Lecture One - COMM 202

1. COMM 202
Career
Fundamentals
Welcome!

2. • Why COMM 202?
• Who am I?
• Your TA team
• Course Outline
• Our schedule
• Assignment overview
• Expectations
• Student Advisory Committee
• Homework: StrengthsQuest
AGENDA

3. • Why COMM 202?
• Who am I?
• Course Outline
• Our schedule
• Assignment overview
• Expectations agreement
• Course Blog Overview
• Student Advisory Committee
• Homework: StrengthsQuest
WHY COMM 202

4. • Why COMM 202?
• Who am I?
• Course Outline
• Our schedule
• Assignment overview
• Expectations agreement
• Course Blog Overview
• Student Advisory Committee
• Homework: StrengthsQuest
WHY COMM 202

5. • Why COMM 202?
• Who am I?
• Course Outline
• Our schedule
• Assignment overview
• Expectations agreement
• Course Blog Overview
• Student Advisory Committee
• Homework: StrengthsQuest
WHY COMM 202

6. • Why COMM 202?
• Who am I?
• Course Outline
• Our schedule
• Assignment overview
• Expectations agreement
• Course Blog Overview
• Student Advisory Committee
• Homework: StrengthsQuest
WHY COMM 202

7. • Why COMM 202?
• Who am I?
• Course Outline
• Our schedule
• Assignment overview
• Expectations agreement
• Course Blog Overview
• Student Advisory Committee
• Homework: StrengthsQuest
WHY COMM 202

8. WHO AM I?

9. WHO AM I?

10. YOUR TA TEAM

11. AWAITING YUWEI BIO

12. YOUR TA TEAM

13. YOUR TA TEAM

14. YOUR TA TEAM

15. YOUR TA TEAM

16. YOUR TA TEAM

17. YOUR TA TEAM

18. YOUR TA TEAM

19. YOUR TA TEAM

20. YOUR TA TEAM

26. OUR SCHEDULE

27. COURSE BREAKDOWN
5 Main Assignments
Resume & Cover Letter 10%
Skills Matrix 10%
Networking Simulation 10%
Employment Interview 25%
Information Interview 20%
PLUS
Weekly Assignments 15%
Professionalism 10%

28. COURSE BREAKDOWN
Weekly Assignments 15%
• StrengthsQuest/Saboteur Presentation
• LinkedIn Profile
• Job Posting Research
• Resume eModule quiz & draft
• Cover Letter draft
• Interview Stream

29. COURSE BREAKDOWN
Professionalism 10%

30. COURSE BREAKDOWN
BONUS POINTS: 5% - Sign up in COOL

31. STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Email: comm202@sauder.ubc.ca by September 16th with your tutorial
section, TA’s name, a bit about yourself and why you are interested in
being a committee member and/or if you would be interested in leading
the group w/ a TA mentor

32. FIRST ASSIGNMENT

33. FIRST ASSIGNMENT
Strengths: StrengthsQuest
Inner Saboteurs: Positive Intelligence

34. Element Excellent
2 points
Proficient
1 point
Unsatisfactory
0 points
Points
/2
Key
Strengths
and Inner
Saboteurs
• 5 strengths and
5 saboteurs are
uniquely and
clearly
communicated
• Student is
prepared
• Student has
copy of both
reports.
• 1-4 strength
and
saboteur/stren
gth themes are
communicated
but not clear or
repeated from
report
• Student is
unprepared
& provides
only 1
strength and
1 saboteur
/2
Out of 6 total marks
• 5 Strengths and 5 Saboteurs - 2
marks
• 2 experiences w/ examples – 2 marks
(1 strength, 1 saboteur)
• 2 SMART goals – 2 marks
What parts of the
saboteur/strength
descriptions are totally
you?
What SKILLS are
associated with your
themes?
STRENGTHS/SABOTEURS PRESENTATION RUBRIC

35. STRENGTHS/SABOTEURS PRESENTATION
RUBRIC
Experiences • Provides clear
& convincing
link to
strength/sabot
eur theme
• Clearly and
convincingly
summarizes
experience
including a
Situation,
Task, Action
and Result
(STAR)
• Some
reference to
applicable
strength
theme and
inner
saboteur
• Sufficient
information
however
lacks STAR
structure
• Little or no
reference to
applicable
strength or
saboteur
themes
• Example
lacks clarity
and structure
/2
How do your strengths/saboteurs show up in your life?
Give a solid example including: situation, task, the actions
you took, and the results of your actions.

36. STRENGTHS/SABOTEURS PRESENTATION RUBR
Goal Setting • Provides 2
SMART
goals that
will develop
strength
and
saboteur
theme
consisting
of ALL
elements of
a SMART
• Goals are
partially
developed
but does
not meet
SMART
criteria of
goal
setting
• Little or no
mention of
goals or
specific
action plan
/2
SMART Goals
S - specific
M - measureable
A - attainable
R - relevant
T – time bound
How can you use your
strengths/saboteurs to excel in
your studies or in other areas of
life?

37. NEXT WEEK
• Complete both online quizzes to find out your strengths and
saboteurs and bring a hard/soft copy of your report
• Be prepared to speak for less than 3 minutes on:
• List your 5 strengths
• List your 5 saboteurs
• List 1 experience where you have seen a strength play out in
your life (using STAR method)
• List 1 experience where you have seen a saboteur play out in
your life(using STAR method)
• Write 2 SMART goals, one including a saboteur, and one
including a strength
• Sign up to at least one BCC workshop in COOL