Title: Introduction
Course: EN_Career planning

In this module you deal with your individual and professional life planning and the social environment. You get a clear idea of the media industry and the career opportunities available.
You will plan the first steps of your career and develop a self-responsible thinking as a perspective for your career and life planning.
You learn to apply self-management methods and develop your own effective way of working in order to meet the requirements during the training and to optimally organise a self-determined learning process.

The chapters of this module are

1. Career in the media industry (3UC)
2. Planning a career (3 UC)
3. The job application (2UC)
4. Self-management (2UC)

Learning objectives

You know the various job profiles and career opportunities in the media industry. You can compare the opportunities in the labour market as paid employees and as entrepreneurs.
You gain an understanding of the terms "skills", "social skills", "personal skills" and "career preferences" and develop the ability to self-reflect on their own skills, competences, interests and preferences.
You can draw up a preliminary career plan.
You can use different ways of gathering information and derive necessary knowledge from it.
You can  create a CV and an exemplary cover letter.
You get to know the structure of an application portfolio and begin to create it during training.
You can structure your daily work routine and you are capable to design an effective weekly schedule.
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You are able to use different ways of obtaining information and draw necessary knowledge from it.