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COMM 202: CAREER FUNDAMENTALS Outline &

COURSE GOALS The world of work in the 21st century is going through rapid changes with technological advances and traditional employment relationships being replaced with more short-term and entrepreneurial roles. To succeed in this ever-changing environment, students need to develop a solid understanding of themselves and be able to articulate what unique value they have to offer for future employment opportunities. Through this course, students will develop a better understanding of their personal brand and learn skills required to market themselves for meaningful and fulfilling employment. Career Fundamentals is offered in partnership with the Hari B. Varshney Business Career Centre, which offers a range of programs to help students explore their career interests, discover their talents, and get them connected with the business community. The services offered through the Business Career Centre are diverse and include things such as 1:1 career coaching, networking events, alumni connections, career and professional development workshops, assistance with building individual career plans, and much more. Learn more at https://mybcom.sauder.ubc.ca/careers Please read this outline carefully. It is your responsibility to understand the instructions, rules and due dates it contains. COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills related to: 1. PERSONAL BRAND: Gain a greater understanding of personal strengths and emotional intelligence. 2. RESUME: Write an ethical, error-free professional resume with profile/key competencies, education, accomplishment statements, and interests that showcase personal brand and relevant skills. 3. COVER LETTER: Write an ethical, error-free professional cover letter, including research, and demonstrate personal brand through skills, knowledge, attitude, and interest, using S.T.A.R. statements. 4. NETWORKING: Know how to find and develop connections in your personal and business community, conduct yourself professionally at a networking event and learn how to follow up to build long-term mutually beneficial relationships. 5. EMPLOYMENT INTERVIEWS: Perform a persuasive behavioural employment interview leveraging non-verbal and verbal communication skills to communicate personal brand and unique value offered. 6. INFORMATION INTERVIEWS: Conduct a professional information interview with an industry professional applying effective research and networking skills. Explain the hidden job market. 7. BUSINESS CAREER CENTRE: Develop an understanding of the value that the Career Centre offers through experiencing a group coaching appointment with a Career Centre BCom Career Manager. Identify relevant career and professional development programming and services to engage with during remainder of time in UBC Sauder. Know where you’re at in your career journey through an individualized action plan and the resources to put your plan – and SMART goals – in action.

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PROGRAM GOALS B.COM Career Management Professionalism Oral & Written Communication Ethics & Sustainability COURSE INFORMATION Division: General Business

Term: 2018W – Term 2

Professor: Conor Topley

Lecture & Tutorial Locations: 

Lecture: HA 098 (Tues), 491 (Wed & Fri)

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Tutorials: HA 096

It is important that students attend all lectures and tutorials to which they have been assigned. Students cannot switch in and out of sections or tutorials. Only the UGO can administer a change in your section/tutorial. CLASS STRUCTURE Each week, students will either attend a lecture or a tutorial in accordance with their registered section. There will never be a time when both a lecture and tutorial are scheduled during the same week. Please see the course calendar on Canvas for specific lecture and tutorial weeks. Lectures Students will attend 50-minute lectures led by the professor, and will be introduced to various career topics such as job search strategies, personal branding, and leveraging your network. Attendance is required at all lectures. Tutorials: Students will have 50-minute tutorials led by at T.A. as per your timetable. The T.A. will review the career topic that was introduced in lecture in further detail. Students will practice applying these career tools and strategies to various steps within the recruitment process. Attendance is required at all tutorials. Office Hours: Based on student feedback, we have strategically placed office hours when students need the most support. As a result, office hours will be offered as due dates approach for the following assignments: Skills Matrix and Resume & Cover Letter. More information on office hours will be provided in lectures and tutorials leading up to this assignment, and posted on Canvas. To register for office hours, to best serve students a digital sign-up sheet will the posted-on Canvas. A “no show” for a timeslot you signed up for will impact your professionalism grade. If you need support beyond the posted office hours, please coordinate with your TA directly within a reasonable time frame. Last minute requests for support will not be addressed so be planful and seek assistance early.

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COMMUNICATION & EMAILS Your first point of contact for any correspondence is to email your TA. In the rare occurrence where you do not get a response, you will then contact either of the Head TA’s. Please do not email the professor directly, unless you already contacted to your section T.A. and one of the Head TA’s. Section T36 & T37 T27 & T29 T23 & T32 T21 & T22 T28 & T30 & T31 T24 & T35 T38 & T39 T26 & T40 T25 & T34

TA Name Amanda Bamford Ingrid Bakke Carly Sangha Ena Gan Kristy de Clark Sam Wong Sean Qi Bonnie Cheng Theo Guevara

TA Email [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Head T.A’s: Theo Guevara ([email protected]) & Carly Sangha ([email protected]) Professor’s E-mail: see notes above before emailing: [email protected]

EMAIL ETIQUETTE When sending emails, it is very important to understand and observe general guidelines of email etiquette (tone, professional language, etc.) in order to minimize any possible misunderstandings. Please be sure to provide the following in your message: 

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Subject lines of all emails should follow the format below: o Course, Section - First Name, Last Name, Student # - Subject of Email o Example: Comm 202 T25 - Theo Guevara 28349581 – Question about Mock Interviews Some students have multiple email accounts. Please use one email address for all correspondence as it is often necessary to sort your multiple messages. Please be aware that the COMM 202 team will do its best to respond to all emails as quickly as possible however we are balancing other priorities, therefore, please allow a 48 business hour period (Monday to Friday) for a response to all emails before following up.

COURSE MATERIALS & REQUIREMENTS

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There is no textbook for this course. Information for the course will be uploaded to Canvas. Students should familiarize themselves with Canvas and should check back regularly for updates through the term. All assignments are submitted through Canvas, unless directed otherwise. Required Technology: iClicker. Each student will need to purchase and register their own clicker and bring this to each Lecture. They are available for purchase at the UBC Bookstore. It is the student’s responsibility to ensure their iClicker is registered to their Canvas account to capture their participation in lecture. No participation will lead to a reduction in your professionalism grade. Note: There is a “lids down” policy (described below) for all lectures and tutorials unless stated otherwise. Course Fee: A course fee of $116.00 will be collected at the beginning of the term. This fee covers the cost of the StrengthsFinder and ECR Emotional Intelligence assessments. Fees can be paid via Duplication Services (HA443) or online. Note: Final grades will be held back until this fee is paid in full.

ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW Detailed instructions for assignments are available on Canvas. Please see Canvas for all specific elements described in the outline. There are no exams in this course. 100% attendance is expected.

Assignments Self-Awareness: StrengthQuest Assessment Business Career Centre: Group Coaching Session Skills Matrix Presentation Emotional Capital Report Assessment Skills Matrix Write-Up

Weighting

20%

Market Awareness: Job Posting Research Assignment Informational Interview Networking Event: Attend & Reflect Personal Brand: LinkedIn Profile Resume & Cover Letter Draft & Review Resume & Cover Letter Final Submission Experience: Mock Employment Interview

20%

Professionalism: Attendance & Professional Participation

10%

Bonus: Interview Stream Sauder Employment Analytics Tool (SEAT)

20%

30%

3%

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VMock Smart Resume Tool The evaluation weights listed above are non-negotiable.

ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW (continued) As you would expect, great care is taken in the marking of assessments for this course. In the unlikely event that you believe an assignment must be re-read, take you must submit a formal request with 5 business days of when the homework was returned in class or grades released. All written requests must be in formal business letter format addressing the specific points of the rubric you disagree with (max of 500 words). If a written request is made, all components of the assignment will be re-evaluated by another member of the TA team and a new grade will be assigned. If a new grade is assigned, it may be higher or lower than the original grade and the student must accept the lower grade. Formal requests must be emailed to: your TA, both head TAs and the professor. ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES: TURNITIN / PLAGIARISM / LATE POLICY All of your assignment submissions are to be made on Canvas, and assessments will be bulk submitted to Turnitin by the instructor to check for plagiarism. Copying someone else’s work: All assignments must reflect your own individual work. As such, it must be entirely your own work. Copying any part of an assignment from another student or online source will be considered academic misconduct. Refer to the UBC Calendar for a more detailed discussion of academic misconduct. For students taking COMM 202 multiple times: Please be aware that you will be required to produce original work each time through the course. Late assignments: All late assignments will receive a mark of 0. For more information on the university’s Academic Misconduct policies and procedures please review this link.

COURSE POLICIES and EXPECTATIONS 1.

Punctuality. Punctuality is extremely important. Late attendance will drop your professionalism grade. Students who arrive late (or leave early) disturb all others. You should not leave the room during the 50 minutes of class time unless there is a pressing reason to do so.

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Professionalism. Professionalism is required both in business and in the classroom. What does it mean in a learning environment? • Coming to class on time and being prepared for the topic at hand. Listening to and respecting others (professor, TAs, Business Career Centre Managers, consultants and you peers). • Giving 100% of your attention to the course. • Not distracting others with private conversations or off topic behaviour. • Students are expected to contribute during class discussions in order to enrich the learning experience for everyone. However, individual students should not

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monopolize or dominate discussions, precluding or intimidating others from contributing. When someone is talking, it is expected that everyone will listen and not hold parallel conversations.

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Assignments are due in the manner specified in the relevant assignment outline on Canvas by the specified due date (Pacific time and UBC server time). Late assignments will score zero; this is a firm policy. To put this policy in context, if you were applying for a job and missed the application deadline, you would not receive an interview of get ‘partial marks’. We are simply treating your assignments with the same expectations. It does not matter whether it was your fault (uploaded the wrong file) or external factors (computer crashed); the policy is here to engrain better habits in time management. To save yourself frustration, avoid submitting your assignment at the last minute and adopt a useful philosophy: Early is the new “on-time”. In exceptional circumstances (major illness, family bereavement), students should contact the UGO in writing—ahead of time if at all possible—and the UGO will bring the matter to the attention of the Comm202 instructor.

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Absences and extensions. There will be no make-up work provided, and no extensions to deadlines. If a student is representing the University in an official capacity (such as varsity sports) pre-approved absences and extensions can be coordinated but must be done as early as possible in the term.

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Cell Phones. Your phone should be on silent (vibrate turned off) and should be put away in your bag. Do not use it in class unless specifically instructed to do so. You will be will be invited to use your personal technology at various points in the term, but if you are using your technology when not instructed to do so this will impact your professionalism grade and you may be asked to leave the room to avoid distracting other students.

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Laptops or tablets. Expect to use pen and paper, not your laptop, for note taking in class. The default use of laptops is “lids down” and you should only open up your laptop when professors ask you to do so for a specific task....