COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTERVIEW SKILLS IN CAREER COUNSELING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DIĞDEM MÜGE SIYEZ

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Course Objective

This course aims to learn and improve their interview skills in career counseling

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Describe what employers want
2   2. Know common interview questions asked by employers
3   3. Know proper attitude and effort employers are looking for.
4   4. Describe body language and its impact on the interview
5   5. Know how to properly close the interview
6   6. Send thank-you notes and follow-up e-mails.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Career counselling skills
2 Career counselling skills
3 Interview preparation
4 Common interview questions
5 What employers want
6 Attitude and effort
7 Gesture
8 Rehearsal, Midterm exam, and evaluation
9 Phone interviews
10 Behavioral interviews
11 Closing the interview
12 Interview skills: Role playing
13 Interview skills: Role playing
14 Writing thank you notes
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Niles, S. G. Ve Harris-Bowlbey, J. (2013). 21. Yüzyılda kariyer gelişimi müdahaleleri. (Career Development Interventions In The 21st Century, 4. B.), Fidan Korkut Owen (Çev. Ed.), Ankara: Nobel
Sampson, J. P., Reardon, R. C., Peterson, G. W., Lenz, J. G. (2004). Career conseling & services. Canada: Thomson & Brooks/Cole
Zunker, V. G. (2002). Career counseling: Applied concepts of life planning. 6th ed. Canada: Thomson & Brooks/Cole

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Reading, exercises in the classroom, Completion of career-oriented assessment instruments, Written assignments, Participation in class and small group discussions/activities

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE Midterm Exam
2 DTK Other Activity
3 FN Semester final exam
4 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.30 + Student examDTK * 0.10 + FN * 0.60
5 BUT Make- up note
6 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.30 +Student examDTK * 0.10 + BUT * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 10 2 20
Tutorials 3 2 6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 1 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 4 10 40
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 103

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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