignment overview

This assignment is a mandatory submission, which means that in order to pass this subject of study, you must submit this assignment.

This assessment requires students to make connections to topics they have learnt during the term with what they experience through professional networking, including compulsory attendance at two employability events. Further details regarding the events will posted via an Announcement as soon as they are available.

You will be required to build professional social networks for career development using the professional online platform LinkedIn. You will be required to undertake several ac vi es using LinkedIn that focus on professional networking and career development. This assessment is supported by the learning content within the Curiosity Pod.

This assignment supportsSubject Learning Outcomes 1 and 3.

Use of generative artificial intelligence

In this assessment task, you will not be able to meet the learning outcomes related to satisfactory demonstration of understanding of the learning materials by using generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Working with another person or technology in order to gain an unfair advantage in assessment or improperly obtaining answers from a third party, including generativeAI,to questions in an examination or other form of assessment may lead to sanctionsunder theStudent Misconduct Rule(Western Sydney University, 2023). Use of generativeAItools may be detected. Moreinformation is available on the Library web pageTurnitin's AI writing detector(Library Study Smart, 2023).

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Assignment details

Apply these steps to complete the assignment:

Step 1:Readthrough the6 professional networking activitiesthat you need to complete to meet the requirements of the assignment.

Step 2: Identifyeach activity's key components to help you successfully complete the activity and record the activity for your journal.

Step 3: Completeeach of the learning activities making notes and collecting evidence as indicated in each activity. Your notes may include responses to each activity referencing some of the following:

• incorporate a link to or screenshot of the activity
• reflect on how it made you feel
• what did you learn about, for example, yourself, or your future graduate career?
• what connections can you make to the weekly readings you have learned so far?

Activity 1

LinkedIn

Create (or access) yourLinkedInLinks to an external site.account and check that your profile is professional and up to date. Ensure you include your Linkedin profile link in your reflection journal.

Watchthis YouTube video which may help you get started on LinkedIn

How To Get STARTED On LinkedIn In 2020 - (Step-By-Step For BEGINNERS) (2020) https://youtu.be/qG4NF-2tt4c

Activity2

LinkedIn connections

Find and send a personalised LinkedIn invitation to connect with at least 2 professionals who are currently working in your chosen field.

For your reflection consider:

• How many professionals were you able to identify on LinkedIn?
• How successful were you at making connections?

Activity3

LinkedIn professional group

Participate in at least one relevant LinkedIn group of your choice (they need to be related to your chosen field). You will need to join the group if not already a member, and you need to contribute to a new or existing discussion.

For your reflection consider:

• How relevant are the LinkedIn professional groups to my future career?
• Would there be other groups more aligned with my future career?
• Was my contribution to the discussion relevant?

Activity4

LinkedIn post

Create a post on LinkedIn. Your post should be a short article on the value of business networking for graduate career success. Add suitable hashtags to your post to encourage networking.

For your reflection consider:

• Did my connections respond to my post?
• How could I incorporate their responses in an updated post?

Activity5

Professional networking

Complete the following activity to build your skills in professional networking.

Attend an employability event aligned to your professional career interests. Students may select from the following types of extra-curricular employability events:

• Professional Industry Association events/activities
• Industry events such as trade shows, conferences or networking sessions including chamber of commerce events
• Careers fairs/expos attended by recruiters or industry professionals
• Career advice meeting with an industry professional relevant to your chosen career (to be organised by the student).
• Career advice meeting with a current Employer/Human Resource Manager (non-relative).Only 1 of this type will count for this assessment.
• Other events must be approved by the teaching academic prior to attendance and the key requirement is that industry professionals must be in attendance. Careers workshops such as interviewing skills and resume writing do not qualify for event attendance.

Or

Watchthe following recording of the 2024 Western Sydney University professional careers networking event. As you watch, document your insights and any connections you can make to your learning in this subject:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR-KLe3z9W0&t=2sLinks to an external site..

Send a thankyou message to one of the speakers at the Conference.

Activity6

Professional networking

1. Record and upload to YouTube your personal elevator pitch (no more that 1 minute duration). Be sure to make your video unlisted on YouTube to preserve privacy.

Also, complete one of the following activities:

1. Attend an educational webinar conducted by a professional body, Chamber of Commerce or other organisation related to your chosen field. Include a screenshot, with you in the shot, of the online webinar/video conference.
2. Attend an extra-curricular employability event relevant to your chosen field(to be approved by the OLA).Include a photo of yourself at the event.
3. Attend a career advice meeting with an industry professional relevant to your chosen field or with a current Employer/Human Resource Manager(senior manager, non-relative; to be approved by theOLA).

Step 4:Brieflyaddress the following points for any event you attended (No more than 80-100 words for an event):

• Event name, date, type of event.
• Descriptionof event experience.
• How did it make you feel?
• What did you learn about? For example, yourself, future career, or working in services.
• Whatconnectionscan you make to the employability and services marketing literature you have encountered so far?

Remember:The experiencesthat you write about from the events that you attended could include making new connections and networks, learning new ideas, fine-tuningyour verbal communication skills, and learning more about yourself and your future career, just to name a few.

Step 5: Writeyour reflection of your learning from the professional networking activitiesusing the following reflection guidelines, with the guidelines set out as separate headings.

It is this Reflection that will be assessed in accordance with the marking criteria for the assessment. The Reflection should be no longer than 1,000 words and refer specifically to the employability activities listed above.You should refer specifically to literature and theories in the weekly employability and services marketing readings outlined in the learning materials.

You will be assessed on your analysis and evaluation, and consideration of alternative explanations using literature/theories from at least three weekly readings. Therefore, you should use academic literature to support your analysis.

As these are reflections,you will be requiredto write in the first person and use 'I'. The Western Sydney University library has compiled a document,Tone of reflective writing (PDF 42 KB)Download Tone of reflective writing (PDF 42 KB)that may assist you with this step.

Core model of reflection (2018) adapted from Cotrell 2015, p. 236.

Note:The reference list is not included in the word count.

Assignment tip

View the marking guide under 'Assignment criteria' to see a detailed breakdown of how your work will be assessed. This is an excellent place to start your preparations for this assignment.

Refer back to the marking guide frequently to make sure you are meeting the requirements.

Supporting documents

Supporting resources

• Harvard WesternSydU referencing style guide (PDF 199 KB)(Western Sydney University Library 2019).
• Harvard WesternSydU style In-text citationsLinks to an external site.(Western Sydney University Library 2020).
• Library Study Smarta library resource that will assist you in completing your assignments (Western Sydney University Library, 2021).
• Western Sydney University Library has further information about referencing on theirReferencing and citation

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Assignment criteria

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