Personality Development, Career Planning

Brief description

  • Recognising one's own personality preferences and the competences derived from them
  • Career anchors (according to Edgar Schein)
  • Self-presentation (personal appearance in job applications)
  • Application process (analysis of adverts, CV and document design, interview)
  • Procedure for speculative applications
  • Requirements for assessment centres

Mode of delivery

face to face

Type

compulsory

Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools

  • Handout
  • Mell, H. (2014): Erfolgreiche Karriereplanung: Praxistipps für Bewerbung, Beruf und Karriere vom erfahrenen Personalberater, ‎ 2. Auflage, Springer Vieweg.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lecture, presentations, role plays, personality and competence analysis, knowledge exchange within groups, self-study, group and individual written reflections

Assessment methods and criteria

Quality of group assignments, the CVs produced by students plus presentations

Prerequisites and co-requisites

-

Infos

Degree programme

Logistics & Transport Management (Bachelor)

Cycle

Bachelor

ECTS Credits

1.00

Language of instruction

German

Curriculum

Full-Time

Academic year

2025

Semester

5 WS

Incoming

Yes

Learning outcome

After successful completion of the course, students can

  • plan their career in a targeted manner during and after completing their studies
  • describe their individual skills, competences and needs and take them into account in their career decisions
  • professionally design their CV and the necessary documents
  • consider the requirements of a job interview
  • use the procedure for speculative applications
  • prepare themselves according to the requirements of an assessment centre

Course code

0391-21-01-VZ-DE-51