Week 4 - BMM5402

Programme: BA (Hons) in Business & Management with Foundation Year
Module Name: BMM5402 Professional Development & Placement
Module Code: BMM 5402
Module Year: Year 2

Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of the module, you will be able to:

LO1 Investigate possible job opportunities and analyse job specification requirements (knowledge, skills,
and experiences).
LO2 Appraise personal strengths and weaknesses (knowledge, skills, and experiences) in employability,
prepare a career and study plan for the future, and further their employability skills.
LO3 Develop further employability skills, including digital skills and employ their knowledge and skills in
the workplace and perform to a satisfactory standard during their placement.
Resources
Recommended reading:
 Levin, P. (2005) Successful Teamwork, Oxford University Press
 Taylor, J. & Furnham, A. (2005) Learning at Work, Palgrave MacMillan
 Thompson, N. (2006) People Problems, Palgrave MacMillan
 Winstanley, D. (2005) Personal Effectiveness, CIPD
 Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Service

Resources
Useful websites
 Little, B. & Harvey, L. (2006) Learning through Work Placements and beyond, HECSU. Available as PDF file at:
www.work-experience.org/assets/assets/documents/learning_through_work_placements_and_beyond.pdf
 www.agcas.org.uk/ Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Service
 Prospects https://www.prospects.ac.uk/ – Graduate jobs in UK and abroad, sector insights
 www.reed.co.uk/career-advice/
 www.reed.co.uk/career-advice/how-to-make-a-career-plan/ Career Planning (educationplanner.org) Get started on

the path to career success.
 www.worldskillsuk.org/careers-advice/
 Careers Advice For Young People | WorldSkills UK
 Career planning process | Help Centre | The Open University

Resources
Useful websites to look for Graduate Scheme
 Below are some of the best links to begin using:
 Milkround https://www.milkround.com/ – Schemes, jobs and internships
 Target Jobs https://targetjobs.co.uk/ – Directory - starting salaries, schemes, jobs, graduate news
 Leeds Trinity Job Shop http://www.leedstrinity.ac.uk/student-life/careers-and-employability/jobshop –
Select grad job preferences
 Yorkshire Graduates http://www.yorkshiregraduates.co.uk/ – Locally based grad jobs and schemes
 Top 100 Graduate Employers http://www.top100graduateemployers.com/ – Register with Times Top
100 employers
 Graduate-jobs.com https://www.graduate-jobs.com/– Search roles and locations
Assessment/Key Dates
The module has three components:
• Component -001 – Conference Day (Semester 001)
• Component – 002 – Placement – End of Semester 2
• Component – 003 – 2000 words reflective report – End of
Semester
The key dates for Component 001: Semester 1

• The students must decide the group names to the tutor (4 or 6
members per group) by end of Week 5.
• Week 6 students start working on their Business startup ideas
and work on group presentation.
• Week 8 group must present their group presentation to the
tutor and also do the employer and employee role play on
campus, which must be recorded. More details will follow.
• On or before Wednesday 6th March 2024 at 12:00noon, the
student must upload their group presentation individually on
Moodle.
Week 3 Recap
Professional Behaviour & Workplace Ethics
• Commitments • Dirty Jokes and Sexual Innuendo

• Language • Organizational Skills
• Appearance • Accountability
• Avoid Gossip • Written Correspondence
• Positive Attitude • Phone Etiquette
• Emotions • Reliability
• Competence
Week 4 - Lecture
What we are going to cover today
Graduate recruitment and assessment centre day

Assessment centre assignment discussion
Reading Activity:
What is a graduate scheme?
Read the article and keep notes to explain to others
https://www.reed.co.uk/career-advice/graduate-schemes-what-you-need-to-know/
(Rolfe, N.D.)
What is a graduate scheme
“A graduate scheme is a structured training program run by an employer to

develop future leaders of their organization”.
(Higginbotham, 2021)
Which companies run graduate scheme
Charity - While rare in this sector, some organisations still run schemes.
Finance - All the major banks, including Barclays, the Lloyds Banking Group and HSBC, have dedicated
finance graduate schemes, with finance specialists in demand across all sectors.
Healthcare/management - If you're looking to work in the healthcare sector at management level, you
could consider the NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme. For general management programes,
explore consulting graduate schemes.
Human resources (HR) - Many large organisations including BP, KPMG and Royal Mail require graduates
to work in their busy personnel departments. See HR graduate schemes.
Information technology (IT)/sales - Graduate training programmes are also run by IT and
telecommunications companies such as Google, Microsoft, BT and EE in technical and sales based roles.
Read about the UK's IT industry and the companies that run sales graduate schemes.
(Higginbotham, 2021)
Which companies run graduate scheme
Law - By following a structured route into the legal profession, you can take advantage of training
contracts and vacation schemes.
Marketing/media - Another popular and far-reaching field, you could work for a major media company
such as the BBC, Sky or Virgin Media. There are also general marketing graduate schemes available
across all sectors.
Public services/intelligence - If you're interested in getting a graduate job in public services, you'll find a
number of schemes are available through governmental departments, the intelligence services and the
armed forces.
Retail - The UK's biggest retailers, including Aldi, Boots, Next and Marks & Spencer, train their staff
through structured retail graduate schemes typically split across various customer-facing and head office
roles.
Transport - British Airways (BA), easyJet and Virgin Atlantic seek graduates for their commercial, finance
and IT-related airline graduate schemes, as well as offering commercial pilot training. You could also
consider road and railway careers. (Higginbotham, 2021)
Assessment Centres
Assessment centre are a series of exercises commonly used by

employers to test skills not readily accessible from an interview alone.
(Savill, 2011; Pixabay.com, N.D.)

Activities of Assessment Centre day
 Group Exercise
 Icebreaker group exercise
 Assigned roles vs: open group
discussion
Tell something interesting about your group members
What colour underpants are you wearing?
(Savill, 2011; Pixabay, N.D.)

Activities of Assessment
Centre day
What assessors look at group exercises

Breakout room activity: Group exercise
Buckingham Palace
Your company has won a bid from Buckingham

Palace which has given you an order for the
replacement of their old furniture with the new
one.
The manager for the palace has asked you to

ensure that the new furniture reflects British
culture and is unique and luxurious looking.
You only have an order confirmation and the above

instructions.
How would you proceed with this project?

Activities of Assessment
Centre day
In tray exercise
Situational judgement test
https://www.assessmentday.co.uk/situational-judgement-
test.htm
Presentations
 Planned vs on the spot presentations
 Preparing for the presentation
 Giving the presentation
 What presentation accessors look for

What presentation accessors look for
Role play exercise
Need two volunteers, who are interested?

Case study exercise

Psychometric tests
https://www.shl.com/shldirect/en/assessment-advice/example-
questions/verbal-reasoning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vowwzQx-fGY

 Group Exercise
 Icebreaker group exercise
 What assessors look at group
exercises
 Assigned roles vs: open group
discussion
 In tray exercise
 Situational judgement test
 Presentations
 Planned vs on the spot presentations
 Preparing for the presentation
 Giving the presentation
 What presentation accessors look for
 Role play exercise
N.D.)
(Savill, 2011; Pixabay, Case study exercise
Extension Activity- Assessment
Assessment Centre day Presentation Starting your business
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t950kD01fRY
Discussion on Assessment day presentation
Business Overview – business description and reasons for choice.

a. What is your business legal structure and who are the main decision makers?
b. What is the value proposition? What does the business do?
c. Can you describe the “problem” your business idea will solve or the gap you have
identified that your business idea will meet?
Industry/Marketing Background:
a. Which market and why?
b. How big is the market (within the UK) and within your locality (where are you
going to operate?)
c. Can you outline any significant trends – current/future?
d. Is the market growing?
e. Which market segment(s) have you selected and why?
f. Who is your target customer?
g. SWOT analysis – can you identify the:
i. Strengths & Weaknesses of your business
ii.Opportunities & Threats of your business
Marketing Strategy.
a. How will you communicate to your target audience?
b. Describe the elements of your marketing mix:
i. Product/Service
ii.Price
iii.Place
iv.Promotion
v. Physical Evidence
vi.Process
vii.People
Operations:
a. How will your business operate?
b. Premises – where abouts will your premises operate from?
c. How will your product/service be available to your customers? Which
distribution channels will you use?
d. Equipment & transport/vehicles required?
e. Suppliers
f. Who will run/operate the business, do you need to employ any staff?
g. What needs to be considered
i. Legal requirements – business formation
ii.Insurance considerations
iii.Contracts/legal obligations
Finance:
a. Price – Cost Analysis
b. Estimated sales – forecasting with monthly estimated costs
c. Profit – what is your proposed profit margin? How soon will you
anticipate a return on investment?
d. How do you plan to finance your business – how would you approach
this?
In designing your presentation you should think about:
• Your dress / professional appearance

• Your background
• Your web cam position
• Your lighting
• How you present individually and hand over to each other as a team
• How can you make it as engaging and memorable as possible
• Note your presentation will be recorded for marking purposes
Business pitch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ4qA-S-KmE
Breakout Room Group Exercise
1. Think of a business (idea) that you want to establish with your group members.
2. Discuss about the points highlighted in the assignment brief.
3. Present your findings from the discussion to others in the main session.
Summary
Graduate recruitment
Assessment centre day
Presentation
Any questions?
Thank you
What are we going to do next week?
• Using Social Network for Personal Branding

• Online Profile including Linked In and social media platforms
References
Collage for Adults (N.D.) What is Career planning [Online] Collage for Adults, Available at:
https://collegeforadults.org/career-planning/what-is-career-planning/ (Accessed 7 Oct, 2021).
Higginbotham, D. (2021) Graduate Scheme 21 [Online] Prospects.ac.uk, Available at:
https://www.prospects.ac.uk/careers-advice/getting-a-job/graduate-schemes (Accessed 21 Oct 2021).
Pixibay (N.D.) Assessment [Online] pixabay.com, Available at: https://pixabay.com/images/search/assessment/
(Accessed 20 Oct 2021).
Pixibay (N.D.) Test [Online] pixabay.com, Available at: https://pixabay.com/images/search/Test/ (Accessed 20
Oct 2021).
Rolfe, A. (N.D.) Graduate schemes: What you need to know [Online] reed.co.uk, Available at:
https://www.reed.co.uk/career-advice/graduate-schemes-what-you-need-to-know/ (Accessed 21 Oct 2021).
Savill, O. (2011) Candidate guide to assessment centres [Online] Assessmentday.co.uk, Available at:
https://www.assessmentday.co.uk/assessment-centre-guide.pdf (Accessed 21 Oct 2021).

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Programme: BA (Hons) in Business & Management with Foundation Year

Module Name: BMM5402 Professional Development & Placement

Module Code: BMM 5402

Module Year: Year 2

On successful completion of the module, you will be able to:

 Taylor, J. & Furnham, A. (2005) Learning at Work, Palgrave MacMillan

 Thompson, N. (2006) People Problems, Palgrave MacMillan

 Winstanley, D. (2005) Personal Effectiveness, CIPD

 Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Service

 www.agcas.org.uk/ Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Service

 Prospects https://www.prospects.ac.uk/ – Graduate jobs in UK and abroad, sector insights

 www.reed.co.uk/career-advice/how-to-make-a-career-plan/ Career Planning (educationplanner.org) Get started on

 Careers Advice For Young People | WorldSkills UK

 Career planning process | Help Centre | The Open University

The key dates for Component 001: Semester 1

Professional Behaviour & Workplace Ethics

• Commitments • Dirty Jokes and Sexual Innuendo

Graduate recruitment and assessment centre day

“A graduate scheme is a structured training program run by an employer to

Assessment centre are a series of exercises commonly used by

(Savill, 2011; Pixabay.com, N.D.)

Tell something interesting about your group members

What colour underpants are you wearing?

(Savill, 2011; Pixabay, N.D.)

(Savill, 2011; Pixabay, N.D.)

Your company has won a bid from Buckingham

The manager for the palace has asked you to

You only have an order confirmation and the above

How would you proceed with this project?

Situational judgement test

(Savill, 2011; Pixabay, N.D.)

Role play exercise

Need two volunteers, who are interested?

(Savill, 2011; Pixabay, N.D.)

Case study exercise

(Savill, 2011; Pixabay, N.D.)

(Savill, 2011; Pixabay, N.D.)

Business Overview – business description and reasons for choice.

In designing your presentation you should think about:

• Your dress / professional appearance

2. Discuss about the points highlighted in the assignment brief.

• Using Social Network for Personal Branding

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