Sustainability in Career

Development
Week 1: Careers and
Employability as a Global
Citizen

Aaron Browne, Module Leader

aaron.browne@London.aru.ac.uk
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Welcome
A very warm welcome to Sustainability in Career Development. In this
module we will explore:

• The changing world of work (including analysis of the labour market

and different industries)
• Your motivations for choosing a career
• The skills and experience needed for sustainable career success
• Different career pathways and how to get there
• Employability skills needed to successfully transition from higher
education to the world of work
Our Goal
By the end of the module you will understand how to find and
develop a meaningful and rewarding career.

You will be equipped with the tools

you need to research, plan and
successfully apply for graduate roles
and postgraduate courses or prepare
to create a sustainable business
venture.
Week 1 Outline
This week we will consider:

• How we can learn well together – creating a professional

environment
• The content of the module
• The future of work and Global Citizenship
• Boundaryless and protean careers
• What we value at work
Creating a Learning Environment
To promote learning, personal development and academic success, we
commit to:

• Respect for the lecturer and each other

• Being fully present and engaged – including group work!
• Only one person speaking at any time
• Arriving promptly
• Not walking around during lectures
• Showing empathy and compassion

Anything you’d like to add?

Level 5 Learning
At this stage of your learning journey, you will:

• Be more autonomous in managing academic resources

• Appy and critically analyse academic literature
• Use more credible sources
• Read widely around the topic
• Understand the ethical implications
of subject areas
• Take responsibility for your own learning
• Work effectively with others
Question
What do you want to do for your career?

Business Analyst, Business Development Manager,

self-employment, Sales Executive?

If you are unsure at this point, you can say ‘unsure’

or ‘I don’t know’ (this is what we are here to help
with)
Key drivers and trends affecting the labour
market in the future and skills demand
Domestic and political Global political settings Economic growth
environment
State of public finances Ageing population Migration
Pace of technological change Technology-facilitated Climate change
changes to location and
organisation of work
Circular economy Bioeconomy Quality of work
Skills mismatches Inequality Changes in delivery of
education and training

(Department of Education, 2022)

The future of the world of work cannot be predicted with

precision or certainty (Department of Education, 2020)
Why Sustainability in Career
Development?
• There will always be a degree of uncertainty when it comes to the
world of work and how it will change
• New skills and continuing professional development will be
needed to keep up with the changes that do occur
• Graduate recruitment practices are changing, with increased
application of technology and artificial intelligence in the process
• Remote working opens up global opportunities – location may not
be a limiting factor
• People are seeking meaning and purpose in their work,
and require career management skills for life
Has work become less secure?

By a show of hands, who thinks the world of work in the UK has become
less secure in the past 10 years?

There is an oft-cited view that work in the UK is becoming less secure.

However, this report shows that unemployment, long-term
unemployment, and inactivity all decreased in the past decade, as did
redundancies and competition for jobs. Fewer workers had variable hours,
worked part-time involuntarily, or were underemployed. Low pay and
variable pay both declined. (CIPD, 2021)
What we will study
Week Topic

1 Careers and Employability as a Global Citizen

2 The Global Labour Market

3 Career Planning

4 Graduate Career Progression

5 CVs and Applications
6 Cover Letters and CV Writing
7 Sustainable Enterprise and Assignment Support
8 Assignment Support

9 Interview Skills

10 Assessment Centres and Psychometric Tests

11 Assessments / PG study

12 Assessments / PG study
Assignment

This module is assessed through a 5 minute live Zoom

explanation of your career plan.

Detailed instructions are available on the VLE under the

assessment tile.

The assignment process will support your career

progression.
Support and resources
The following will be useful as you progress through the module:

• The Employability Team and resources

• The Silver Employability Passport:

• Lunchtime 1.00 – 1.30
• Evenings 5.15 – 5.45

• Career Zone

You should be updating your Career Zone career

plan at the end of each weeks session
Silver Passport Scheme
 Join our Employability Passport to learn all the skills
you need to find a fantastic graduate job!

Join through the VLE:

1 pm Monday – Wednesday
5.15 pm Thursday
Click here!
Today’s session:
Introduction to the
Silver Scheme
Please contact employability@london.aru.ac.uk if you have any questions
Career sustainability

• In a changing world of work, it is

increasingly likely that individuals
won’t stay with the same employer
for the duration of their career

• They might change roles,

organisations or sectors more
frequently than previous
generations of workers

• This will happen to varying

degrees. Occupation and sector
choice will have a bearing on how
often change occurs
The boundaryless career and protean
career
Boundaryless career

Careers that span different organisations, sectors and employers. People

don’t stay with the same employer for their entire career. A response to the
changing world of work (Arthur & Rousseau, 1996).

Protean career

A career that is driven by the individual and not the organisation. The
individual takes responsibility for their own career development and
progression through an awareness of values and their own drivers
(Hall, 1976)
Career sustainability

To create a career that is sustainable throughout your life, this

module will help you think of the following:

Knowing why (what are your looking for from a career?)

Knowing what (what roles are related to what you are

looking for?)

Knowing how (how do we get there?)

Career sustainability and global
citizenship
Globalisation - the increasing integration of economies around the
world, particularly through the movement of goods, services, capital
and labour across borders (IMF, 2008)

As a citizen of an increasingly interconnected world, how might

globalisation affect your career (you could consider trade,
competition, working with different people from different cultures
etc)?

Discuss your thoughts in small groups

Global citizenship
Globalisation can affect different industries and
occupations in a variety of ways. For businesses:

Access to different markets and consumers across the

globe

Increased competition leading to lower prices,

specialisation and comparative advantage (Mankiw, 2010)

Lower costs for firms as they can outsource parts of

production to countries with lower labour costs
(Economics help, 2019)

How this will help with future career

development
Intrinsic and extrinsic career success

Extrinsic success is relatively objective and observable and typically

consists of highly tangible outcomes such as pay and ascendancy

Intrinsic success is defined as indi­viduals’ subjective appraisal of

their success and is most commonly expressed in terms of job,
career or life satisfaction (Judge & Kammeyer-Mueller, 2007)
Understanding your values
Open the ‘career value activity’ document on the VLE (you can find it
under the week 1 tile)

Read the instructions on the top of this document and choose your 5 most
important careers values from this list

Use the table at the bottom of the document to put your career values in
order starting with the most important

Briefly discuss your career values in groups of 3-4

Planning for Success
A study of 7,500 UK students identified the following behaviours were associated with
positive graduate destinations (employment or further study rather than unemployment):

1) Undertaking paid work while at university or in the six months immediately after;
2) Focusing job searches exclusively on graduate level jobs and making most
applications while still studying;
3) Having a career plan upon leaving university (Department for Education, 2017)
Success Story
In groups of 4-5:

• Work through the video transcript available under the week 1 tile and identify the
steps Susan Binnersley took to successfully progress in her career
• What actions does she recommend?
• What can you add to your career plan that will equip you for success?
ARUL career plan

Make a note of your values on your career plan on Career Zone

Continued
Summary
• Contributing to a professional learning environment will support
academic success and is an essential employability skill
• The module will equip you for a sustainable and rewarding career

• We all have different values,

strengths and interests, and
understanding ours will help
us find a career that we
enjoy
References
Arthur, M, B., & Rousseau, D, M. (1996). The boundaryless career. New York: Oxford University Press

CIPD (2021) Has work become less secure? London. Available at

https://www.cipd.co.uk/Images/has-work-become-less-secure-executive-summary_tcm18-103698.pdf {accessed on
18/08/22]

Department of Education (2022) Labour market and skills demand horizon scanning and future scenarios. London.
Available at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/
1077930/Labour_Market_and_Skills_Demand_Horizon_Scanning_and_Future_Scenarios_FINAL.pdf?
utm_source=All+Members&utm_campaign=6f5cf95091-
EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_11_02_02_40_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_037ed39e1d-
6f5cf95091-26814329 [accessed 18/08/22]

Department of Education (2020) Working Futures 2017-2027: Long-run labour market and skills projections for
the UK. London. Available at
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863506/Working
_Futures_Main_Report.pdf
[accessed on 19/08/22]

Department for Education (2017) Planning for success: graduates' career planning and its effect on
graduate outcomes available at
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/6041
70/Graduates__career_planning_and_its_effect_on_their_outcomes.pdf
References
Economics help (2019) Effects of Globalisation on the UK economy, available at
https://www.economicshelp.org/trade2/globalisation_uk_economy/ [accessed 23/12/2021]
Hall, D, T. (1976). Careers in organizations. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman.
IMF (2008) Globalisation: A Brief Overview, available at
https://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/ib/2008/053008.htm {accessed 20/12/2021}
Judge, T, A. & Kammeyer-Mueller, J, D. (2007). Personality and Career Success. In: Gunz, H. & Peiperl,
M. eds. Handbook of Career Studies [Online]. California: Sage, pp.59-77. [accessed 09/07/22] available at
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/anglia/reader.action?docID=996557
Mankiw, N, G. (2010) Macroeconomics, 7th ed. Worth Publishers, New York
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