Reference no: EM133004641

Career Coach - Assessment

TASK DESCRIPTION: You are required to participate in Career Coaching and complete a Learning Reflection.

RATIONALE: Career Coaching (or industry mentoring) is a useful tool to assist your career development. Career Coaching enables students to learn about ideal career paths, develop and enhance professional and communication skills and make informed career decisions.

STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE:

1. By the end of week 1, develop a list of potential coaches in your area of career interest, by researching your personal and professional networks and existing contacts (e.g., student clubs, current work experience, existing industry mentors).

You can use one or more of the following resources to find a suitable career coach:

a. Your personal contacts and networks
b. The OTOLO network
c. Griffith's e-Career Coach
d. Industry Mentoring at Griffith

Note: there are a range of different business-related coaches available, not all will be in the Tourism and Hospitality fields. All coaches are suitable, and can offer some employability advice, even if this is generic.

2. Once you have identified a coach, send them a ‘coach request' message. If you are not sure what to say, read the help document ‘How to write a coach request message' (also available in the Assessment tab on the Learning@Griffith course site).

3. You should aim to confirm your Career Coach as soon as possible and no later than end of week 3.

4. Coordinate 3 online meetings with your coach. Note: If a Coach suggests a phone call or an in-person meeting, these also count. You only need to engage with one coach. You should have no less than 3, and no more than 4, separate coaching exchanges with this coach (held on different days and at different times).

5. Prepare and write your career related questions. You might consider asking up to 3 questions in each meeting. Topics to discuss with your Career Coach can include:
• Advice on Professional Associations
• Career/Industry trends
• Coach's story
• Coach's tips
• Day in the life of a _____
• Desirable skills in Industry of interest
• Intercultural communication
• Leadership skills
• Networking
• People management skills
• Workplace flexibility

6. Record the details of each meeting, the questions you asked and write a summary of the discussions. It is best to write this immediately after you meet.

For your assessment you will need evidence of the conversations and meetings. Take a screenshot of your various Career Coach message histories and record as much detail as possible, for example on the interaction, what you learned, responses to questions and further ideas for follow-up.

7. Upon completion of the coaching, thank your coach for their time by sending them a thank you email, then ‘release' the coaching relationship.

ASSIGNMENT TEMPLATE:

1. Title page: include assessment item details; career coach name, profession and contact details; student details.

2. Introduction: include a short introduction on the coach, why you chose them, and aims of the assignment.

3. Body: List the questions (as headings) that guided your discussion during each meeting and provide your key learning reflections. Your learning reflections should consider what was discussed, what new information was learned and how you can/will use this in your career development.

4. You are encouraged to include some brief literature (1 or 2 articles) to support your analysis (e.g., why is your identified learning important).

5. Conclusion: add concluding remarks about the benefits and challenges of your career coach experience and a summary of next steps in your career development. For example, how has this advice helped your employability or career development and what will you take-away and apply from this information to benefit your career?

6. Appendix: include screen-shots or other evidence of communication exchanges (location, time, day, length and questions asked)

LENGTH: 1000 words

Attachment:- Career Coach.rar