Reference no: EM133756734 , Length: word count:2500
CAREER OWNERSHIP
Assessment
Assessment type: Career Plan Prototype - Individual. 2,500 words report
Purpose: This assessment is designed to allow students to prepare themselves to be job-ready in the gig economy future trend.
Topic: Career Plan Prototype
Task Details:
The students are expected to narrow down their career options they researched in A2 and prepare themselves by developing their personal branding, personal positioning as well as developing portfolio to support their brand. Minimum 8 articles should be used and they must be from 2018 onwards, and all articles must be full papers (not research note or book reviews) sourced from refereed academic journals.
The students are also expected to do a 10 minutes pitch presentation to expose themselves to a gig work opportunity in their chosen field.
Suggested Structure (Career Prototype)
1. Personal statement (summary from A1)
2. Gig career aspiration (summary from A2)
3. Targeted gig economy platform
4. Personal Branding and Positioning
5. Collection of Portfolio (mock-up) - including social media platforms mock-up.
Criteria
Alignment between personal statement and the career options
Identification of the appropriate opportunity in the gig
Critical thinking and synthesis of information
Quality and Creativity of the mockup plan
Professional presentation of prototype
References list and Referencing (in-text citation).