Table 2 Student feedback on the course
STATEMENT | Mean | SD +/− | Group |
|---|---|---|---|
1. Guidance on how to create a professionally written CV will help me get the job I want. | 4.85 | .366 | CV/P/M |
2. The assessment of my personal character traits, strengths and weaknesses helped me to clarify what career fits me best. | 4.13 | .767 | PERS |
3. I found it uncomfortable or embarrassing to explore my personal characteristics, strengths and weaknesses. | 1.77 | .959 | PERS* |
4. Learning about what jobs I can have and what they mean in terms of career made me more confident about looking for a job. | 4.46 | .600 | TECH |
5. Individualized career advice received in this course did help me plan my career. | 4.62 | .747 | TECH |
6. Guidance on how to assess a potential employer/position helped me create short and long-term goals. | 4.41 | .751 | TECH |
7. Studying sample CVs helped me create a CV that accurately reflects the skills I can bring to a job. | 4.64 | .668 | CV/P/M |
8. The evaluation of a professionally made portfolio sample gave me a clear idea of how to develop my own professional portfolio. | 4.49 | .601 | CV/P/M |
9. Guidance on how to assess a potential employer/position did not me create short and long-term goals. | 1.31 | .569 | TECH* |
10. The feedback I received following the simulated interview allowed me to identify areas that need improvement before an actual interview. | 4.03 | 1.197 | PERS |
11. The interaction, suggestions and feedback received during the group discussion helped me improve my own CV. | 4.49 | .644 | PERS |
12. The feedback I received on my motivation letter gave me clear guidance on how to improve it. | 4.62 | .544 | CV/P/M |
13. The feedback I received on the materials I created in this course made me more confident about applying for an actual job. | 4.69 | .521 | CV/P/M |
14. I think that the Job Fair has been a useful experience in terms of finding my future workplace. | 4.64 | .628 | JF |
15. The Job Fair gave me an increased sense of self-confidence for future job interviews. | 4.46 | .720 | JF |
16. I found workplaces at the Job Fair that I can imagine as my first workplace after graduation. | 3.77 | 1.459 | JF |
17. I feel that the personalized/interactive format was a more effective way to learn in this course than a lecture format would have been. | 4.82 | .451 | GEN |
18. Overall, this course gave me the knowledge, confidence, and motivation to seek employment after graduation. | 4.69 | .731 | GEN |