Bus X410 Business Career Planning 1 credit hour On line Instructor Information Name Wendy Seligmann Phone 765 220 0387 Email welselig indiana edu Required Text Greene Susan D and Melanies C L Martel The Ultimate Job Hunter s Guidebook Sixth Edition Houghton Mifflin NY 2012 ISBN 13 978 1 111 53176 8 Purpose and format of the course The course is designed to assist you in making sense of your life determining what your marketable skills are and developing a marketing plan for yourself You will find the text to be a good resource on generating job search techniques cover letters and a resume While there are NO assigned readings you can use the text as a resource and guide In addition I will occasionally include examples of previous student work for assignments However mush of the course is dependent on your ability to look at your own experience skills and interests and formulate plans to optimize those By the end of the course you should have completed the following objectives 1 2 3 4 5 Identified your personal strengths Described your personal strengths in a way that prospective employers will value Developed a resume and cover letter Solicited information about your targeted vocational opportunities and Designed a self promotion and follow up plan The course is designed to be self paced It is a one hour credit course As such I expect you to log in about 50 hours of time to complete this course Think about it this way 15 hours for in class time and 30 hours of out of class time Besides which this is a course that is focused on YOU Think of this as an investment in yourself This course is designed to be self paced you may work ahead as fast as you like but you must complete the various assignments no later than the due dates The text is designed for you to use at your own pace and as you need various parts of it Course Assignments and Point Values Each assignment will each be spelled out with instructions Assignments should be submitted as attachments and there will be a scoring matrix for each assignment There will be due dates for each assignment Assignments will sometimes be accepted up to two weeks after the due date with half a point deducted for each day an assignment is late Look at each assignment for exceptions In some cases having an assignment done on time is imperative in order to complete the next assignment You will see that a time log is required This will give me some sense of what kind of time it is actually taking you to complete assignments and how much total time you are spending on the course This should be done in an Excel format and recorded by hours in tenth s of hour increments like 1 5 Below is what it would look like and in the time column create a sum so I can see the cumulative hours Do not be surprised if you spend more than 50 hours on this course Date January 15 January 22 January 23 January 28 Brief Description of Activity Writing present and future Identifying Functional Skills Read pages 10 15 in text On line Total Time Assignment 1 2 2 General Time 1 20 1 00 1 00 2 00 5 20 Here are the assignments by Due Date and their point values Assignment Points Description 1 Present Position and Desired Future 30 2 Taking Stock Identifying Your Top 10 functional Skills 3 Researching Your Options 50 4 Time Log 1 Due 10 5 Finding Real Live Job Openings 50 6 Draft of Resume 20 7 Draft of Cover Letter 8 Interview Questions and Thank You Note 20 9 Time Log 2 Due 10 50 50 Several paragraphs about yourself and your initial idea of your desired future Looking at your past identifying what skill areas you are strongest in Finding Out About your Desired Future opportunities money and market Excel Log Submitted up to February 11 Identify sources of job openings and pick one for which you would like to apply Write a resume for the position you would like to have next Write a letter for that same position What questions might you be asked and how might you respond Then say thank you for the interview Excel Log Submitted up to April 1 Due Date January 21 January 27 February 3 February 3 February 17 March 3 March 10 March 31 March 31 10 Five Year Career Projection 30 11 Revised Resume and Cover Letter 12 Refined idea about your desired future 60 13 Time log 3 Due 14 Complete Course Evaluation 10 Total Points 420 15 15 Three alternative paths with time frames and specific jobs three actions to take in next six months following the course Revise your resume and cover letter after instructor feedback Write 3 paragraphs on your ideas about your desired future shaped by your experience in the course Excel Log Submitted up to end of the course After all assignments completed go to instructor provided web address April 7 April 21 April 28 April 28 April 30 Grades The grading scale will include plusses and minuses Grades will be based on course totals there will be no individual assignment grades 378 420 A 336 377 B 294 335 C 252 293 D Below 252 an F WLS Spring 2014