Essential Skills for Career Success
Overview
This unit aims to equip students with the reflective, professional, and career development capabilities required to navigate contemporary business environments and plan for long-term career success. Students will develop self-awareness, ethical judgement, adaptability, and professional identity, while building the capacity to evaluate their strengths, articulate their value, and plan their future development. Through reflective practice, industry engagement, and career-oriented learning activities, the unit prepares students to manage their professional growth, build a credible professional presence, and navigate transitions from university to work.
Requisites
100 Credit Points
01-November-2026
30-May-2027
31-October-2027
Unit learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Evaluate personal strengths, values, and development needs to support self-awareness and ongoing professional growth
- Apply strategies to manage wellbeing, resilience, and psychological safety in academic and early career contexts
- Develop and articulate a professional identity informed by reflection on personal strengths, capabilities, and career aspirations
- Curate and present a professional portfolio that demonstrates readiness for contemporary business and technology-enabled workplaces
- Develop a career development plan informed by reflection, industry insight, and future workforce expectations
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
On-campus Class |
2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
Online Online (asynchronous) Lecture |
1.00 | 12 weeks | 12 |
Online Learning activities |
0.25 | 12 | 3 |
| Unspecified Learning Activities (Independent Learning) | 9.25 | 12 weeks | 111 |
| Total | 150 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULOs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assignment 1 | Individual | 20 - 30% | 1,5 |
| Assignment 2 | Individual | 30 - 40% | 1,2,3 |
| Assignment 3 | Individual | 40 - 60% | 1,2,3,4,5 |
Content
- Self-awareness, emotional intelligence, strengths, values, and professional identity
- Wellbeing, resilience, stress management, and psychological safety
- Professional identity development and career pathways in contemporary business environments
- Understanding evolving business roles in contemporary organisations
- Mapping personal capabilities to industry expectations and professional standards
- Ethical and responsible professional practice in business contexts
- Building and managing a professional digital presence and professional networks
- Developing and curating a professional capability portfolio demonstrating knowledge, skills, and experience
- Reflective practice and lifelong learning for career resilience and adaptability
- Industry insights, employer expectations, and navigating transitions from university to professional practice
- Industry best-practice approaches to career development and professional readiness
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.