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Journal title Harvard business review.
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Business & Society
BUSS 1057

A sustainable society and a fulfilling life
Career Planning Workbook
Howard Harris
Sukhbir Sandhu
Course Coordinators
School of Management
University of SA
[email protected]
Resource developed by University of South Australia
http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/careers/
V2: 2010
Contents
Introduction to career planning 2
Work and life values assessment 3
Career values - sorting activity 4
Career values – evaluating your results 6
Develop a work target – Part 1 9

Personality assessment work sheet 15
Skills assessment 16
Analysing your transferable skills 20
Develop a work target – Part 2 21
Employer research 22
Job search Research 23
Introduction to Career Planning
In the lecture preceding this tutorial you will have seen an
outline of the career planning process and the significant
benefits to you of doing some initial career planning in your
first year of study. Some of the benefits include:
· Increasing the chances of getting a job that matches your
important life needs, and which uses the areas of skill and
knowledge you’d prefer to be using, rather than just any job.
· Being able to make more informed choices about the selection
of your sub-major at the end of this first year.
· The ability to develop and extensively research, over time, a
targeted list of your ideal employers. As a result you’ll know
about potential job opportunities, and when and how these
employers recruit their staff.
· The ability to be more strategic in your networking strategy
(you’ll need to do this because 60-80% of employment
opportunities are never advertised). The time to begin
developing your network is while you are studying.
And ultimately during your final year of study and beyond, as a
result of having a career plan, you’ll to be able to:
· Prepare a highly targeted resume and other job application
documents.
· Sell yourself strongly during an employment interview
You will recall that the career planning process involves

1. Developing high levels of self awareness (who am I and what
is important to me?)
This involves:
· clarifying the skills and knowledge you have acquired so far
· identifying the skills and knowledge you might need to
develop for the future
· beginning an exploration of the values, beliefs and
motivations that are an essential part of your employment
· reviewing factors that might contribute to your job
satisfaction, or lack of it – management style, the work
environment, working conditions, workplace
policies/procedures, the role itself etc
· considering broader questions about needs in other areas of
your life which are impacted by your employment e.g. financial,
health, relationship, family, leisure, personal and professional
growth etc
2. Options Awareness (where am I going?)
When you have a much clearer understanding of your
capabilities and interests and have identified some of your
important life needs going forward, you are then in a better
position to research and identify the employment options that fit
these criteria.
The outcome from this stage of career planning is to develop a
targeted list of your ideal employers and job roles.
3. Self Marketing (how will I get there?)
This final part of career transition planning is the preparation
and delivery of your ‘sales pitch’. It will involve any, or all of:
· preparation of a targeted resume
· preparing and implementing a targeted networking and
information interviewing strategy
· preparation for, and participation in a formal employment
interview
As you will appreciate, the effectiveness of your sales pitch will
depend on which of your attributes you wish to promote, and to
whom you will promote them.

In order for your self-marketing messages to have the necessary
appeal you will also need to understand what it is important to
your ideal employer in terms of the talent they hire, and the job
and organisational outcomes they want to achieve. Work and
life values assessment
A key requirement for experiencing high levels of job
satisfaction is to be involved in work, and in a working
environment which is in keeping with our most basic
expectations and beliefs, and which helps satisfy some of our
important life needs.
Our expectations about our work, work environment,
relationships with our boss and work colleagues will be shaped
by our values and beliefs. If we find ourselves in a situation
which conflicts with these expectations we’re pretty likely to be
unhappy, and this will tend to show up in our work
performance. When we don’t perform at our best we run the risk
of upsetting others like our manager, work colleagues, clients,
customers and so on.
When your work performance falls away, so will your
reputation, and when you want to move on, or you are pushed, it
will be pretty hard to get a good reference from your old
employer.
Hopefully you will agree, it will be in your interest to spend
some time thinking about and clarifying your most important
values. Armed with this information, you will be in a much
stronger position to target employers and job roles which
provide a good match with your values.
The following exercise will help you to identify your most
important values in relation to your future employment.
1
Career values - sorting activity
Rate the following 48 items according to their importance to
you in your work and career by placing a tick in the relevant
column where:
EI - extremely important, I - important, N - neutral, NI - not

important, EU - extremely unimportant
Item
EI
I
N
NI
EU
1. Helping others – providing direct help, assistance to other
people
2. Contribution – perform work that in some way improves the
life of others within society
3. Leadership – scope for establishing board, strategic
objectives and coordinating others to achieve them
4. Management – responsibility for building relationships,
giving/seeking information, making decisions, and influencing
people

5. Teamwork – work with people who cooperate with each other
to achieved shared objectives
6. Initiative – scope for highlighting opportunities and/or
threats to relevant supervisor/manager
7. Diversity – Working in an environment in which cultural and
other differences between people are highly valued
8. Coaching – receiving feedback and constructive guidance
from my manager
9. Support – To have a boss that promotes my career
development

10. Public contact – A job which involves regular contact with
members of the community
11. Authority – To have control over the work activities of
others and be able to affect their destiny
12. Selling – developing relationships with customers that result
in sales
13. Customer service – Opportunity to provide high quality
customer service to customers or clients
14. Community – the opportunity to be involved in and feel like
a valued member of a social group

15. Influence others – have opportunities to change the opinions
and attitudes of others
16. Learning/growth – scope for having new experiences and
learning how to do new things
17. Work alone – be able to complete tasks/projects that doesn’t
involve contact with others
18. Projects – the opportunity to work on different tasks with a
range of different people
19. Knowledge – the chance to develop my
knowledge/understanding of issues, events or processes
20. Self expression – scope to develop and exercise my

creativity
21. Creative stimulation – work with creative and imaginative
people
Item
EI
I
N
NI
EU
22. Innovation – opportunities to develop and implement new
ideas, services, and/or approaches
23. Autonomy – freedom to decide the tasks I will undertake
and how and when I will do them

24. Judgement – opportunity to study and evaluate the value of
ideas, processes or things
25. Work environment – to work in a very pleasant physical
setting
26. Use my competence – use my skills and abilities to do high
quality work in an efficient manner
27. Location – to live in a city/town that is suits my lifestyle
28. Achievement – be able to set measurable goals and to see
concrete results from my efforts
29. Challenge – undertake demanding tasks that when

completed provide me with a sense of achievement
30. Intellectual stimulation – deal with complex issues and
formulate approaches to dealing with them
31. Competition – scope to compete with other people and/or
organisations
32. Pressure – doing work that involves dealing with difficult
situations and/or demanding relationships
33. Fast pace – work that requires quick thinking and quick
actions in order to perform effectively
34. Stability – doing routine, predictable work that doesn’t
change much over time

35. Change – work within an dynamic and constantly changing
environment
36. Complexity – work in which objectives and/or how to
achieve them is often unclear
37. Risk – work in an environment characterised by high levels
of risk
38. Moral fulfilment – performing work that is consistent with
the ideals that are important to me
39. Environmentalism – work that involves or supports
protection and enhancement of the environment

40. Corporate responsibility – work for an organisation that
makes a contribution to the community
41. Ethics – work within an environment where ethical
principles are discussed and acted upon
42. Excitement – work within an environment which I find
stimulating and exciting
43. Security – maintenance of my employment with an
organisation for as long as I want to
44. Cutting edge – working with the latest ideas/technology

45. Financial freedom – able to support myself financially and
buy most of the things I want without having to rely on my
employer for my income
46. Subsistence – to have an income that is sufficient to provide
for the necessities of life
Item
EI
I
N
NI
EU
47. Recognition – to receive positive feedback and credit when I
have done a good job
48. Wealth – earn enough to acquire luxuries that I desire which
most other people cannot afford

49. Exposure – have opportunities to attend functions/events
where I can meet lots of people
50. Affiliation – be recognised as a member of a
prestigious/successful organisation
51. Status – to be recognised by others because of the
nature/quality of my work
52. Work-life balance – have sufficient time for my personal
and family life
53. Time freedom – have choice of the hours when I work

54. Travel – scope to travel to a range of different places
55. Flexibility – scope to adjust my working hours if required
56. Advancement – opportunities to grow and advance to higher
level positions
Career values – evaluating your results
1. Mark with an ‘X’ in the margin, all of the items that you
rated EI (Extremely Important).
2. From those items you have now marked, select and list in the
box below the 5 items which you rate as being your most strong
EI (Extremely Important) items.
Item
Briefly comment on how/why this item is important to you
1.
Yes/No
2.

Yes/No
3.
Yes/No
4.
Yes/No
5.
Yes/No
3. Now pick and then list below 5 of the items that you rated as
being EU (Extremely Unimportant) and briefly comment on
how/why these are not important to you
Value
This item is Unrelated to jobs I might consider because
1.
Yes/No
2.
Yes/No
3.
Yes/No

4.
Yes/No
5.
Yes/No
4. The Impact of your values. Pick two of the items you have
listed as being EI in the activity above and in the following
exercise assess the impact of holding this item on your home,
family, friends, and on yourself.
Example:
Item
Impact on work
Impact on family, friends
Impact on self
Work-life balance
Not seeking a promotion which might mean longer work hours
Making sure I have the flexibility to allocate time to them
Having enough time to play sport and regain fitness
Overall Assessment: What are the consequences of holding on
to this value?
It could be that this a temporarily important value until I stop
my active involvement in sport. (Being clear in your own mind
about your values and why they are important to you can help to
minimise stress and to help ensure you have the right priorities
in going forward)
4. The impact of your values (Cont)
Value
Impact on work
Impact on self

to this value?
Value
Impact on work
Impact on self
to this value?
Develop a Work Target – Part 1
Work options
Clarifying your options and preferences for future employment
is an important preliminary way for you to determine the
direction you wish to take, and how and where you will begin
your job search.
Also, by taking the time to document what you are looking for
in employment, you can more easily match your requirements
against opportunities that may become available to you.
The following worksheet has been designed to assist you to
develop your work targets.

Work type and location
What sort of work would you like?
Full time work
Part time work
Where would you like to do this work? Tick as many areas as
you like.
Private sector
I’m interested in working in the private sector
List your preferences for industry setting and/or market niche
Private Sector
What is your preference regarding size of the organisation
>1000 employees, >500 but <1000; >100 <500; <100
Public Sector – indicate which area/s of government in which
you’d like to work if you are thinking of a public sector job
Federal government
State government
Local government
None of the above
Public sector - cont
After you have determined which area of the public sector that
appeals most to you, next identify specific departments or areas
of government operation that are of interest.
If you’re doing a degree in a discipline that relates to work that
could be done in virtually any organisation e.g. accounting,
commerce, communication, public relations, marketing, human
resources etc, then consider the targeting department/s whose
work is related to your general life interests. Are you interested

in the environment, law enforcement/regulation, foreign affairs,
building and infrastructure, transport, human service provision,
health etc? List below specific departments that might interest
you in the area of the public sector that appeals most to you:
Federal government departments I’d like to work in:
State government departments I’d like to work in:
Areas of Local government I’d like to work in:
Statutory bodies (an organisation established by legislation)
In which field of operation or area of service provision would
your ideal employer be operating?
Specific organisations I’d like to work for
Not for profit organisations
In which field or area of service provision would the
organisation be operating?
Organisations I’d like to work for
Would you consider being in your own small business. If so,

what is your preference?
Start your own business
Buy an existing business
Buy a franchise
Only complete the next two questions if you are considering
self employment
If you were to be self employed what types of services and/or
products would you be providing? And to whom? (Who is your
market?)
In what location/s would you prefer to work (please list in order
of preference) i.e. in Adelaide, in South Australia, Australia,
International (if so in which country/s)
Organisational environment
Answer the following questions about the organisational
environment in which you’d like to work:
What style of organisation would you feel most comfortable in?
Place a mark on the appropriate place on each line:
Stable Growing
Centralised Decentralised
Formal Informal
Conservative Innovative

How important are the following to you?
Status and reputation of the organisation important not
important
The physical environment of the workplace important not
important
The people environment important not important
What are the key values you would like the organisation to
have? These will obviously be an extension of your own values
The manager
What style of management do you think you’d prefer?
What key personal characteristics would you like your manager
to have? For example – personality, communication skills,
management style, education etc
Remuneration issues
What level of compensation package would you prefer?
What is the minimum compensation package you would accept?
What cash component is important as part of your package?

How important are:
Merit increases important not important
Bonus/profit share important not important
Equity participation important not important
Sales commission important not important
What non-salary components would you want to make up your
package?
Car Yes/no
Superannuation paid Level %
Life insurance Yes/No
Medical insurance Yes/No
Other:
Small business option
If you are considering starting or buying your own business,
answer the following questions:
What experience have you had in the field you wish to enter?
What experience have you had in running a small business?
How much of your capital are you prepared to risk in a small
business?
How would you assess your general level of risk taking
low high
Operating a small business of any sort requires a range of skills

that you may or may not have. List the skills that you have that
would help make your business a success
Small business usually requires long hours, total dedication,
excellent customer service, loss of recreation and leisure time
and often considerable financial risk. List the values that are
important to you and those that you may need to put aside if you
start a small business.
Personality Assessment Work Sheet
Want to know more about your personality type and the types of
careers enjoyed by people with similar personality
characteristics as you? Take this free test online by clicking on
this link - http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp
When you have completed the test and clicked on the “Score it”
button to get your 4 letter personality type code, follow the
links provided to get explanations about your personality type.
You might want to print this information for future reference.
To take full advantage of the information you’ve received about
your personality type, it is suggested you answer the following
questions:
Which four letters describe your personality type?
Which of the personality characteristics that you’ve read about
regarding your type do you feel most strongly describe you?
Which of the personality characteristics associated with your

personality type do you think have most relevance to careers
associated with your field of study?
From the information in the links provided about careers that
people with your personality type often follow, what, if any, of
the other types of careers mentioned have some appeal for you?
Skills assessment
In addition to your education qualifications, employers of
university graduates require an essential range of employability
skills. During the lecture these were referred to as being:
· Communication
· Team work
· Problem solving
· Self management
· Planning & organising
· Technology
· Learning
· Initiative & enterprise
These attributes very closely match UniSA’s Graduate
Qualities. The relevance of the Graduate Qualities to you is that
as you complete your degree, each course you complete is
designed to further develop in you certain of the Graduate
Qualities.
The success of your self-marketing to employers will depend to
a significant degree the extent to which you can demonstrate
you have the required Graduate Qualities and employability
skills.
The next activity is designed to enable you to carry out an early
assessment of your level of skill in relation to each Graduate
Quality.

As you complete your self assessment please keep in mind the
other areas of your life, apart from study, where you might be
using and developing these skills e.g. through any form of
employment, volunteering, and involvement in sport or other
organised groups or activities.
Instructions
Look at each statement and evaluate your level of skill for each
using the rating of either ‘good’, ‘fair’, or ‘needs improving.’
Then follow the instructions in the work sheet following the
questionnaire.
Career Services Resource
Personal transferable skills
Use this exercise to determine which personal transferable skills
you perform well and which you need to develop further.
Life long learning
Work autonomously & collaboratively
Employers may refer to this skill as:
· An understanding of continuous improvement processes
· A focus on delivering quality results
· Ability to learn new skills
· Flexibility to adapt to changes as required by the role
· Demonstrated ability to understand and operate in complex
organisations
· Ability to identify business opportunities
· An interest in clients and a desire to help them
· Ability to work successfully both independently and as a
member of a team.
· A commitment to developing and maintaining team work
· The ability to work both in a multidisciplinary team
environment and independently
· Ability to meet responsibilities independently

· Ability to plan and execute experimental research
independently
· Demonstrated ability to work within a diverse team structure
to reach the most favourable outcome
· Ability to work with minimal supervision
· Strong leadership skills
· Locate, evaluate, and manage information
|_|
Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Work in a self directed way
|_|
Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Evaluate own current knowledge
|_|
Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Work cooperatively and constructively
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Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Self-awareness- understand personal strengths and weaknesses
|_|

Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Provide leadership within a team context
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Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Respond confidently to change
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Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Be willing to learn from others
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Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Be flexible and adaptable
|_|
Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Work collaboratively with different groups
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Good

|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Maintain a positive concept of self as capable and autonomous
|_|
Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Negotiate solutions when opinions differ
|_|
Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Be a critical thinker
|_|
Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Recognise strengths of other team members
|_|
Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Adapt concepts, skills and materials to new situations
|_|
Good
|_|

Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Share responsibility
|_|
Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Recognise when there is a need for change
|_|
Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Identify the needs of others and build positive relationships
|_|
Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Identify personal goals and methods to achieve them
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Good
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Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Constructive criticism
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Good
|_|
Fair

|_|
Needs improving
· Develop and maintain self esteem
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Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Manage others
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Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Develop and maintain self confidence
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Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Motivate others
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Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Manage stress
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Good
|_|
Fair
|_|

Needs improving
· Assess and evaluate others
|_|
Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Recognise and manage personal/professional boundaries
|_|
Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Be assertive
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Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
Use this exercise to indicate which personal transferable skills
Communicate effectively
Problem solving
· Well-developed written and oral communication skills
· Assisting advisors in liaising with clients
· An excellent telephone manner and good interpersonal skills

· The ability to think conceptually, to visualise customer
requirements for translation into specifications and designs
· Ability to liaise with community groups, health related
professionals, government departments and agencies at all
levels.
· High-level conceptual, analytical and problem solving skills
· Demonstrated ability to deliver a timely service to customers
· Work under pressure
· Work to tight deadlines and defined budgets
· Ability to organise and prioritise workloads
· Experience in collecting, organising and presenting
information using the Internet
· Initiative
· Attention to detail
· Present information and ideas in effective written form-
appropriate to the purpose/reader
|_|
Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Gather, evaluate and deploy relevant information (data,
values, issues)
|_|
Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Communicate orally in large or small groups
|_|
Good
|_|
Fair

|_|
Needs improving
· Define researchable questions
|_|
Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Active listening
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Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Make effective use of information
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Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Express ideas, feelings, opinions, decisions clearly
|_|
Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Observe and record
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Good
|_|
Fair
|_|

Needs improving
· Ability to network
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Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Formulate and test hypotheses
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Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Mathematical
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Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Evaluate evidence
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Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Visual
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Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving

· Make effective decisions
|_|
Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Give and receive feedback
|_|
Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Apply judgement and discrimination
|_|
Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Ability to empathise
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Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Have a capacity to improvise
|_|
Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Ability to be open and honest

|_|
Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Ability to transfer and apply ideas and concepts to different
situations
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Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Ability to explain ideas
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Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Anticipating potential problems
|_|
Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Ability to communicate in another language
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Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Ability to think laterally

|_|
Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Display sensitivity to an audience when organising and
presenting ideas
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Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Being able to view things from all perspectives
|_|
Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Communicate appropriately with professional colleagues and
the public
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Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Building on the ideas of others
|_|
Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving

Use this exercise to indicate which personal transferable skills
Commitment to ethical action
Demonstrate international perspectives
· Commitment towards environmental principles
· Committed focus on safety
· ability to maintain confidentiality
· A commitment to promote the organisation in the community
(particularly in the context of fundraising activities)
· Working with people from diverse value systems, cultural
backgrounds and special needs
· An ability to relate to people from diverse backgrounds and
cultures
· Demonstrate responsibility to the community
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Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Display an ability to think globally and consider issues from a
variety of perspectives
|_|
Good

|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Commitment to personal ethical actions
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Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Awareness of own culture and its perspectives
|_|
Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Awareness of other cultures and their perspectives
|_|
Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Appreciate the importance of multicultural diversity
|_|
Good

|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Appreciate the complex and interacting factors that contribute
to notions of culture and cultural relationships
|_|
Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving
· Value diversity of language and culture
|_|
Good
|_|
Fair
|_|
Needs improving

Analysing Your Transferable Skills
In which of the 6 broad categories in the Personal Transferable
Skills questionnaire did you get the highest proportion of ‘good’
ratings? Some of the elements included in these categories will

probably feature in your self-marketing material; they can assist
you to establish your points of differentiation from other job
candidates.
In which of the 6 broad categories in the Personal Transferable
Skills questionnaire did you get the highest proportion of ‘fair’
or ‘need improving’ ratings? The elements you’ve identified
here could provide a focus for some of your ongoing personal
and professional development
Develop a Work Target – Part 2
The work you want to do
Describe in as much detail as you can the type of work you
would like to do. At this stage you might find it useful to
review your answers to the values and skills assessment
exercises for ideas about the main purpose or focus of the job
List below what you believe to be the strongest skills and
competencies can you bring to this work. (Remember to include
the strongest of your skills you’ve uncovered from the
assessment exercise you have already completed). Remember
also to include any areas of technical skill or knowledge you

believe you have or will acquire through your studies.
Employer research
Visit an online jobs board such as www.seek.com.au or
www.careerone.com.au and search for examples of the types of
jobs you want to do. Don’t get too hung up at this stage about
not being qualified, just look positions as if you’ve already
graduated and are employed in the profession in which you want
to work. For example, if you are studying accountancy and you
want to work as an auditor, search for auditor positions. The
location of the employer doesn’t matter either.
Your task is to summarise below the types of skill and
knowledge required by employers in the roles that you have
researched.
List the names of at least five of organisations in which you’d
like to be employed (with a brief explanation of why?)
Job Search Research

General
http://www.aim.com.au (Website of the Australian Institute of
Management. Offers an online
career development service and information about professional
development.)
http://www.mapa.asn.au (The Managers and Professionals
Association is a non-profit organisation dedicated to assisting
members achieve the best possible outcomes in
their employment throughout their career. They represent
members in professional roles in a number of Australian
industries.)
http://www.afrboss.com.au (Website of the Australian Financial
Review’s Boss magazine, which is published on the second
Friday of each month.)
http://www.brw.com.au (Website of Business Review Weekly,
Australia’s leading business magazine.)
http://www.ibisworld.com.au (IBISWorld is a strategic Business
Information provider offering comprehensive information on
every industry, top 2000 companies and the business
environment.)
http://www.industrysearch.com.au (This website offers free
subscription to news about a wide range of industries.)
Administrative Management
http://www.rmaa.com.au (Records Management of Australasia,
an organisation for professional development, research and
networking for the benefit of records management
professionals.)
http://www.arma.org (ARMA International is a not-for-profit
association and the leading authority on managing records and
information. Provides career development information, articles
and resources. ARMA is also the publisher of The Information
Management Journal.)
Human Resource Management
http://www.ahri.com.au (Website of the Australian Human
Resources Institute, Australia’s

leading human resources professional body.
http://www.irsa.asn.au (The Industrial Relations Society of
Australia brings together representatives of management, trade
unions, government services and the professions, together with
specialists in the various academic disciplines concerned with
industrial relations, and seeks to develop an integrated approach
to industrial relations.)
http://www.hrmguide.net/australia (A series of linked websites
containing hundreds of pages of free HR-related articles,
features and links.)
http://www.ihrim.org (The International Association for Human
Resource Information.)
Manufacturing Management
http://www.smartlink.net.au (Website of the National Institute
for Manufacturing Management, which aims to enhance the
management capabilities of Australia’s small and medium
manufacturers.)
http://www.aigroup.asn.au (The Australian Industry Group is
Australia’s leading industry organisation representing 10,000
employers in manufacturing, construction, automotive,
telecommunications, IT, transport, labour hire and other
industries. Includes a monthly newsletter summarising the
current state of manufacturing in Australia.)
http://www.amc-atp.com (The Advanced Manufacturing Centre
is a one-stop-shop for manufacturing enterprises seeking to
acquire, implement or manage the new technology and
management processes essential for achieving international
competitiveness, increased export sales and greater import
replacement.)
http://www.ausmanufacturers.com.au (A directory of Australian
manufacturers.)
Operations Management
http://www.laa.asn.au (Website of the Logistics Association of
Australia which represents the interests of professionals in

logistics and the supply chain.)
http://msom.society.informs.org (The Manufacturing and
Service Operations Management Society (MSOM) promotes the
enhancement and dissemination of knowledge, and the
efficiency of industrial practice related to the operations
function in manufacturing and service enterprises.)
http://www.informs.org (Website of the Institute for Operations
Research and the Management Sciences.)
http://www.sole.org (Website of the International Society of
Logistics, a professional society which aims to enhance the art
and science of logistics technology, education and
management.)
http://logistics.about.com/library/weekly/aa040901.htm (Lots of
information, news, articles and resources including global jobs
in logistics and supply chain management for logistics
professionals in Australia.)
Careers in Management
General career information
http://www.gradlink.edu.au (The official website of Graduate
Careers Australia (GCA).
Provides useful insights into graduate careers, outcomes and
recruitment in Australia.
http://www.myfuture.edu.au (A joint initiative of the Federal
and State governments. Help with career exploration, decision
making, job search and job preparation.
http://www.graduate.com.au (Career resources for graduates,
including tips on job-seeking.)
http://www.unimail.com.au (Career resources for graduates,
including a job search facility.)
Job Search
http://www.careerone.com.au (News Limited’s job search
website.)
http://www.seek.com.au (Large job search website.)
http://www.mycareer.com.au (Fairfax Digital job search

website.)
https://jobsearch.gov.au (Federal Government job search site.)
http://www.psgazetteonline.gov.au (Includes a job search
facility for positions in the Australian public service.)
Labour market information
http://www.jobsearch.gov.au/joboutlook (Website of the
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. Find out
about job prospects, weekly earnings, type of work and other
useful occupational information.)
Workplace Relations
http://www.workplace.gov.au (Comprehensive employment
information, including specific advice for disadvantaged job
seekers, Indigenous Australians, migrants and volunteers.
http://www.wagenet.gov.au (Provides information about wages
and conditions of employment in Australia for work that is
covered by federal awards and agreements.)
Sites for international students and students wishing to work
overseas
http://www.graduatecareers.com.au/content/view/full/35 (The
International Outlook section of the website of Graduate
Careers Australia.)
http://www.goinglobal.com (Full of information about working
in different countries throughout
the world.)
Sites for people with disabilities
http://unisa.edu.au/regdisability/education.htm (Information
about the Regional Disability Liaison Officer Initiative, which
aims to enhance post-secondary education, training and
employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Includes
lots of links to other
sites for people with disabilities.)
http://www.ocpe.sa.gov.au (The South Australian Office of
Public Employment; click on ‘Equity and Diversity’, then

‘Disability and Employment’.)
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/disability_rights/employment/employm
ent.html (Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
website. This page is intended to provide a convenient entry
point for resources on equal employment opportunity and
disability, as well as links to resources from other
organisations.)
1) What is involved for Assignment 3?
The assignment requires you to write three short reflective
pieces. Each piece will reflect on specific content within the
course. The three pieces in total should not exceed 2000 words.
Each piece requires you to bring together:
1. Information from relevant readings
2. Concepts from the relevant parts of the course
3. Personal experience
Turn these over in your mind and reflect on the topic, then write
in the first person about your considered view.
What will I be assessed on?
Check the feedback marksheet under assignment 3 heading on
the course site to see what is required that you will be marked
on
Key assessment criteria re reflective writing:
Extent to which the assignment contains reflective writing.
Depth of reflection.
Ability to convey reflection clearly in written English.
What are the three topics I need to write about?
You will find full details of assignment 3 in course information
booklet (see course site)
You are required to write three separate reflective pieces for
this assignment:
Entry 1 – The first reflective piece requires you to reflect on:
1) The first reflective piece requires you to reflect on how what
is considered ethical may vary form one culture to another.
Question: Reflecting on Rachel’s article: The challenge of

Cultural Relativism (1993). Do you think it is a valid theory or
does it have deficiencies and problems if put into practice, in
guiding on what is right or wrong. Reflect on examples from
different cultures and how they may reflect what Rachels
argues, providing examples that show that this theory may or
may not be a suitable guide to justify different ways of acting
and behaving in different cultures.
Information: the required reading is Rachels’ (1993) Cultural
Relativism article which can be accessed on the Course site
under Assignment 3 heading. You may, however, also choose to
anchor into your reflections any of the other readings from the
ethics section of the course.
Information: There are two dimensions to consider:
Way of making sense: Useful conceptual background might
come from the segment of the course which relates to ethics in
particular.
Personal experience: there may be examples in which you have
acted in or held views on what you considered an ethical
manner and the consequences of that. Or, it might be drawing
on reflections of how different countries act that do not agree
with your country’s ethical stance or your own personal ethics,
e.g. executions in Bali for drug related crimes which Australian
law does not agree with.
Entry 2 – The second reflective piece requires you to reflect on
an aspect of careers:
Question: Reflecting on three key values you identified from the
Career Workbook task, what steps could you take in ensuring
you achieve a job that can enable you to fit with your values,
using the Developing a Work Target" (Part 1 & 2) suggested
steps from Career Workbook.
The textbook may also be useful.
Information: Spend time working through the Careers

workbook. Students will complete this task in class time-you
will be given a hard copy version of the workbook.
come from the segment of the course which discusses the
profession that you seek to join and the values that are
important to you. If you are already a member of a profession,
the Careers Workbook will help you identify the values that are
important for that profession. Your can then reflect on how
these values can be mapped to your career targets.
You may, however, also choose to anchor your reflection to any
of the other readings from the career and job related readings
from this Course.
come from the segment of the course which discuss work and
professionalism or even ethics.
Personal experience: This may be experience you have had or
experiences of other people in your profession who have made a
meaningful contribution or are in a job that expresses their
values.
Suggested reading - Careers workbook.
Entry 3 )The third reflective piece requires you to reflect on
being a professional both in looking at lives of other
professionals and also what you want to be as a professional:
Question: After reading Bell’s (2010) article on Jane Goodall,
and Beard’s (2012) article on Mohammed Yunus, reflect on
their approaches to being a professional, and consider in what
ways what your approach to being a professional in your future
career will be similar or different to theirs.
Articles :(these are on the course site under assignment 3
heading):
Information: the following readings can be accessed under

assignment 3 heading on the Course site:.
E-reading 15 Author Beard (writing on Yunus)
E reading 17 Author: Bell (writing on Goodall)
These readings by Bell and Beard are a starting point.
come from the segment of the Course about being professional,
readings by Bell and Beard.
Personal experience: This might be examples of people who
have acted professionally who act as role models and who
inspire you as to what a professional should be.
Reflective writing records the writer’s thoughts about individual
learning and experience. Whenever you use ideas from a source,
reference them using the UniSA version of the Harvard Guide.
What is the word count?
The three pieces should be 2000 words in total, +/- 10%. So, if
you divide that up equally it is about 600-700 words for each
entry.
When is the due date?
Sunday, 8 January 2015 at 6pm. To be submitted through
Turnitin
How many marks is Assignment 3 worth?
Assignment 3 is worth 30% of the overall course grade.
6) Can I write in the first person?
Yes, since it is about your own reflections and experiences.
Ensure you use an
I’ focus, e.g. ‘after I read what X discussed in relation to’… or
‘I had not realised’… or ‘I now understand’… or ‘In future I
will’…
7) Where can I get help?
Your lecturer and reflective writing guidelines under label
‘Assignment 3’ on the Course site.
Also look at Assignment 3 guidelines in the Course booklet and

Assignment 3 feedback marksheet to see requirements for this
assignment on which you will be allocated marks.
8) Is there a minimum number of references?
You should have at least:
Entry 1: minimum of 1 reference (Rachels on Cultural
Relativism)
Entry 2:Career workbook and other references if they relate to
your reflections
Entry 3: will need at least to refer to readings on Yunus and
Goodall.
Will I need a reference list?
Yes you must also include a reference list at end of the
assignment that includes the references from all three pieces of
reflection.
Where will I find the readings for assignment 3?
Under heading on the course site for assignment 3 you will find
references by Rachels (entry 2), Bell and Beard (entry 3). You
will be given a hard copy of the Career workbook in class plus
you will an electronic copy of it on the site during the week we
study it in class
9) How do I write reflectively?
The entries should convey a sense that some learning and
development has taken place within you. Overall, when writing
this assignment you should have these elements.
i) State the question.
ii) State your position, do you agree? Disagree? Both?
iii) Bring in some material from the course (this can include
readings but also what was discussed in the course such as
Youtube videos, what you realised from your presentation in
assignment 2, your life experiences, the media, etc.
iv) Show a sense of reflecting on things. E.g. why could this be
happening? What are the reasons? Is there another side to the
story?
v) Show that you have digested the information and learnt
something. What have you learnt that you didn't know before?

What is different for you now that you have more insight into
the matter?
vi) Show where you go from here. What is your action plan?
What would you do in the future? What would you do
differently now that you have new knowledge? What would you
recommend?
There are some examples of reflective writing and types of
reflective writing under heading for assignment 3 on the course
site.
There will be exercises in class to assist students in
understanding the concept of reflection and to provide an
opportunity to practice reflective writing.

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