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Putting employability - and the realities of the workplace - at its heart, this handy guide provides the means and motivation to help you get the most out of your time at university, focusing your skills on helping you achieve a great job on graduation.
List of contents
Introduction
Part I - The land of opportunity
Where you are now
An A to Z of Skills development
Graduate skills
Competences and ways of operating in the Twenty First Century
Going Global
Part II - Self awareness and development
Self-development and profiling
Integrity Matters: The integrated self and organization
Career and life planning
The nuts and bolts of career communication
Volunteering and internships
Part III - The Responsible Practitioner
Freud & Sons: A vocabulary for understanding psychosocial development
Responsible business practice
Responsible leadership and governance
Part IV - Humanity and Futures
Supporting Resources
Futures
About the author
Paul Dowson has a business background and gained his MBA from the University of Leeds in 1992. To pursue his interest in teaching he joined Leeds Metropolitan University in 2002 where he lectured in the area of Personal Development for ten years. In 2005 he developed with Engage Mutual Assurance ‘LifePlan’, an innovative Corporate Responsibility (CR) programme aimed at defining personal and professional pathways for adults of all ages. From 2007 to 2012 Paul was a Senior Lecturer in the School of Applied Global Ethics and working with Prof Simon Robinson developed the Responsible Engagement programme which sought to build student identity around taking responsibility for self, other and global concerns; as well as introducing students to Corporate Responsibility.
Summary
Putting employability – and the realities of the workplace – at its heart, this handy guide provides the means and motivation to help you get the most out of your time at university, focusing your skills on helping you achieve a great job on graduation.
