This document provides an introduction to exercises from a workbook called "Your Personality and Values" which aims to help readers clarify their personality type and work values in order to choose a career path that suits them. It explains the concepts of personality type and values, and includes exercises to determine one's preferences on scales of extroversion/introversion, sensing/intuition, thinking/feeling, and judging/perceiving in order to identify one's personality type. The document then provides brief descriptions of the sixteen main personality types and examples of jobs that may suit each type.
This workbook helps students assess their skills to choose and prepare for their careers. It contains exercises to help users clarify or identify their skills, which is a first step in choosing work that suits them. The skills assessment can also assist with compiling CVs, preparing for interviews, and analyzing abilities. The workbook contents guide users through exercises for analyzing what skills and aptitudes they have.
I have decided that I want to pursue a career in estate agency after graduating from university. I began my job search looking at marketing roles due to my work experience and course of study, but was unsure of my long term goals. After meeting with a career advisor, I focused my search on property development and estate agency jobs, applying to 20 estate agent roles. Unable to find a full-time position yet, I obtained work experience at a local agency to build my resume and better qualify for future estate agent jobs.
Reflective writing is evidence of reflective thinkingstuartwright
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The document discusses different approaches to reflective writing in an academic context. It provides 3 key models for structuring reflection: Kolb's model, the University of Portsmouth's model, and Gibbs' model. The author decides to combine elements of these 3 models to create their own reflective writing process. It involves looking back on an event, analyzing it, drawing a conclusion, and creating an action plan for how to improve if a similar situation occurs again.
This workbook helps students assess their skills to choose and prepare for their careers. It contains exercises to help users clarify or identify their skills, which is a first step in choosing work that suits them. The skills assessment can also assist with compiling CVs, preparing for interviews, and analyzing one's abilities. The workbook contents provide guidance on identifying skills and aptitudes, doing a skill analysis, and understanding multiple intelligences and skills.
This document summarizes the author's work-based learning experience at an indoor rock climbing facility. The author made initial learning outcomes focused on personal skill development, then modified them to be specific to the placement. Key outcomes included understanding advertising in sports businesses and teamwork. The placement allowed the author to help advertise a charity event, developing creative and networking skills. Feedback was positive on teamwork skills. Post-placement, the author created short, mid, and long-term goals to continue skills development in areas like creativity, advertising, and kinaesthetic learning.
Difference between reference list in first year and 3rd yearstuartwright
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The document compares the differences between reference lists in first year and third year university assignments.
In the first year, reference lists contain basic information like author name, title, date, and URL for internet sources. In the third year, reference lists become more sophisticated and contain additional details like publisher location and name for books, and date accessed for online sources. The third year reference list also contains a wider variety of source types, including journal articles, reports, and newspaper articles alongside books and websites.
Continued professional development eportfoliostuartwright
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The document provides an eportfolio reflecting on the author's personal, career, and academic development during their third year of university. It establishes their current skills and identifies areas for development through self-audits. Goals are then set in the areas of career, academics, and personal development. For their career, the author aims to enhance their CV, establish contacts in the estate agent sector, and gain relevant work experience. Their academic aim is to achieve a 2:1 classification by developing critical writing and presentation skills. Their personal goal is to improve proactivity, which will benefit their career and academics. Progress is shown addressing each objective, with improvements to networking, CV, critical analysis, and presentation ability. Short and mid-term
The document outlines a dissertation timetable, noting that quantitative and qualitative research both needed to be organized and required being proactive to fully collect and analyze data. As interviews with the manager of City Bloc were part of the qualitative research, advance notice of over a week was needed to schedule the interview before the manager became too busy.
This document outlines two career objectives and one academic objective based on National Occupations Standards. The first career objective is to establish contacts within the estate agent sector through research and applying for jobs. The second academic objective is to become more confident in presenting as an individual by the end of university.
Critical understanding is needed to get a 2stuartwright
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To receive a 2:1 grade, students must demonstrate critical thinking in their response by showing a clear, well-planned investigation of the assigned topic supported by relevant literature. Their work must display both an application and critical understanding of the topic through implications for related theory and practice. It should also evidence a good breadth and depth of comprehension within a systems context and include well-grounded recommendations, possibly with a structured implementation plan, reflecting understanding of human resource management and service delivery issues.
Gain relevant work experience in the area of work that i want to go intostuartwright
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The document discusses gaining relevant work experience in estate agency. While the author applied for jobs but was unsuccessful due to a lack of experience, they were able to network with the manager of an estate agency and arrange to gain broad experience across the whole business rather than just one area like sales. This will help the author meet the experience requirements for jobs in the field.
This document contains a schedule of career development sessions attended between Monday 14th and Wednesday 23rd. It summarizes the key learnings from each session in 1-2 sentences. The sessions covered topics like improving CVs, networking, online marketing, demonstrating unique skills in interviews, and preparing for different interview types. Overall, the document helped the author better understand their interests and how to market themselves effectively for jobs.
The document discusses the positives and negatives of going travelling versus staying in Leeds. The positives of travelling include having unique experiences while young and being able to do anything while abroad. The negatives involve monetary constraints limiting activities, needing to return to work in Leicester with no savings, and delaying being able to buy a house until age 25. After weighing both options, the author decides to stay in Leeds but take a 3-week trip to Australia with Lucy in January 2015 once they have enough money to fully enjoy the trip.
I have decided that I want to pursue a career in estate agency after graduating from university. I began my job search looking at marketing roles due to my work experience and course of study, but was unsure of my long term goals. After meeting with a career advisor, I focused my search on property development and estate agency jobs, applying to 20 estate agent roles. Unable to find a full-time position yet, I obtained work experience at a local agency to build my resume and better qualify for future estate agent jobs.
The document discusses the positives and negatives of going travelling versus staying in Leeds. The positives of travelling include having unique experiences while young and being able to do anything while abroad. The negatives involve monetary constraints limiting activities, needing to return to work in Leicester with no savings, and delaying being able to buy a house until age 25. After weighing both options, the author decides to stay in Leeds but take a 3-week trip to Australia with Lucy in January 2015 once they have enough money to fully enjoy the trip.
The traveler flew to Sydney, Australia for $600 and purchased a half-price tourist attraction package for $62. They took buses to Byron Bay for $120 and hired a surfboard for $120, then took a $70 bus to Fraser Island for a 5-day tour that was $350. A bus to Cairns was $100 and a Great Barrier Reef tour was $1380, before flying back from Cairns for $650, bringing the total cost of the trip to $3352.
Stuart Wright is a recent graduate with a BA in Sport Business Management from Leeds Metropolitan University. He has extensive work experience in property development and management, construction, marketing, and customer service. His skills include managing a farm with over 250 cattle, marketing and advertising businesses, and dealing with customers in demanding situations such as paintball marshalling. He is now seeking a career in estate agency to utilize his property and business management experience.
This report summarizes the student's work-based learning experience and personal development. It outlines the stages the student went through to maximize their learning from their work placement, including setting learning outcomes. The report also discusses how the student plans to continue developing the skills gained to help secure their desired job after university.
The document is a learning log summarizing a student's activities over several weeks working at a sports business called City Bloc. Each day, the student performed various tasks like cleaning, reception work, and organizing paperwork. They also helped advertise a charity rock climbing event. Through these experiences, the student worked towards several learning outcomes, including learning how to work with customers, handle paperwork, and improve teamwork skills. The log demonstrates how the hands-on work at City Bloc helped the student learn effectively about different aspects of running a successful sports business.
City Bloc Blocbuster Everest Challenge contacts 2stuartwright
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1. The document lists various gyms, leisure centers, and sports teams in Leeds that have been contacted about participating in a charity challenge called the Blocbuster Everest challenge.
2. Contact information is provided for each location, along with notes on the status of discussions - some require follow up, others said they would participate or need more information.
3. The list documents initial outreach to potential participants in the fundraising event, which aims to engage local fitness businesses and athletes.
I have chosen to complete my work placement at City bloc indoor climbing wall. This placement will help me meet my learning outcomes, such as gaining an understanding of the occupational sector and developing my knowledge of kinaesthetic learning in a sports business environment. City bloc will provide opportunities to engage in advertising for a charity event through research, discussions, and interviews. This will help me understand how advertising is used in the professional environment to improve business success. Working at City bloc will also allow me to experience teamwork and developing entrepreneurial skills in a sports industry setting.
The document discusses a student updating their learning outcomes for a work placement. The main change was adding an outcome to develop an understanding of advertising in a professional sports business. The student feels advertising is an area they want to pursue after graduation, so it is important to include in their learning outcomes. The student provides 6 learning outcomes across career, academic, and personal development categories. For each outcome, the student justifies how it is specific to their interests and goals.
Possible Work Placement Opportunities 2stuartwright
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This document lists possible work placement opportunities in Leeds and Leicestershire, including the organization name, address, and contact number. Some opportunities in Leeds include Citybloc industrial estate, Bramley Baths leisure center, East Leeds Leisure Centre, and Scott Hall Sports Centre. In Leicestershire, opportunities include Leicester Tigers rugby club, Leicester Outdoor Pursuit Centre, Rebel Sports Paintballing, and Market Harborough Leisure Centre.
This document lists possible work placement opportunities in Leeds and Leicestershire. In Leeds, opportunities are listed at 12 locations including sports centers, a leisure center, indoor karting, county cricket club, and paintball facility. In Leicestershire, opportunities are listed at 6 locations like a rugby club, outdoor pursuit center, paintballing, leisure center, county cricket club, and armored vehicle experience facility. Contact details including addresses and phone numbers are provided for each placement.
This document provides an example of an individual learning outcome matrix and an aggregated learning outcome matrix to help justify and evidence learning outcomes against assessment requirements. The individual matrix lists 6 learning outcomes for the student with descriptions of how each outcome is specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-bound. The aggregated matrix then shows how the student's personal learning outcomes cover the module's academic and career learning outcomes.
Continued professional development eportfoliostuartwright
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The document provides an eportfolio reflecting on the author's personal, career, and academic development during their third year of university. It establishes their current skills and identifies areas for development through self-audits. Goals are then set in the areas of career, academics, and personal development. For their career, the author aims to enhance their CV, establish contacts in the estate agent sector, and gain relevant work experience. Their academic aim is to achieve a 2:1 classification by developing critical writing and presentation skills. Their personal goal is to improve proactivity, which will benefit their career and academics. Progress is shown addressing each objective, with improvements to networking, CV, critical analysis, and presentation ability. Short and mid-term
The document outlines a dissertation timetable, noting that quantitative and qualitative research both needed to be organized and required being proactive to fully collect and analyze data. As interviews with the manager of City Bloc were part of the qualitative research, advance notice of over a week was needed to schedule the interview before the manager became too busy.
This document outlines two career objectives and one academic objective based on National Occupations Standards. The first career objective is to establish contacts within the estate agent sector through research and applying for jobs. The second academic objective is to become more confident in presenting as an individual by the end of university.
Critical understanding is needed to get a 2stuartwright
油
To receive a 2:1 grade, students must demonstrate critical thinking in their response by showing a clear, well-planned investigation of the assigned topic supported by relevant literature. Their work must display both an application and critical understanding of the topic through implications for related theory and practice. It should also evidence a good breadth and depth of comprehension within a systems context and include well-grounded recommendations, possibly with a structured implementation plan, reflecting understanding of human resource management and service delivery issues.
Gain relevant work experience in the area of work that i want to go intostuartwright
油
The document discusses gaining relevant work experience in estate agency. While the author applied for jobs but was unsuccessful due to a lack of experience, they were able to network with the manager of an estate agency and arrange to gain broad experience across the whole business rather than just one area like sales. This will help the author meet the experience requirements for jobs in the field.
This document contains a schedule of career development sessions attended between Monday 14th and Wednesday 23rd. It summarizes the key learnings from each session in 1-2 sentences. The sessions covered topics like improving CVs, networking, online marketing, demonstrating unique skills in interviews, and preparing for different interview types. Overall, the document helped the author better understand their interests and how to market themselves effectively for jobs.
The document discusses the positives and negatives of going travelling versus staying in Leeds. The positives of travelling include having unique experiences while young and being able to do anything while abroad. The negatives involve monetary constraints limiting activities, needing to return to work in Leicester with no savings, and delaying being able to buy a house until age 25. After weighing both options, the author decides to stay in Leeds but take a 3-week trip to Australia with Lucy in January 2015 once they have enough money to fully enjoy the trip.
I have decided that I want to pursue a career in estate agency after graduating from university. I began my job search looking at marketing roles due to my work experience and course of study, but was unsure of my long term goals. After meeting with a career advisor, I focused my search on property development and estate agency jobs, applying to 20 estate agent roles. Unable to find a full-time position yet, I obtained work experience at a local agency to build my resume and better qualify for future estate agent jobs.
The document discusses the positives and negatives of going travelling versus staying in Leeds. The positives of travelling include having unique experiences while young and being able to do anything while abroad. The negatives involve monetary constraints limiting activities, needing to return to work in Leicester with no savings, and delaying being able to buy a house until age 25. After weighing both options, the author decides to stay in Leeds but take a 3-week trip to Australia with Lucy in January 2015 once they have enough money to fully enjoy the trip.
The traveler flew to Sydney, Australia for $600 and purchased a half-price tourist attraction package for $62. They took buses to Byron Bay for $120 and hired a surfboard for $120, then took a $70 bus to Fraser Island for a 5-day tour that was $350. A bus to Cairns was $100 and a Great Barrier Reef tour was $1380, before flying back from Cairns for $650, bringing the total cost of the trip to $3352.
Stuart Wright is a recent graduate with a BA in Sport Business Management from Leeds Metropolitan University. He has extensive work experience in property development and management, construction, marketing, and customer service. His skills include managing a farm with over 250 cattle, marketing and advertising businesses, and dealing with customers in demanding situations such as paintball marshalling. He is now seeking a career in estate agency to utilize his property and business management experience.
This report summarizes the student's work-based learning experience and personal development. It outlines the stages the student went through to maximize their learning from their work placement, including setting learning outcomes. The report also discusses how the student plans to continue developing the skills gained to help secure their desired job after university.
The document is a learning log summarizing a student's activities over several weeks working at a sports business called City Bloc. Each day, the student performed various tasks like cleaning, reception work, and organizing paperwork. They also helped advertise a charity rock climbing event. Through these experiences, the student worked towards several learning outcomes, including learning how to work with customers, handle paperwork, and improve teamwork skills. The log demonstrates how the hands-on work at City Bloc helped the student learn effectively about different aspects of running a successful sports business.
City Bloc Blocbuster Everest Challenge contacts 2stuartwright
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1. The document lists various gyms, leisure centers, and sports teams in Leeds that have been contacted about participating in a charity challenge called the Blocbuster Everest challenge.
2. Contact information is provided for each location, along with notes on the status of discussions - some require follow up, others said they would participate or need more information.
3. The list documents initial outreach to potential participants in the fundraising event, which aims to engage local fitness businesses and athletes.
I have chosen to complete my work placement at City bloc indoor climbing wall. This placement will help me meet my learning outcomes, such as gaining an understanding of the occupational sector and developing my knowledge of kinaesthetic learning in a sports business environment. City bloc will provide opportunities to engage in advertising for a charity event through research, discussions, and interviews. This will help me understand how advertising is used in the professional environment to improve business success. Working at City bloc will also allow me to experience teamwork and developing entrepreneurial skills in a sports industry setting.
The document discusses a student updating their learning outcomes for a work placement. The main change was adding an outcome to develop an understanding of advertising in a professional sports business. The student feels advertising is an area they want to pursue after graduation, so it is important to include in their learning outcomes. The student provides 6 learning outcomes across career, academic, and personal development categories. For each outcome, the student justifies how it is specific to their interests and goals.
Possible Work Placement Opportunities 2stuartwright
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This document lists possible work placement opportunities in Leeds and Leicestershire, including the organization name, address, and contact number. Some opportunities in Leeds include Citybloc industrial estate, Bramley Baths leisure center, East Leeds Leisure Centre, and Scott Hall Sports Centre. In Leicestershire, opportunities include Leicester Tigers rugby club, Leicester Outdoor Pursuit Centre, Rebel Sports Paintballing, and Market Harborough Leisure Centre.
This document lists possible work placement opportunities in Leeds and Leicestershire. In Leeds, opportunities are listed at 12 locations including sports centers, a leisure center, indoor karting, county cricket club, and paintball facility. In Leicestershire, opportunities are listed at 6 locations like a rugby club, outdoor pursuit center, paintballing, leisure center, county cricket club, and armored vehicle experience facility. Contact details including addresses and phone numbers are provided for each placement.
This document provides an example of an individual learning outcome matrix and an aggregated learning outcome matrix to help justify and evidence learning outcomes against assessment requirements. The individual matrix lists 6 learning outcomes for the student with descriptions of how each outcome is specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-bound. The aggregated matrix then shows how the student's personal learning outcomes cover the module's academic and career learning outcomes.