Developing career management skills within the HE curriculum: a review and evaluation of different approaches

Developing career management competencies among undergraduates and the role of work-integrated learning

“…An established and widely used model (Watts 2006) is DOTS (Peterson, Sampson, and Reardon 1991) which underpins much of career management provision in HE providers (Evans 2008). The model comprises four dimensions: development of decision-making skills; opportunity awareness; transition learning -such as job-search skills -and self-awareness.…”

“…The use of portfolios for self-reflection is strongly supported and is considered critical for self-awareness and the effective articulation of experience and capabilities to potential employers, particularly in non-technical skills (Berdrow and Evers 2011). Recent discussions of alternative approaches focus on the use of library services (Davey and Tucker 2011) case studies and lectures (Greenbank 2011) and embedded units or modules (see Evans 2008). Unsurprisingly, employers are concerned with graduate career management competencies (Bridgstock 2009).…”

Students' Attitudes on Social Network Sites and their Actual Use for Career Management Competences and Professional Identity Development

“…A variety of career competence models exist. Many of these focus on selfanalysis, matching individuals with labour market opportunities and workplace effectiveness [4]. For the purposes of the present study, Kuijpers and Scheerens' [33] fourlevel model of career management competences was applied.…”

“…Previous research findings indicate that students' professional identity development is influenced by work experiences and career decision self-efficacy [3] or career management competences [4]. Jackson and Wilton [2,1] highlight the influence of career management competences in identity development, showing that these competences affect self-efficacy and goal achievement, employability and long-term career success.…”

“…These three processes are applied in this article to the discussion of professional identity development and career management competences. Interpretation of and reflection on an individual's career and career management is based on subjective perceptions of the career-developing narrative, which connects past, present and future and is linked to a person's identity [4].…”