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Lecture 1 - Business Practice For Marketing - Introduction
Lecture 1 - Business Practice For Marketing - Introduction
Developing your
Professional Brand
Kevin Heffernan
1 24 Sept Introduction to the Module Introductions, getting to know & No workshops programmed for week 1 *please see
questions: Blackboard for your
weekly reading.
‘If I were a brand, what would it be?’
2 1 Oct The graduate labour market What career do you want?/ Group Reflective taster. Hightfliers report
formation/ Coursework 2018
How will I make my group work more
effective?
3 8 Oct Employability 1 Discussion: Highfliers Group scenarios: problems and
Sign group contract. solutions.
Group roles and final opportunity to get
into a group.
4 15 Oct Employability & Extra Curricular Your role within a team Group Scenarios continued.
activities
5 22 Oct Developing Critical Formative feedback on group work. Developing your critical thinking skills. formative feedback
Thinking/argument and analytical session: worth 10%
skills
6 29 Oct Employability Week- No 5MARK004W Classes programmed.
However, students are expected to take advantage of the many employability enhancing events taking place.
Assignment 2 requires you to attend and reflect on one of the programmed events
7 5 Nov Developing Critical Reflective GROUP PRESENTATION Exercises on reflection Assignment 1: Due
Skills November 5th 2018
8 12 Nov Guest speaker: Careers Developing your reflective and Developing your logic through reflective
critical thinking skills. process
Questions regarding the reflective
assignment.
9 19 Nov Constructing your CV Developing your LinkedIn Working on your ‘Skills Audit’ Assignment 2 Due
22nd November 2018
10 26 Nov Approaching Interviews: selling Students bring CV & peer review Developing cover letter Bring CV & Cover
yourself. identifying areas for improvement letter
11 3 Dec Developing your own Personal Role play- Interviewer and Developing your PDP
Development Plan. (PDP) interviewee.
12 10 Dec Sum up & Final assignment re- Assignment workshop Assignment workshop.
brief
Assignment 3: Due
January 7th 2019
The Module Assessments
Assessment Deadline for Method of Feedback available: Feedback
submission submission available
from:
Group 5th November In seminar & w/c 19th November, In Class
presentation 2018 PowerPoints 2018 (Verbal) &
on Turnitin Blackboard
Reflection 22th November Turnitin w/c 10th December, Blackboard
report 2018 2018
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Questions to ponder for next week & for
your seminars:
• Do you know what career you will work in?