PDC71381 - Clever Career Planning

Microcredential Summary

Setting career goals gives you vision and motivation for your future. This online micro-credential will explore the four stages of career planning and practical strategies for setting and achieving your career goals. Through the completion of a career profiling tool, you will examine the alignment of your interests with various occupations and career paths. Applying this career information will help you to design a relevant career path. All of these tools are included in the course fee of $55.

Students who successfully complete the CQUniversity School of Access Education's Preparation Skills for University set of 9 micro-credentials, may receive a unit exemption from the equivalent CL03 Skills for Tertiary Education Preparatory Studies (STEPS) unit with CQUniversity.

To be eligible for this exemption, students must have completed:

1. Effective Study Habits for Higher Education
2. Personality Types and Learning Styles
3. Critical Thinking
4. Finding and Evaluating Scholarly Research
5. Effective Note-Taking and Paraphrasing
6. Enhancing your Oral Presentation Skills
7. Assessment Strategies and Brain-Based Learning
8. Clever Career Planning
9. Preparing for Success in Higher Education: Assessment Module.

This online micro-credential provides a digital badge which can be shared to your social networks and displayed in your professional portfolio.

Our micro-credentials are aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

What is a Digital Badge?

Requirements - To Be Eligible

For your application to be considered, you must meet the following entry requirements.

There are no specific entry requirements.

Our micro-credentials are available for anyone to access. You do not have to be a CQUniversity student. 

Course Details

Admission Codes

Student Outcomes, Career Opportunities and Occupations

Undertaking this micro-credential enables students to meet their Continuing Professional Development obligations and industry update requirements in their profession. Upon successful completion of the micro-credential, students will be awarded Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours, a Digital Badge and a Certificate of Completion.

Students who successfully complete the set of 9 micro-credentials* developed from the unit SKIL40025 Preparation Skills for University, (which forms part of the Skills for Tertiary Education Preparatory Studies (STEPS) CL03), may be eligible for exemption, pending all other entry requirements to the Skills for Tertiary Education Preparatory Studies (STEPS) CL03 are being met, as automatic entry will not apply.

*Includes the following micro-credentials:

1. Effective Study Habits for Higher Education
2. Personality Types and Learning Styles
3. Critical Thinking
4. Finding and Evaluating Scholarly Research
5. Effective Note-Taking and Paraphrasing
6. Enhancing your Oral Presentation Skills
7. Assessment Strategies and Brain-Based Learning
8. Clever Career Planning
9. Preparing for Success in Higher Education: Assessment Module.