Enhancing Employability

Module code: 5BUS1085

Career Research
Report Briefing

Purpose of the
report

Required
information

How to conduct
your research

How to structure
and
layout your
report

Submission
Requirements

Why is this assignment

important
This report will support you in considering your
future career and give you important information in
helping your make career planning decisions
It will provide you with an awareness of the
knowledge, skills and experience required by a
recent graduate
It will enable you to become aware of the
opportunities available to graduates in the current
jobs market
You will be research information on the skills,
knowledge and experience employers are looking
for

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The Task
Having identified your profession or sector of
employment you will need to:

Research the current and future expectations of

employers, the likely future trends in graduate
employment in this profession or sector and what
recruitment and selection methods being used
You should then be able to produce a summary of
the key skills, knowledge and experience which
employers require from graduates seeking roles
within this profession or sector

What will you be

researching?
You need to research and decide upon a profession you are
interested in for example: Operations Management, Retail
Management, Marketing, Sales, Human Resource Management

OR look at a particular industry sector that you are interested in

working in when you graduate for example: the media, not for
profit, tourism, finance, sports and leisure

You may be interested in other career options, for example

teaching or entering the armed forces or the police

You may be already working within your chosen career area, so

you will need to consider future roles, promotion opportunities or
transferring to other departments within the company

Carrying out the

research
Enhancing Employability - Information Resources

Preparation of your CV
You will need to review and
develop your CV seek
support from Careers,
Employment & Enterprise
Services to help you with this
You should prepare your CV
exactly as your situation is
now not what you hope it
will look like when you
graduate!
Your CV is a crucial starting
point to your graduate or
placement job search
You must attach your CV as an
appendix to your report

Research a current
opportunity
You will need to identify one
current role being advertised
that you would be interested in
applying for when you graduate
You will also need to provide the
advert or information on the
current position that you
identified as an appendix to your
report
This will form the basis for a
large part of Assignment 3
your Career Action Plan
In Assignment 3 you will
reviewing yourself against the
requirements of the role that you
identified in this assignment

Researching your report

Structuring your report

Employability Week
Passport
Dont forget that you need

to include a jpeg of your

passport in the body of
your report
Include this as one of your
appendices not as a
separate document
You need to ensure that
you refer to your research,
learning and reflection as a
result of attendance at the
sessions within your report
as appropriate
You need 5 separate
stamps on your passport to
be eligible to receive up to
10% of the module marks

Writing your report

Laying out your report

Submission
Requirements

Beware of the penalties

Extension Requests

Mike Rosier