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Labour Markets and Career Development Theory

Unit Code: HAYD401

Duration

Contact Hours

Campus

Prerequisite

Corequisite

1 Semester /Teaching Period

Online

Admission to the Graduate Certificate in Career Development or the Graduate Diploma in Career Development, or equivalent as assessed by the program convenor.

Credit Points: 12.5 Credit Points

Related Course/s:

A unit of study in the Graduate Certificate in Career Development and the Graduate Diploma in Career Development.

Aims & Objectives:

This unit of study equips students with the knowledge and skills required to understand and articulate the changes that have taken place in the labour market and to identify and utilise appropriate career counselling theory in clinical practice.

Teaching Methods:

Off campus / e-learning

Assessment:

Two online elluminate tutorials, plus discussion board (hurdle requirement)
Discussion Board contributions (10%)

Assignment 1 (40%)

Assignment 2 (50%)

Generic Skills Outcomes:

Diagnose how the environment where a person works affects their appraisal of their career situation.

Interpret the radical changes taking place in the way work is being organised by employers and the effects on the human resources they employ to carry it out.

Categorise formative events during life’s journey affecting career choices and their relevancy to how you select methods of career support.

Discern where mainstream theories of career choice contribute to the effectiveness of your career counselling.

Content:

Topics cover an analysis of the changes that have taken place in the global labour market and their implication upon the development of human capital at national, regional and local levels.

The unit also categorises and explores the major career development theories (content, process and convergent) in the light of current thinking and perspective.