TALENT DEVELOPMENT: CAREER MANAGEMENT SKILLS
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Enrollment year
2017/2018
Academic year
2018/2019
Regulations
DM270
Academic discipline
M-PSI/04 (PSYCHOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOLOGY OF EDUCATION)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF BRAIN AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Course
PSYCHOLOGY
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Year of study
Period
2nd semester (18/02/2019 - 07/06/2019)
ECTS
3
Lesson hours
18 lesson hours
Language
Italian /english
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Teacher
ZANETTI MARIA ASSUNTA (titolare) - 3 ECTS
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites, just strong motivation is required
Learning outcomes
The aims of the course is to increase students' awareness in terms of soft skills, useful for learning, managing career and life paths.
The course is divided into theoretical lectures, workshop and ‘laboratories’ with the aim of enabling students to identify their strengths and weaknesses, their abilities, skills, interests, needs and motivations. The goal is to support students to better understand each individual's "talent" and how could be combined with future professional profiles aspired.
The path leads student to make informed and effective decisions, with positive returns not only in the context of university but also in personal life and career paths.
The crucial point is the talent development path based on the adoption of the DOTS theoretical model. This initiative allow to continue the talent development after the course through individual or small groups session (coaching, mentoring, counseling). Students who have attended the course, after their entry in the labor market, can be involved as testimonials in future editions of the course at the University of Pavia in order to create a virtuous synergy.
Course contents
The course is divided into theoretical lectures, workshop and laboratories with the aim of enabling students to identify their skills, competences and interests in order to make informed decisions, not only in the university context but also to provide a set of skills crucial for the management of personal life paths.
The training interventions will be proposed with a workshop modality aimed at developing a capacity for self-reflection, the ability to self-evaluate oneself starting from individual talent. The focus is on awareness, strengths and weaknesses, and how they can be combined with career aspirations. The course will involve the representatives of the labor market. In addition, other key soft will be addressed: team work, storytelling, networking, leadership.

The topics are:
1. Labor market, employability and soft skills, CMS
2. Self-awareness and locus of control
3. Thinking models: beliefs and values
4. Communication skills and Negotiation
5. Team work and Time management
6. Transition learning: CV & job interview
7. Opportunity awareness: testimonials mercato del lavoro sui futuri profili lavorativi
8. Decision making: personal map
Teaching methods
Interactive lessons, exercises, simulations, case study, testimonials of the world of work
Reccomended or required readings

Carlotto G. (2017) Soft skills. Con-vincere con le competenze trasversali e raggiungere i propri obiettivi, Franco Angeli, Milano
Assessment methods
Design of a personal development and career plan.
Further information
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030