MSP100 Career Learning: Managing

Your Career
Session 1: Wellbeing
Unit Introduction
What is MSP100?

• Your personalised career learning

journey

• Engages with blended learning

• Supports the development of reflective

practice.
MyMurdoch Learning Interface
What is MyMurdoch Learning?

• The MyMurdoch Learning is your gateway to MSP100.

• Important information can be found here, including:

• Announcements – important updates are posted here

• Unit Information and Learning Guide (UILG) – you MUST read this and refer to
it
• Local Lecturer and Unit Coordinator contact
• Discussion and Connection Space – a discussion forum for students.
MSP100 Career Learning: Managing Your
Career
• First-year Component of the Career
Learning Spine
• Worth 3 credit points
• Made up of 6 mini modules:
1. Wellbeing
2. Career Aspirations and Goals
3. Digital Presence and Identity
4. Professional Networking
5. Opportunity Awareness
6. Career Planning.
Mini Module 1 - Wellbeing

• Exploring the importance of Wellbeing

• How can you improve your wellbeing?

• Investigating the concepts of grit and the

growth mindset

• How do these aid in developing resilience?

• Creating a SMART study goal

• How can you apply this beyond the unit?

Mini Module 2 – Career Aspirations and
Goals
• Explore the idea of career aspirations and goals

•How might these influence and inform your

career choices?

• Employability skills

•What do employers want?

• SWOT analysis

•Developing self awareness

Mini Module 3 – Digital Presence and Identity

• Developing an online digital presence

•How can you develop a professional identity?

•How can you maintain digital safety and security?

Mini Module 4 – Professional Networking

• Identifying opportunities to connect with like-

minded people in a professional setting

• Ask yourself:
•How is my professional network different
to my social network?
•Who do I already have a professional
connection with?
•What have I got to offer?
•Who might I want to connect with in the
future?
•What do I do if I am shy or introverted?
Mini Module 5 – Opportunity Awareness

• Building your knowledge of the

professional world of work
• How do career paths develop?

• Seeking advice and expertise

• How can you use these opportunities to
your best advantage?
Mini Module 6 – Career Planning

• Career management and planning

• The ‘big picture’
• The practical steps
• A lifelong journey – starting
now
Digital Platform - PebblePad

• You will complete all of your assessment work in the PebblePad workbooks

• PebblePad has the flexibility for you to create your own professional
eportfolio to showcase you and your work:
➢Your skills and attributes
➢Your qualifications and certificates
➢Written references
➢Critical reflection on your work and skills
➢Examples of your work

• You can upload documents, images, sound and video files; create links to
external sites; record all of your professional activity.
Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the unit you should be able to:

1. Identify and apply key concepts and techniques relating to career planning and
management;
2. Demonstrate effective communication skills in written work and oral
presentations;
3. Demonstrate the relevance of digital identity and networking in the context of
your future career
4. Develop and mobilise a career plan.
Assessments

• There are three assessments (plus a participation grade) – each one has a
submission date – see the Unit Information Guide (UIG) for details

• You will share your PebblePad workbook – details for how will be provided closer
to the submission date

• The assessments can be found in Mini Module 2, Mini Module 4 and Mini Module
6

• You do not have to share the other workbooks, but you do need to complete
them.
Thank you