Lectopia is a system for recording lectures so they can be viewed from any computer and /or downloaded on to your portable media player (eg iPod). When you view the Careers and Employment lectures via Lectopia you will hear the lecture and see everything that was shown on the data projector.
Each Lectopia recording is between 30 – 55 minutes. You will be given several bandwidths to select from (dial up modem, standard or high-speed broadband), the file sizes range from approximately 7 – 70 MB. Complete instructions on how to use Lectopia can be found at: - http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ads/support/lectopia/
Session 1 - Topics covered
Introduction to the program Careers in the Curriculum
Career Planning - A simple way to plan your career
Employer Expectations – what are the ten most important selection criteria employers use when recruiting graduates? See also handout.
Job Search – Where do you find jobs?
Employability Skills - How to effectively identify, present and discuss your employability skills in your resume and interview. See also handout
Session 2 - Topics covered
Employability Skills continued (How to effectively identify, present and discuss your employability skills in your resume and interview)
This class is run in conjunction with a skills card sort (available from Careers and Employment) or on the Interactive Program
Session 3 - Topics covered
Employment Fair– what is an employment fair and how to make the most of one
ePortfolios – What are they and do you need one? A demonstration of Swinburne's new ePortfolio program
Resumes – Learn how to target your resume to a job using current resume protocols for content and presentation. See also handout
Session 4 - Topics covered
Resumes continues – Examples of good and bad resumes
Resume Activity – Rank six resumes from best to worst.
Session 5 - Topics covered
Cover letters – Learn how to target your cover letter to a job using current protocols for content and presentations. See also handout.
Selection Criteria – When do you need to respond to the selection criteria of a job? What should you do? See also handout.
Application Forms – see examples of typical and tricky application form questions (with suggested answers). See also handout.
Session 6 - Topic covered
Interview – Australian interview styles and employer expectations and how to approach common interview questions. See also handout.
Session 7 - Topic covered
Interview continues – more examples of typical and tricky interview questions (with suggested answers)
This class is run in conjunction with interview practice. To simulate the practice you can use the Interviewer Program
Session 8 - Topic covered
Networking and information interviewing – These two tasks are the most important to employment success. How can you do it in an effective and stress free way? See handouts on Informational Interview and Networking.
Swinburne Destinations – Where do students with your degree go? Who can you target to find employers interested in you? See website.
Session 9 - Topic covered
Assessment Centres – What is an assessment centre? How can yo succeed in one? See also handout.
Psychometric Tests. What are the different types of psychometric tests? Can you improve in these? See also handout.
Session 10 - Topic covered
Mini Assessment Centre – Have a practice at an assessment centre. This fun activity will give you an insight into how you can be strategic and successful in assessment centres.
Career Action Plan – This is a way to summarise all ten sessions in to two pages. It allows you to succinctly and simply put all the critical aspect of your career plan together.
Survey – Tell us what you think of Careers in the curriculum
Introduction to the program Careers in the Curriculum 