Career Planning & Professional Goal Setting

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Course Code: CR01

Program: Career Readiness Program

Course Overview: Career planning begins with understanding personal strengths, interests, values, academic experience, and future aspirations. This self-awareness helps students explore realistic pathways, make informed choices, and develop greater confidence and direction.

This course supports career self-discovery, pathway exploration, professional goal-setting, employability-skill development, opportunity awareness, career decision-making, mentorship, and the creation of a practical career roadmap for internships and first jobs.

Learning Outcomes

  • Identify personal strengths, interests, values, and career aspirations
  • Explore career pathways, industries, roles, trends, and university opportunities
  • Set short-term and long-term professional goals aligned with academic choices
  • Assess and develop transferable, digital, communication, and problem-solving skills
  • Create a practical and adaptable personal career-development plan

Target Audience: University students exploring career direction, connecting academic choices with future opportunities, or preparing for internships and first jobs.

Learning Experience: Students engage through video overviews, audio deep dives, study guides, practical examples, reflection prompts, workbook activities, applied tasks, knowledge checks, and end-of-module quizzes. Activities support self-assessment, career exploration, goal-setting, opportunity research, employability-skill development, career decisions, and a personal action plan.

Course Structure: 5 modules / 20 lessons.

Special Feature: Every module concludes with a Putting It All Together audio deep dive that connects the key lessons and supports reflection and practical application.

Pathway Focus: Explore career direction. Set purposeful goals. Build an actionable roadmap.

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Course Content

Course Introduction

  • CR01 Career Planning & Professional Goal Setting
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Understanding Career Readiness & Self-Discovery
Module Overview: This module builds practical capability in understanding career readiness & self-discovery. Learners explore what is career readiness?, understanding strengths, interests & values, and exploring career pathways & opportunities and connect the learning to academic success, personal development, professional readiness, or future career application. Learning Focus: What Is Career Readiness? Understanding Strengths, Interests & Values Exploring Career Pathways & Opportunities Building Career Confidence & Direction Lesson Sequence: What Is Career Readiness? Understanding Strengths, Interests & Values Exploring Career Pathways & Opportunities Building Career Confidence & Direction

Career Goals & Professional Planning
Module Overview: This module builds practical capability in career goals & professional planning. Learners explore setting short-term & long-term career goals, creating a personal career roadmap, and aligning academic choices with career goals and connect the learning to academic success, personal development, professional readiness, or future career application. Learning Focus: Setting Short-Term & Long-Term Career Goals Creating a Personal Career Roadmap Aligning Academic Choices with Career Goals Tracking Progress & Adjusting Career Plans Lesson Sequence: Setting Short-Term & Long-Term Career Goals Creating a Personal Career Roadmap Aligning Academic Choices with Career Goals Tracking Progress & Adjusting Career Plans

Skills, Employability & Future Readiness
Module Overview: This module builds practical capability in skills, employability & future readiness. Learners explore understanding employability skills, transferable skills for any career, and digital, communication & problem-solving skills and connect the learning to academic success, personal development, professional readiness, or future career application. Learning Focus: Understanding Employability Skills Transferable Skills for Any Career Digital, Communication & Problem-Solving Skills Building a Future-Ready Skill Portfolio Lesson Sequence: Understanding Employability Skills Transferable Skills for Any Career Digital, Communication & Problem-Solving Skills Building a Future-Ready Skill Portfolio

Career Decision Making & Opportunity Awareness
Module Overview: This module builds practical capability in career decision making & opportunity awareness. Learners explore making informed career decisions, understanding industries, roles & career trends, and identifying opportunities during university and connect the learning to academic success, personal development, professional readiness, or future career application. Learning Focus: Making Informed Career Decisions Understanding Industries, Roles & Career Trends Identifying Opportunities During University Managing Uncertainty & Career Change Lesson Sequence: Making Informed Career Decisions Understanding Industries, Roles & Career Trends Identifying Opportunities During University Managing Uncertainty & Career Change

Personal Career Development Plan
Module Overview: This module builds practical capability in personal career development plan. Learners explore building a career development mindset, mentorship, guidance & career support, and career planning for internships and first jobs and connect the learning to academic success, personal development, professional readiness, or future career application. Learning Focus: Building a Career Development Mindset Mentorship, Guidance & Career Support Career Planning for Internships and First Jobs Creating a Personal Career Action Plan Lesson Sequence: Building a Career Development Mindset Mentorship, Guidance & Career Support Career Planning for Internships and First Jobs Creating a Personal Career Action Plan

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