Acc1101 Assignment 1

Reflective Journal On Wednesday the 13th of bound 2012 in room H102 at 12-1pm Catherine Chinnock from USQ life storys came to talk to the prime(prenominal) semester ACC1101 student about c wholeing development (ACC1101 2012). I was never one to listen to calling expositions or pay attention to any type of life history development presentation, because most of the time they would just echo the same thing over and over again. So when it came to listening to the career development presentation in my first semester (second semester for USQ) I wasnt too enthused at what Catherine had to offer.Though after listening to the presentation I was in reality surprised at what I had experiencet and was commensurate to agnize why career development learning is beneficial, curiously at Uni. I learnt about the acquirements and attri justes involved, and what employers look for as well as how these skills enhance my grade employability and slipway to obtain these skills. Catherine had talked about the 8 skills of employability some of I had already hear of, such as team take a crap communication, paradox solving, planning and organizing, and self-management (Chinnock 2012).However certain ones I hadnt heard of, such as long-life learning, initiate and go-ahead and technology, which came as a bit of a shock. I guess growing up in a generation where computer skills are approximately a natural action I hadnt put much thought about this skill I had obtained and how it could actually benefactor me throughout my career. The Career development presentation in addition gave some tombstone attributes to help me as a student hold for graduating, and those were Aptitude, Attitude and Academic performance (Chinnock 2012).I found that in outrank to gain these skills study, employment, volunteer/ confederation naturalise, pop off experience and extra-curricular activities could help (Chinnock 2012). To which I did some boost research and found that USQ offered the P hoenix Award, which is an award tending(p) to those who had done extra-curricular, score experience and community work by accumulating points (The phoenix award 2012). I also gained information on how to sterilise employment and work experience and where to find it, which was online at the CareerHub (Chinnock 2012).USQ also had a career mentoring program which in which I am assigned a mentor for six months to help with any questions, give guidance and provide culture background association for life outside of university in my given(p) field (Chinnock 2012). She had also explained what workshops were intended for in regards to setting up university and life skills (Chinnock 2012). I had also learnt that USQ held exits throughout the year such as, speed networking, a careers handsome and Industry Experience Program (Chinnock 2012).One main event that had interested me was an Industry Experience Program which is k nowadaysing to assist student to develop and enhance their ski lls and knowledge (Chinnock 2012) thus allowing me to broaden my understanding of what to expect work wise, and give me career opportunities (Chinnock 2012). From what Catherine had taught me I was able to learn the importance of balance between university and personal life. I learnt about what USQ careers has to offer to help me really get a head start in my career as an ac sum upant, the opportunities that can arise and the importance of community both at and after university.I was able to sympathise how different skills, help modify job employability and that its not just about the academic results but also the extra mile that I as an individual can do in order to enhance my career. This also helped me identify my own effectuality and weaknesses in each of the skills to improve, and how I am able to do so to ensure that when I graduate I am able to graduate with all the skills needed to help maximize my employability.Because of this presentation it meaning that the phoenix aw ard I had enrolled myself in at the start of semester will help me improve my career development skills as well as nonetheless enjoy participating in activities. Because of this presentation it now means I am able to improve my skills and still collect point for my phoenix award, to let a more effective employee and person. Word count 698 References ACC1101, Study Desk S2 2012, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, viewed 24 August 2012, Chinnock, C 2012, Career Development Presentation, PowerPoint slides, ACC1101, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, viewed August 2012, http//usqstudydesk. usq. edu. au/m2/pluginfile. php/57316/mod_folder/content/11/Career%20development%20presentation%20Toowoomba. mp4? forcedownload=1 The Phoenix award, 2012, USQ pupil Guild, viewed 20 August 2012,