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Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing
Assessment Brief
Module: CI4450 Setter: Graeme Jones
Title of Assignment: Employability Portfolio Deadline: 2359 Friday February 10th 2023
Module weighting: 30%
1. Overview
Employability is the state of having the skills and knowledge that enable you to achieve (graduate)
employment and being able to thrive in your chosen profession. Planning and developing your
career is a life skill made significantly easier if you adopt an appropriate employability asset model.
In this assessment, you will
• undertake an audit of your knowledge and skills to identify weaknesses (or to identify
missing evidence for that knowledge and skills) and to create a career development plan to
address any issues,
• evidence your understanding of the recruitment process and the different stages of a typical
job application (e.g. CV, cover letter, psychometric testing, video interview, assessment
centres, and final interview), and
• create an e-portfolio that provides evidence of the discipline knowledge, professional
knowledge, soft skills, and personal attributes required by employers in your chosen
profession.
Your Employability Portfolio submission is made up of four elements:
A. Employability Asset Model (20%)
Undertake an audit of your knowledge and skills to identify weaknesses (or to identify missing
evidence for that knowledge and skills) and to create a career development plan to address any
issues.
(The following components have equal marks i.e. 10%)
B. The Recruitment Process (40%) |
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| C. Employability Portfolio (40%) Create an e-portfolio that provides evidence of the discipline knowledge, professional knowledge, soft skills, and personal attributes required by employers in your chosen profession. One compelling piece of evidence per asset type is required to achieve a pass although two to three compelling pieces per asset type are required to score top marks. Each piece of evidence should be well presented, clearly explained and should exhibit some level of personal reflection. (The following components have equal marks i.e. 10%)
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| D. Extra Miles In addition to the above components, the set of activities (and their artefacts) shown below can be submitted for additional marks. For each extra mile item (apart from your LinkedIn account), you should construct a story somewhere in your employability portfolio consisting of a title, a descriptive and reflective narrative, and evidence (or link to evidence). (The components below have different marks. Maximum extra-mile marks 20%)
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2. Submission Details
| WARNING – READ THE FOLLOWING SECTION CAREFULLY MAKING NOTES. FAILURE TO SUBMIT CORRECTLY WILL RESULT IN A MARK OF ZERO |
There are four components to your assessment: the Employability Asset Model (20%), The
Recruitment Process (40%), the Employability Portfolio (40%) and the Extra Miles (optional).
The Employability Asset Model component and the Recruitment Process component are autosubmitted via the Pebblepad workbooks you have completed in Activity 1 and Activity 2 of the
Employability Studio workshops. Provided that you have saved your workbooks periodically, no
further action needs be taken to submit these components.
However, for your Employability Portfolio and each of your Extra Miles items, a public URL must be
created and entered into your Submission Log Word document which you should then submit via
Canvas i.e. YOU MUST TAKE ADDITIONAL ACTION to submit the Employability Portfolio (40%) and
the Extra Miles components. The Submission Log can be downloaded from the following link:
Submission Log
Completing the Submission Log
• You should put your name and ID number in the first table.
• You should put the public URL* of your portfolio in the second table. (If you have any additional
comments you want to make to the assessor, you can put these in the last row.)
• You should put your LinkedIn account URL into the third table.
• Each Extra Mile item should be embedded as a story in your portfolio i.e. has a title, a
descriptive and reflective narrative, and evidence (or link to evidence). The public URLs of your
Extra Mile stories* should be put in the remaining tables in the Submission Log as appropriate.
| MAKE SURE ANYONE CAN ACCESS YOUR URLS WITHOUT THE NEED FOR AUTHENTICATION ON ANY PLATFORM. |
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| * | If you are submitting a Pebblepad portfolio, you must use the Pebblepad dashboard to generate a public URL – see the “How to generate a public URL for your Pebblepad portfolio” video i.e. Task 5 of Activity 4 in the Employability Studio workshops. |
| * | To find the public URL of an Extra Mile story, visit your portfolio using its public URL, navigate to your story, and then copy the URL from the address bar. |
Submitting the Submission Log
Once you have populated the Submission Log, you should upload this document to the Canvas
Employability Portfolio assignment by the published deadline.
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3. Assessment Criteria
| Component of Assessment | Criteria |
| Employability Asset Model (20%) | Employability Asset Audit Rigorous completion of the workbook Understanding of asset model categories Relevant job advert(s) used Career Development Plan Rigorous completion of the workbook Clear identification of missing employability assets or missing evidence for existing assets Evidence of research when completing exercises Realistic plan for acquiring missing assets or for securing evidence for existing assets |
| The Recruitment Process (40%) | Key features of a typical CV provided Document of a professional standard Rigorous completion of the workbook |
| Employability Portfolio (40%) | Coverage of all types of employability assets Artefacts correctly linked to appropriate employability assets Artefacts should be well presented, clearly explained and exhibits with some level of personal reflection |
| Extra Miles | Evidence of significant engagement with and commitment to the development of professional employability profile |