Study Guide

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- recognise their own competences and create professional goals and professional identity
- recognise the practices and the rules of Finnish work life and create useful contacts and networks for the future career
- demonstrate mastery of the job application process, creating job application documents (application, CV, video CV) and acting during a job application process

Implementation and methods of teaching

The course is aimed to the second and the third year foreign students and to those Finnish students who wish to improve their job search skills as well as multicultural skills.
Learning methods: lectures, small groups discussions based on learning assignments, visitor lecturer, job interview simulation.

Timing and attendance

Compulsory participation in lectures 17.1.-22.4.2022 .

Learning material and recommended literature

Materials in Moodle and Internet

Alternative completion methods

-

Working life cooperation

possibly a visitor lecturer

Exam retakes

-

Learning environment

Moodle, Zoom

Student time use and work load

5 ects -> 135h

Contents

The course objective is to increase the foreign student's belief and trust in his/her employment opportunities in Finland, and to support him/her in a variety of different means.
Learning objectives
A student
-recognizes his/her own competencies and creates professional goals and professional identity
-knows the practices and the rules of Finnish work life
-is familiar with the different job portals and is able to utilize social media for a job search
-is able to give an elevator pitch and create the documents (application, CV) and knows how to act during a job applying process
-creates useful contacts and networks for the future career.

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Prerequisites for Lahti degrees
IBU and BIT: passed course Finnish for Foreigners 2
NUR: passed course Professional Finnish 2

Prerequisites for Lappeenranta degrees
IB, Hospitality Management, Nursing and Mechanical Engineering:
passed course Finnish Language and Culture 2

Assessment criteria

Assesment methods
- active participation in contact and on-line lectures and possibly visits
- learning assingments
- exam about Finnish working knowledge
- self evaluation

Assessment scale

1-5