Attractiveness on the Labour Market

After finishing the course students will acquire knowledge about how to manage personal policy to increase chances of achieving goals on the competitive labour market.

The course is dealing with the most important concepts in the field of personal policy and in the field of managing own career: the art of self-presentation, impression management – a goal-directed conscious or unconscious process in which potential employees try to influence the perceptions of other people to achieve success on the labour market, shaping own image in internet, career managing, tips and crucial issues affecting chances on the labour market: writing CVs, application letters, answering questions during interviews while applying for a job, hard and soft competences on the labour market.

1. proprietary program,

2. A Śniegocka, Coaching kariery – jak w końcu zdobyć dobrą pracę i zacząć zarabiać, złote myśli sp. z .o.o. 2012

3. A. Matczak Determinants of social and emotional competencies, Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego (Warszawa), 2009.

4. W. Chojnacki, Army professionalization in socjological studies, Warsaw : National Defence University, 2008.

5. P. Siemieniak, Self-presentation dilemmas of women on managerial positions in the context of gender stereotypes, Poznan : Publishing House of Poznan University of Technology, 2011.

6. D.L. Price, Secrets of Personal Marketing Power: Strategies for Achieving Greater Personal and Business Success, Kendall Hunt Pub Co (April 1994).

7. Internet sources and career blogs.

Conditions for a positive assesment:

- lecture participation

- participation in discussions

- attendance

- presentations and short projects connected with discussed issues (CV, application letter, a short oral presentation): W1+++U1+++U3+KS1+++KS2+++

Obligatory conditions for assessment: Participation in lectures and exercises, Preparation of short projects connected with “applying for a job” issues, conducting oral presentation in front of the group about the described issue. Additional criteria: active participation in discussions during exercises.