WORK READINESS PROGRAM: PREPARING FOR AN INTERNSHIP

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Overview

In this work-readiness subject addressing the La Trobe Innovation and Entrepreneurship Essential , you begin the internship process. You are expected to nominate the work or community sector in which you would like to work or to intern. You are not expected to have arranged an actual internship. T he subject assists you to scope properly a potential future internship. Guided by the subject coordinator, you define a project for an internship. You first inform yourself thoroughly about the industry or community sector in which the project might be located. You then develop a project plan, finessing it two drafts. You even complete a mock application and interview for the role you have planned. The subject enables you to start to configure your academic skills and learning into a possible start-up, career or vocation. The subject assists you in the planning and research that is needed before you can start to bring your university-based learning out and into an authentic work or community setting The application form is at https://latrobe.careerhub.com.au/Form.aspx?id=551308.

Portfolio

Office of the Provost

School

Subject coordinator

Tonya Stebbins

Subject type

Undergraduate

Year level

Year Level 3 - UG

AQF level

Level 7 - Bachelor Degree

Available as elective

Available to study abroad / exchange students

Yes

Capstone subject
Capstones provide students with a way of integrating and applying knowledge and skills gained throughout their course.

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Subject instances

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Learning resources

Recommended - Book - Work Placements: A survival guide for students

Career ready

Work based learning (placement):No

Graduate capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing

COMMUNICATION - Cultural Intelligence and Global Perspective

DISCIPLINE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Adaptability and Self-Management

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Ethical and Social Responsibility

Subject intended learning outcomes

On successful completion you will be able to:

Apply critical and problem solving skills to identify issues and roles affecting the organization in which you wish to intern.

Pre-figure communications you imagine you will make with a range of stakeholders in the organization in which you wish to intern.

Research the professional context of the organization in which you wish to intern, including its traditions and sites, the backgrounds of the people, and the issues of cultural and social diversity they confront.

Learning activities

Seminars and online sessions. Research Report on the Sector. Work or Community Project Brief. Application for a Role consistent with the Project Brief. Mock Interview for the Role.

Enrolment rules

Special conditions

Requisite rules

Prerequisites: Enrolment in this subject requires subject coordinator's approval HuSS students must have completed HUS1FAS and HUS2NGP, or their recognised equivalents, plus at least 90 other credit points in any level of their degree Students from other degrees are eligible to apply, and will be expected to have completed their second-year degree cores, or their equivalents, plus at least 90 other credit points in any level of their degree

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