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QUALIFICATION: BSB80615 Graduate Diploma of Management (Learning)/
BSB80215 Graduate Diploma of Strategic Leadership
UNIT CODE AND UNIT NAME: BSBLED808 Conduct a career development session
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Assessment 2
PLAN A GROUP COACHING SESSION
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Assessment 3
CONDUCT A CAREER DEVELOPMENT SESSION FOR AN INDIVIDUAL
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Assessment 1: Knowledge Questions
YOUR TASK:
This assessment has THREE parts. Refer to the relevant learner guide and supplementary readings and answer the questions below.
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Unless otherwise specified, please limit your answer to a maximum of 100 words per question.
PART A: Career development theories and models
1. Explain the ‘Theory of Work Adjustment’ in your own words.
2. Explain what you understand by the acronym RIASEC.
3. According to Super’s Self Concept Theory, does ‘self-concept’ remain static throughout your life or does it change? Explain Super’s theory of ‘life stages’ and development tasks in detail
4. What are the implications of Super’s theory for career counselling?
5. Do you agree with Krumboltz ‘Theory of Planned Happenstance’? Why or why not? Give examples from your own life experiences to respond to explain the reasons for your answer.
6. Refer to Bandura’s ‘Social Cognitive Theory’ and answer the following questions:
a. What is ‘self- efficacy’?
. How does self-efficacy affect a person’s ability to function in a workplace?
PART B: Career Development Standards and key concepts
(Also refer to Reading 2: CICA_Prof_Standatrds_Booklet)
7. Which organization commissioned the development of the professional standards for career development professionals in Australia?
8. What are career development standards and what is their impact on career counselling?
9. According to the CICA Professional Standards, what are the competencies required in terms of advanced communication skills for working as a career development professional?
10. List any three Federal laws that you need to understand as part of your career management work.
11. Why is it important to understand organizational policies prior to conducting a career development session?
12. Explain the following concepts in your own words:
a. Lifelong learning
. Holistic career development
c. Career decision making
d. Career maintenance
e. Work satisfaction
f. Employability
g. Enterprising
h. Positive uncertainty
i. Happenstance
PART C: Career Coaching and client interactions
13. What do you understand by career coaching?
14. What are the core competencies and key skills required to deliver career development sessions?
15. Analyse and describe your own strengths and weaknesses against the core competencies required for professional coaching.
16. List any THREE factors or ways of thinking or feeling, (apart from education, training and job roles) that impact on an individual’s career choices. Explain how they can impact on individual career choices
17. List at least FIVE strategies you can use to build a rapport with individuals and groups when conducting career development sessions
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Assessment 2: Planning a Group Coaching Session
This assessment uses a research conducted in Tunisia with a group of accounting students and employers as a basis to construct a case study for planning a group coaching session.
YOUR TASK:
This assessment has THREE parts. You need to read the introduction to each part and complete the questions that follow.
Please read the ‘Assessor’s Checklist’ at the end of this assessment to understand the criteria your assessor will be marking you against.
WORD LIMIT: Unless otherwise specified, please limit your answer to a maximum of 50 words per question
PART A: RESEARCH PAPER
CASE STUDY BACKGROUND
Step 1: Refer to Reading 3 ‘Skills and Attributes Needed for Success in Accounting Career’ provided to you
Step 2: Find the information from the above reading and respond to the questions below.
1. Briefly explain the purpose of the research conducted in Tunisia.
2. How many students participated in the study?
3. What skills do employers expect of accounting graduates at recruitment, in training and in ongoing accounting employment?
4. What professional skills do graduating accounting students perceive as having the highest priority for career success?
5. As a career development coach, which skills do you think the graduates need to develop further to match the expectations of the employers?
PART B: INFORMATION GATHERING
CASE STUDY – continued
Imagine that 10 of the Accounting graduates (4 men and 6 women) who participated in the above study are planning to travel to Australia in the near future to seek job opportunities in Australia.
They have also expressed an interest in getting their Tunisian Bachelor Degree in Accounting assessed for equivalence in Australia, in order to apply for an Accountant (general) position. They have found out that CPA Australia is the body responsible for assessing the equivalence of overseas qualifications against Australian qualifications.
The subjects they completed as part of their Bachelor degree in Tunisia include:
*Accounting Systems and Processes
*Financial Accounting and Reporting
*Management Accounting
*Finance and Financial Management
*Business Law
*Economics
*Tunisian Legal System
Their university has invited you to Tunisia you to provide a 2-hour group career development session to them, so they can understand the Australian job environment for accountants. In order to prepare for this group session, you need to undertake research to gather information about the Accounting profession, career opportunities and career development options for these graduates in Australia.
What you need to do:
Step 1: Conduct online research in relation to a career in Accounting in Australia. https:
eta.seeklearning.com.au/accountant
https:
www.opencolleges.edu.au/careers/why-how-to-become-an-accountant
https:
joboutlook.gov.au/occupation.aspx?code=2211
https:
www.cpaaustralia.com.au
ecome-a-cpa/migration-assessment/criteria-and-requirements
If any of the above links are not working, please find the information through your own /Internet research and include the link to the website where you found the information with each response.
Step 2: Complete the questions below
1. What do accountants do on a day to day basis?
2. What is the salary range for accountants in Australia?
3. What are the three top States for employment as an Accountant?
4. What are the key skills required by Accountants in Australia?
5. Which post graduate Masters qualification could they do to advance their Accounting career in Australia?
6. Go to https:
www.cpaaustralia.com.au
ecome-a-cpa/migration-assessment/criteria-and-requirements. Carefully ready the CPA guidelines to assess the equivalence of the graduates’ Bachelor Degree against the Australian Bachelor Degree qualification. You need to look at the mandatory competency areas for Accountant (general XXXXXXXXXX.
1. Will the Bachelor Degree in Accounting from Tunisia be deemed equivalent to the Australian Bachelor Degree?
2. Why or why not?
3. What can the graduates do to meet the requirements?
PART C: CAREER DEVELOPMENT SESSION PLAN
CASE STUDY – continued
You have now gathered sufficient information relevant to the Accountants career in Australia. You are getting ready to deliver your group career development session. You need to start developing your detailed session plan.
What you need to do:
Read Sections 8, 9 and 10 in your Learner Guide. Complete the tasks below
1. Analyse your