ATS2743 Build your career: Planning and strategies for employability
Faculty of Arts
ATS2743 Build your career: Planning and strategies for employability is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2026 in Semester 2 at Caulfield and Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2026
- Semester 2
- Caulfield, Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2026 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before ATS2743
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After ATS2743
No unit lists ATS2743 as a prerequisite in the 2026 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prohibition: ATS3094, ATS3337, ATS3743, HSC2400, SCI3930
Prerequisite: Twelve credit points of level one units.
Equivalent units
The same content under another code. Only one of them counts.
Overview
In this unit you will build your capacity for lifelong career management through self-awareness, opportunity awareness, and employability skills. Drawing on insights from career development experts, theory and your own research, you'll develop practical strategies for navigating common career challenges — from identifying opportunities and connecting with employers, to setting goals, establishing career resilience strategies, and managing uncertainty. You will develop essential communication and media skills relevant to all professional fields, which will help you with networking, writing and reviewing job applications, pitching prospective employers, responding to selection criteria and behavioural interviews (video and in-person), and achieving success in job interviews
Offerings in 2026
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Caulfield | On campus |
| Second semester | Clayton | On campus |
Assessment
- PitchPresentation20%
- Career development taskWork integrated30%
- ReportWritten50%
Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
assess your current career situation and identify areas for further exploration;
- 2
evaluate and apply career development theories to common career challenges;
- 3
negotiate employer expectations across the recruitment process;
- 4
communicate effectively in applications, employer pitches, and interviews;
- 5
research and evaluate career information from information interviews and published sources;
- 6
build effective personal career strategies related to goal setting, resilience, networking and managing uncertainty.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials24 hours
- Lectures12 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
- Teaching approachPeer assisted learning
- Teaching approachResearch activities
- Teaching approachEnquiry-based learning
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
You will engage with peers in tutorials to discuss, provide and receive feedback, particularly on aspects of communicating with employers through job applications and interviews.
You will be actively engaged in researching career opportunities in a field of interest to you, as well as researching responses to common career challenges such as managing uncertainty and change.
You are expected to engage in enquiry and reflection on career issues relevant to your own situation, guided by the teaching staff and materials. The teaching approach involves active discussion in a tutorial environment supported by readings from both academic and professional literature as well career development activities such as information interviewing.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Wendi Li
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Wendi Li
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS2743?
ATS2743 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ATS2743 offered?
In 2026, ATS2743 runs in Semester 2 at Caulfield and Clayton.
How much work is ATS2743?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does ATS2743 have an exam?
No. ATS2743 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.