490S Weekly Schedule  f'05  

Week 1 Aug. 22

Lecture 1.1    

Resume and Cover letter (due 1.3 B.O.C.)

490R/411 co-mingling

Assignment 1. Professional review of your resume

 1.2 Resume and Cover letter

Personal and Professional Goals (submit an electronic information card) "True North"

  http://www.gamasutra.com/features/19990716/3d_resume_02.htm

info. at CCO

 1.3

 Assignment 2- HR mock interviews of 411 students (attributes and procedures) due 3.2 / 3.3

The ideal interview

Required

non-disclosure, non-compete,

Interview Questions, job applications, The "Ideal" interview

Week 2 Aug. 29
Lecture 2.1

 

CGT 411 Application for employment

 2.2  

Professional organizations

Cogent op

Job op

2.3  

Professional Champions- assignment 3, example 1 (due 4.3)(not)

Bring your Academic History record to class.

Cogent calc due

Bibliography (APA Format (1), (2).

OWL

Week 3  Sept. 5
Lecture 3.1 

Labor Day

3. 2    COGENT individual net worth.

  Profile of Mock Interviews

3.3  

 

Week 4Sept. 12
Lecture 4.1 

Portfolio assignment, TAG, IMD, CGC, CAD  (due week 8)

 

  4.2       Job fairs- Technology Job Fair-PMU Ballrooms ,TAP jobfair (must attend 2)

CGT Resume & Portfolio book

Portfolio search

4.3

Employment Document Package

Negotiations and contracts-the first job

Week 5 Sept. 19
Lecture 5.1  
Criteria for a good e-Portfolio?

Mock Interviews (a plan)

 

 5.2   The "Oracle"

The "Scribe" ref. Ch5 in Experimental Psy.

 

5.3     Discussion and work session

QUIZ 1

Week 6 Sept. 26
Lecture 6.1  
Cogent Op

Companies who hired CGT grads 1, 2, 3

Mock interview job postings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

 6.2  managing a project

Weekly reports - Press Releases

Professional Mission Statement (due Friday)

 

6.3  Discussion and work session

How are we doing on _____.

490S/411  Business Package, what should be in it? (due Go No-Go)

Week 7  Oct. 3
Lecture 7.1 

Marketing/Legal Entities Presentation (branding)

Contractual agreements/Project Sponsors

7.2   Regional calculator

Chris Korab: guest lecture

Wieland Homes Interviews

Example ePortfolio

7.3  Portfolio due by Go No-Go

CGT 411 press release

Press release #1 due  

 

Week 8  Oct. 10

Fall Break

 8.2  Go-no go

 

 

8.3 Go-no go

Week 9  Oct. 17
Lecture 9.1

IPO

Stock reports

Grade review to date

9.2 Asset assessment

Stock reports

Stock Trading Guideline

Portfolio search

former student's comments

9.3  Press release #2 due

sole proprietor, limited partnership, LLC, S Corp., C corp. (which is your company?)

Leveraging

Week 10 Oct. 24

Lecture 10.1

Mock Interviews

 

  10.2

High tech job fair

Mock Interviews

 

   10.3 Press release #3 due  

Mock Interviews

Week 11 Oct. 31

Lecture 11.1

Mock interviews- Cuss-n-Discuss

Play the Game

 11.2  Performance reviews

Income/ expense reporting (activity)

Work dynamics, life learning, professional organizations

11.3Press release #4

 PO

Week 12  Nov. 7
Lecture 12.1  Corporate and Personal Taxes

Group product presentations

Old Master Presentation-Peter Schneider

 12.2 Cost of Living presentation

Income/ expense reporting (activity)

Business Plans, resources, Realities of starting a business.

Group product presentations

When to Sell

CCO Event

Portfolio search  

12.3  Press release #5 due

Bankruptcy

TAX DAY

What is your company worth?

Black Friday market stock adjustment of 1.03 + 10%, business income tax rate to equal .35 of adjusted gross.

PO

Week 13  Nov. 14
Lecture 13.1 
 

Group product presentations

 13.2  Retirement Calculations

Income/ expense reporting (activity)

Group product presentations

Portfolio search  

13.3 Press release #6 due

Group product presentations

PO

Audit info 1, 2

Week 14Nov. 21
Lecture 14.1  
Pre presentation info

Insider Trading?

 14.2   Current Cogent...or maybe not

Turkey

14.3 Press release #7 due 

PO

Turkey

Week 15 Nov. 28
Lecture 15.1

411 presentations

 15.2  

411 presentations

15.3 Fill out individ. eval. before exit interview

Revised resume and reviews

Cover letter

Portfolio (electronic) and reviews

Cogent records, corp. & individual

Professional goal review

Significant self improvements

Exceeding expectations

Group rankings

Significant contribution to the project

Week 16  Dec. 5
Lecture 16.1

Exit interviews

Pack Specs 1 - 2

 16.2 Exit interviews

Portfolio search

 

16.3To live, to love, to learn, to leave a legacy 

Cogent disbursments

Exit interviews

Week 17  Dec. 12

FINAL Exam  


FINAL
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