UNIV 301 - Career Management

Description:
Identify work suited to interests, personality, goals, and values. Maximize ability to obtain work in chosen field, manage career moves to maintain interest and growth through economic changes and life stages while minimizing economic dislocation.

Credits: (2)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Explore strengths, personality traits, interests, and values to aid in identifying positive career choices, understand individual strengths, weaknesses and tendencies and how they may affect student performance and satisfaction.
Learn how to research jobs to investigate typical functions, requirements, and expectations so that he/she can better select, prepare and market strengths.
Learn how to build and maintain a professional network that brings research to life and makes contacts that will support and enhance career transitions.
Learn job finding skills including targeting markets and networking, prepare marketing materials and explore interviewing strategies to maximize career opportunities.

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
2/6/2009