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Career LaunchPad

Develop critical competencies and gain that competitive advantage.

In today’s fast-paced and ever-evolving job market, the value of a traditional degree is undeniable. However, the landscape of education and professional development is shifting, and microcredential courses have emerged as valuable complements to formal degrees. These short, targeted courses offer focused, up-to-date knowledge and skills that address specific industry needs, enhancing graduates’ employability. Micro-credential courses empower individuals to stay relevant, adapt to changing demands, and thrive in their careers alongside their academic qualifications.

Micro-Credential Competencies

The Career LaunchPad Micro-credential Course offers a dynamic journey towards personal and professional growth through the acquisition of 8 essential badges.

  • Specialised skill development: Microcredential courses allow you to focus on specific skill sets that are extremely relevant to your career aspirations. These specialised talents improve your proficiency in a shorter period of time.
  • Flexibility and convenience: Microcredentials provide flexible learning formats, making it easier to mix your study with other responsibilities.
  • Faster career advancement: Completing microcredential courses allows you to swiftly develop valuable abilities. This can lead to better employment opportunities and faster advancement in your chosen industry.
  • Achievement recognition: Earning microcredentials is a real approach to demonstrate your dedication to professional growth. These badges can be shown on your CV or LinkedIn page, increasing your appeal to potential employers.
  • Lifelong learning: Micro-credential courses are a wonderful method to engage in lifelong learning while staying current with industry trends and innovations. They encourage constant learning and flexibility in an ever-changing job market.
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Engage in dynamic, interactive learning experiences in real-time, enhancing your skills and knowledge.
  • Four real-time virtual workshops.
  • One self-directed webinar. A Leadership Development & Teamwork webinar for independent review, where you can assess the material at your own pace and complete the necessary assignment.

By actively participating in self-directed webinars, you equip yourself with valuable insights and strategies for personal growth. These skills not only foster resilience and adaptability but also boost your self-confidence and creativity. Furthermore, participating in a Work Integrated Learning activity or attending career events allows you to bridge the gap between academic knowledge and practical workplace experience.
  • One badge chosen from two self-directed webinars – either Growth Mindset or Emotional Intelligence
  • One badge for a Work Integrated Learning activity – review the webinar on professional workplace and choose your current work experience (student assistant, part time job) and complete an assignment OR attend two career events and complete an assignment.
  • One badge for Career Networking – Choose one assignment involving a networking activity from the four assignments listed and submit your assignment.

Core Mandatory Badges

Courses are carried out in a blended learning mode. These are conducted either by independent learning or instructors. Each course lasts for two and a half hours with final assessment.

This approach provides flexibility and caters to various learning preferences, ensuring that your journey to personal and professional development aligns with your unique needs and schedule.

Digital Literacy means the ability to understand and make use of digital technologies for job performance and increasing our efficiency. The workshop helps students think about their digital footprint and to understand how to present themselves professionally online. It focuses on the competencies of assessing our digital footprint, understanding cybersecurity, and digital citizenship.

Intercultural Fluency involves effective communication in intercultural interactions. This workshop is designed to enhance your ability to navigate cultural differences and build meaningful connections across cultures in the university environment and helps you begin your journey with knowledge and skills to thrive in diverse global environments. Specific competencies include understanding diversity through culture maps, communication styles, reading the air, and unconscious bias.

Define your career goals and aspirations. Through interactive exercises and guided self-reflection, you gain clarity about your passions, interests, and strengths, enabling you to make informed decisions about your future career path. Competencies include:  
the importance of lifelong learning, planning for career development, identifying strengths and passions and the importance of continuous development and improvement of soft skills.

Career success is linked to having strong communication skills. Having strong communications skills help us to understand the needs of co-workers and also to help others understand us better. To be effective at your job, you need to be able to discuss challenges, interact effectively with colleagues, develop good work relationships, and share important information. Specific competencies include verbal communication skills, non-verbal communication skills, written communication skills, and networking.

Develop the traits and abilities of successful leadership, including the crucial leadership abilities of communicating, motivating, and persuading others, managing through problem-solving, and strengthening the team through building and increasing team capacity.

Self-Directed Badges

Learn the differences between a fixed mindset versus a growth mindset and the benefits of developing a growth mindset. Specific competencies to develop a growth mindset include challenging our assumptions, avoiding negative self-talk, developing strategies to overcome barriers, tracking our progress, and focusing on effort and process.

Learn to boost your emotional intelligence skills by strengthening personal and social competencies in self-awareness, self-regulation, self-motivation, empathy, and social skills.

Learn the basics of professional behavior at work with examples of do’s and don’ts in real-world scenarios the fundamentals of professional communication, through emails, phone calls, or other formal and informal situations. You choose a work experience and reflect on your application of 3 skills to this work experience. Competencies are self-reflection, application of self-knowledge, professionalism.

Establish relationships with other professionals, and ensuring the results are advantageous to both parties. Through networking, we can boost our professional growth, establish a stronger support system, increase our visibility, and make more meaningful contacts. Depending on your choice of assignment, the competencies include – social skills, networking, interviewing, and developing a networking action plan.

These Micro-credential competencies provide participants a tangible record of accomplishments and demonstrates commitment to self-improvement. These badges are not just symbols of achievement; they represent dedication to continuous learning and the ability to take on challenges in diverse professional settings.

As you distinguish yourself through this multifaceted approach, you not only enrich your own growth but also contribute to a thriving and adaptable workforce that’s prepared to tackle the dynamic demands of the modern world. Your journey toward excellence in personal and professional development begins here, and the possibilities are boundless.