Career Management

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Lecturers

Prof.
Hrvoje Džapo
PhD

Course Description

Career management is more than (re)sending a CV to a posted job opening or finding a student job at all cost. To be happy and satisfied with what we do, we need to know what we want and how to achieve it. The course is intended for students who are not sure how to choose a career that will be in line with their personality, interests, values, knowledge, as well as for those students who know exactly what they want, but do not know how to achieve it. Through a series of lectures and exercises, students will be able to better understand their career choices and they will be able to link them to a career that might be interesting to them. The goal of this subject is not early employment, but skills development that will enable better employability and career management throughout students’ lives.

Prerequisites

No prior knowledge is required

Study Programmes

University undergraduate
[FER3-HR] Computing - study
Skills (5. semester)
[FER3-HR] Electrical Engineering and Information Technology - study
Skills (5. semester)
[FER2-HR] Computer Engineering - module
Skills (5. semester)
[FER2-HR] Computer Science - module
Skills (5. semester)
[FER2-HR] Control Engineering and Automation - module
Skills (5. semester)
[FER2-HR] Electrical Power Engineering - module
Skills (5. semester)
[FER2-HR] Electronic and Computer Engineering - module
Skills (5. semester)
[FER2-HR] Electronics - module
Skills (5. semester)
[FER2-HR] Information Processing - module
Skills (5. semester)
[FER2-HR] Software Engineering and Information Systems - module
Skills (5. semester)
[FER2-HR] Telecommunication and Informatics - module
Skills (5. semester)
[FER2-HR] Wireless Technologies - module
Skills (5. semester)
University graduate
[FER3-HR] Computing - study
Skills (1. semester) (3. semester)
[FER3-HR] Electrical Engineering and Information Technology - study
Skills (1. semester) (3. semester)
[FER3-HR] Information and Communication Technology - study
Skills (1. semester) (3. semester)
[FER2-HR] Computer Engineering - profile
Skills (1. semester) (3. semester)
[FER2-HR] Computer Science - profile
Skills (1. semester) (3. semester)
[FER2-HR] Control Engineering and Automation - profile
Skills (1. semester) (3. semester)
[FER2-HR] Electrical Engineering Systems and Technologies - profile
Skills (1. semester) (3. semester)
[FER2-HR] Electrical Power Engineering - profile
Skills (1. semester) (3. semester)
[FER2-HR] Electronic and Computer Engineering - profile
Skills (1. semester) (3. semester)
[FER2-HR] Electronics - profile
Skills (1. semester) (3. semester)
[FER2-HR] Information Processing - profile
Skills (1. semester) (3. semester)
[FER2-HR] Software Engineering and Information Systems - profile
Skills (1. semester) (3. semester)
[FER2-HR] Telecommunication and Informatics - profile
Skills (1. semester) (3. semester)
[FER2-HR] Wireless Technologies - profile
Skills (1. semester) (3. semester)

Learning Outcomes

  1. Compare jobs and potential employers
  2. Write a curriculum vitae (CV) and motivational letter formatted for a preferred job position
  3. Select a workplace and an employer who fits their knowledge, skills, interests, and values
  4. Apply different traditional and contemporary methods of active job search
  5. Identify the difference between their knowledge and skills and those required for the desired job
  6. Prepare themselves for a job interview with the prospective employer
  7. Prepare a plan for early career development

Forms of Teaching

Lectures

Laboratory Work

Structural Exercises

Acquisition of Skills

Other Forms of Group and Self Study

Grading Method

Continuous Assessment Exam
Type Threshold Percent of Grade Threshold Percent of Grade
Attendance 80 % 100 % 0 % 0 %
Comment:

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Week by Week Schedule

  1. Introductory lecture
  2. Understanding of your own career profile (identifying your own knowledge, skills, interests, values, and environmental conditions affecting your career choice)
  3. Identifying the ideal job and the employer (mapping your own knowledge, skills, interests, values and environmental conditions affecting your career choice, career paths, and job vacancies)
  4. Definition of career goals
  5. Active job search techniques (networking, (student) associations, volunteering, job postings, direct contact with potential employers, internships, employers' presentation at the faculty)
  6. Preparation for a job application I (CV)
  7. Preparation for a job application II (motivational letter, recommendations, portfolio)
  8. Job interviews I (in person, phone interviews, video interviews)
  9. Job interviews II (in person, phone interviews, video interviews)
  10. Testing I (technical interview, psychological testing)
  11. Testing II (technical interview, psychological testing)
  12. The first 100 days at work (I): meeting your own expectations, understanding of the working environment, building relationships with colleagues, asking questions, making proposals, dealing with mistakes, workers' rights (employment status, privacy protection, working hours, vacation and leave, maternity leave, night work, salary determination, dismissal, severance allowances, internal company regulations)
  13. The first 100 days at work (II): meeting your own expectations, understanding of the working environment, building relationships with colleagues, asking questions, making proposals, dealing with mistakes, workers' rights (employment status, privacy protection, working hours, vacation and leave, maternity leave, night work, salary determination, dismissal, severance allowances, internal company regulations)
  14. Business communication I (giving and receiving feedback, writing business emails, effective meetings, assertive vs. aggressive communication)
  15. Business communication II (giving and receiving feedback, writing business emails, effective meetings, assertive vs. aggressive communication)

Literature

I. Gospodnetić, N. Relić Sić (2021.), Upravljanje karijerom - skripta za vještinu Upravljanje karijerom, Sveučilište u Zagrebu Fakultet elektrotehnike i računarstva
Lindsey Pollak (2007.), Getting from College to Career, HarperColling Publishers
Bill Burnett, Dave Evans (2016.), Getting from College to Career, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

General

ID 204460
  Winter semester
2 ECTS
L1 English Level
L1 e-Learning
12 Lectures
0 Seminar
0 Exercises
24 Laboratory exercises
0 Project laboratory
0 Physical education excercises

Grading System

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