1. and used with the permission of the author.
JOBTALKS
A Career
Education Plan
Indiana University Kelley School of Business
Contents used in this presentation are adapted from Career Planning Strategies
and used with the permission of the author.

2. Business X420 Business Career Planning
A Required 2-credit Class

3. CAREER PLANNING STRATEGY
Foreign
Employment?
Graduate Study?
Accepted Job?
International
Options?
Entrepreneurial?
Career Education
What are your career plans after graduation?
Have you already accepted employment?
If you are a foreign student, what plans are ahead?
Do you plan to do graduate study? When? How?
Will you try the entrepreneurial track?
Regardless of your immediate career plans, you can find a series of career tracks available in the structure of BusX420 that will permit you to gain great value from this course.
Follow Significant Other?

4. Career Planning Strategies
IMPLEMENTING: Reality Test
THEORY: Assessing – Exploring – Searching
REALITY: Action through Career Education Course
How do your competencies relate to the real career marketplace?
Reality Test
The first chapters of your Career Planning Strategies textbook introduces you to the theory behind your personal career planning. The theory focuses upon the techniques of self assessment, career exploration, and the job search process.
The reality is that you must find a series of jobs now or later in life that relate to your interests and the content that you have learned in higher education.
This course serves as your road map. Regardless of the CAREER TRACK that you have selected, the course content will lead you through the creation of a “career portfolio” which should serve you well as a foundation for starting job searches at future times.

5. College to Career Transition
Lectures (large group)
Discussion Sessions (smaller groups)
Laboratory (weekly individual appointments)
Written Projects (creating relevant content)
College to Career Transition
The Kelley School of Business faculty mandated a requirement for this course in 1938 when Herman Wells, long-time IU President, was Dean. Through several faculty reviews, it has evolved to today’s course. You will find the syllabus on the Oncourse website.
The lectures, also called SCOOPS and CLIPS, are designed to deliver content to large groups.
The discussion sessions are focused on smaller groups where some interaction can occur.
The laboratory consists of weekly 20-minute appointments with your career counselor. These appointments are designed around a personal discussion of projects that lead to the final exercise which is a career portfolio.
The written projects draw from the textbook content and involve preparation of career materials that you are likely to use for a lifetime.

6. Course Structure: Lectures
Length: Two 75-minute lectures for 9 weeks
Topics: Coincide with textbook chapter headings
Instruction Leaders: Faculty, Guests, Corporate Executives
SCOOPS: Panels of Business Managers (often alums – 5 sessions)
Focus Lectures: Guests and Faculty (special hot topics)
Lectures
The two 75-minute lectures each week will last for 9 weeks. They will be conducted in classrooms seating large groups and typically use the PowerPoint style of delivering broad-based content.
The instruction will be lead by full-time faculty, several guest lecturers, and corporate executives.
The executive panels meet in various classrooms in panel formats with a variety of multimedia presentations. Five class sessions from class 4 through class 8 will be called “SCOOPS,” which is an acronym for Selected Career Opportunities Orientation Programs.
After SCOOPS and starting in week 5, the faculty and carefully selected guest lectures will finish the lecture session with corporate topic lectures. They are centered around topics covered in your textbook.

7. Course Structure: Discussion Sessions
Style: Optional small group discussions on career topics
Length: Two 75-minute sessions at 5:30 and 7:00 p.m.
Leaders: Faculty and guest experts
Format: Short PowerPoints, video clips, panels
Audience: Topical interactive discussions
Discussion Session Structure
The discussion sessions are optional small group discussions on pre-identified career topics.
The interactive discussions are lead by experts and are often given in panel formats.
After a short PowerPoint presentation, occasionally supplemented with a relevant videotape, the interactive audience participation completes the learning process.

8. Discussion Topics and Schedule
Mock Interviews (X220)
Interview Techniques
Web-based Searching
Presentation Skills
Dress for Success
Cover Letters
Communication Skills
Alternate Career Options
MBA Admissions Panel
Options for Foreign Nationals
Listening Skills
Informational Interviews
Diversity Issues
Networking
Leadership Tools
Many others
Topics and Schedule
Each evening on MTWTh, about 3 different topics are offered. The Discussion Schedule of topics, rooms, times, etc. is available on your Oncourse website. Discussions end after week 8.
This is a small sample of the topics offered. Please see the Discussion Schedule and decide to attend based on the value of the topic to your personal situation.

9. Course Structure: Lab Taught by an assigned career counselor
Meet one-on-one each week for 10 weeks
Discuss projects and career portfolio progress
Lab take-away value: Activity-based learning
Weekly guidance and advice
Lab Career Counselor
Each lab session is taught by a career counselor who is specifically assigned to you. You will meet one-on-one for about 20 minutes each week in the early evening to discuss a project that you prepared. This project will become part of your required final career portfolio.
Reading textbooks, attending lectures, and taking quizzes are important activities in all classes. But, many of us learn best by memorizing while others learn best by just doing.
Career education requires an activity-based approach to learning.
When you finish this class, you will have completed a package of materials called a “Career Portfolio.” You are likely to use this portfolio for many years during your working life. Your career counselor, during your assigned lab session, will guide your progress throughout the semester.

10. Study Method Each Week: Lecture – Lab – Discussion Session
LAB: Project Submission
READING: Textbook and Oncourse
PORTFOLIO: Strategy and Technique Tools
RESULT: HIGH Retention and Lifelong Use
Study Method
Each week you will be expected to attend a lecture and a lab meeting which involves the review of a component of your career portfolio. The discussion sessions are optional.
The Oncourse website will guide you through your assignment in a week-by-week listing of readings, events, project assignment options, and related discussion topics.
Each week as you follow the Oncourse website, you will be recording, listening, writing, and reviewing.
Our programmed study method will enhance your retention of the content that you learn for many years if you follow the recommended approach. Regardless of your career interests, the materials that you contribute to your career portfolio will become the foundation of a lifetime of use.

11. Grade Planning for an A
Attend every lecture time (including SCOOPS) –18 lectures
Attend 8 discussion sessions, preferably more
Attend every lab
Complete at least 8 projects at satisfactory level
Grade Planning for an A
All of the grading details are in your online syllabus. Read it carefully! To earn an “A” we suggest the following:
Attend all lectures every Tuesday and Thursday
Attend at least 4 discussion sessions, preferably more
Participate in your lab every week
Complete at least 8 projects

12. Read Oncourse Syllabus Each Week
Read syllabus by week, every week
Meet with your career counselor every week
Select discussion topics to attend each week
Each Week
You must read the syllabus immediately and understand what it takes to get the grade you desire.
Complete the Project Planning Form and resume.
Meet with your career counselor every week. Upload your resume.
Select a discussion topic each week.

13. Several Discussion Sessions
Foreign Nationals
TOPICS: Visas, home country employment, US jobs, etc.
Several Discussion Sessions
Date Time Location
Foreign National websites
International Student Services
Staff participation/Panels/Experts/Alums
Foreign Nationals
Foreign nationals face some unique legal limitations in their job search. Programs run by staff faculty and international student organizations aid in enhancing the Career Services Office with special activities, such as resume books and international job programs.
There is a special discussion session each week, usually on Mondays, geared especially to foreign nationals. These are co-taught with staff from the International Student Services Office. Please consult the Oncourse schedule under Discussion Sessions for the exact date, time, and location. The X420 course is especially relevant to foreign nationals as it offers a unique insight into how the US employment system functions. It is often quite different than that in their home country. The Foreign National Orientation Program meets once per week and is the equivalent of a discussion session and appropriate grade points are awarded.
Other special services may be available to individuals in this group in the UCSO.

14. If you would like to learn more, Career Planning Strategies textbook will supply additional information on this topic.