About this course: This course, the first in the "Interviewing and Resume Writing in English" specialization, guides you to discover the interests, talents and competencies that you can use to find and do work that leverages your strengths, passions and who you are as a person, so you can start doing work that matters to you and to the world. Whether you already have a career and are looking to move forward, whether you’re looking to change careers, whether you’re starting out in the world of work, whether you’re coming back into the world of work after some time away – this course will help you see your path more clearly and will teach you how to communicate your value to an employer in a way that he or she can immediately recognize. After completing this course, you will be able to 1) use your individual cognitive, social and emotional traits, together with areas of interest, to discover how to find the future jobs that can give you the greatest satisfaction; 2) identify transferable skills of greatest value to the employers who have the jobs you’re interested in; 3) apply a simple strategy for presenting your skills to an employer in an effective and convincing fashion.
Created by: University of Maryland, College Park
Taught by: Charles Duquette, Lecturer/Marketing Coordinator
Maryland English Institute
| Basic Info | Course 1 of 5 in the Interviewing and Resume Writing in English Specialization |
| Level | Intermediate |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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Syllabus
WEEK 1
Welcome
This module introduces you to the specialization, giving you background and an overview of what you will learn in the weeks ahead.
1 video, 2 readings, 1 practice quiz
- Video: Introductory Video
- Discussion Prompt: Discuss your goals for the specialization.
- Practice Quiz: Online Learning Self-Assessment
- Reading: How This Course is Graded
- Reading: Please respond to this survey
WEEK 2
Researching Yourself
In this module, you'll begin developing your individual strategy to guide your job search, from picking a career direction to measuring effectiveness of your search.
7 videos, 5 readings, 2 practice quizzes
- Video: Stages in the Process
- Practice Quiz: Concept Review
- Video: Using an Interest Profiler
- Reading: Link to Interest Profiler
- Peer Review: Interest Profiler
- Reading: Read Me - An Important Note about the Peer Review
- Video: Using Neuroscience
- Reading: Link to Pymetrics
- Reading: Article from New Atlantic
- Peer Review: Pymetrics Profile
- Reading: Read Me - An Important Note about the Peer Review
- Video: Interpersonal Style Inventory
- Discussion Prompt: Reflection on Your IPI
- Video: Identifying Your Dependable Strengths
- Video: Personal Characteristics
- Discussion Prompt: Modesty in Your Home Culture
- Video: Using Your Research
- Practice Quiz: Self-Reflection
Graded: Dependable Strengths
Graded: Phrases for Demonstrating Skills
Graded: Top 5 Goals and Plans
WEEK 3
Discovering Your Transferable Skills
In this module, you'll learn how to develop and apply an important strategy used in the English-language world to communicate core competencies to a prospective employer.
7 videos, 1 practice quiz
- Video: The Top Ten Most Wanted Skills
- Practice Quiz: Concept Review
- Video: Skills to Competencies
- Discussion Prompt: Discuss Skills vs. Competencies
- Video: Identifying Your Opportunities
- Video: Using Stories
- Video: Building Your Story File
- Video: Interview - Part 1
- Video: Interview - Part 2
Graded: Reflecting on Your Stories
Graded: Storytelling Reflection
WEEK 4
Improving Your English Pronunciation
In this module, you'll learn how to control your use of intonation and rhythm in spoken English. These dynamics do more to improve your comprehensibility than any other feature of the spoken language.
5 videos, 3 readings, 1 practice quiz
- Reading: Reading Sample - Do This Before the Peer Review
- Practice Quiz: Self-Reflection
- Video: Improving Your Pronunciation
- Video: Jump-Up and Step-Down
- Video: Using Phrasing
- Reading: Good Sites for Mirroring Practice
- Video: Knowing Where to Make Pitch Jumps
- Video: Word Rhythm
- Reading: Accentuate the Beat
Graded: Your Speech Clarity.
Graded: Concept Review
Graded: Concept Review
Graded: Concept Review
Graded: Concept Review
Graded: Concept Review
WEEK 5
Becoming a More Efficient Language Learner
In this module, you'll learn strategies you can adopt to becoming a more fluent and more confident speaker of English.
8 videos, 6 readings
- Video: Advancing Your Speaking Skills
- Video: Becoming a More Fluent Speaker
- Video: Applying the Lexical Approach
- Video: Practicing Courage
- Reading: The Courage to Be a Language Learner
- Video: Developing Cultural Competencies
- Reading: Cultural Literacy
- Video: Demonstrating Commitment
- Reading: The Role of Commitment in Learning
- Video: Developing Expert Performance
- Reading: The Making of an Expert
- Video: Adopting Deliberate Practice
- Reading: An Overview of Deliberate Practice
- Reading: If you haven't taken the survey...
Graded: Lesson 1-3 Review
Graded: Plan for Language Learning
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University of Maryland, College Park
The University of Maryland is the state's flagship university and one of the nation's preeminent public research universities. A global leader in research, entrepreneurship and innovation, the university is home to more than 37,000 students, 9,000 faculty and staff, and 250 academic programs. Its faculty includes three Nobel laureates, three Pulitzer Prize winners, 47 members of the national academies and scores of Fulbright scholars. The institution has a $1.8 billion operating budget, secures $500 million annually in external research funding and recently completed a $1 billion fundraising campaign.
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Ratings and Reviews
Great course!
Extremely helpful.
Excellent course. It helped me re-evaluate my career and go forward
Great instructor and course material is amazing. I've really enjoyed every single step in this course :)
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Fantastic course. Highly recommended for people who are looking out for jobs and have challenges in projecting/marketing themselves.