Career and Recruitment (1cr)

Content (course unit)

Type of course
Compulsory

Level of course
Professional studies

Objective of course
Students are acquainted with the environment and employers of their field and have an understanding of the international scene. They understand the role of know how in international matters in their professional field. Students are aware the procedures for searching employment and have the ability to do well in job interviews. They understand their role in different work environments and tasks, the change in the service structure, customer centred service and the importance of quality control. Students have become acquainted with entrepreneurship in the music business. They have developed their innovativeness and creativity by producing ideas and reflecting their application to practice and attempting to foresee changes in their field. They have become acquainted with starting their own companies.

Course contents
- prima vista assignments
- audition simulations
- exercises in tolerating mental stress
- mental exercises
- ensemble
- procedures for searching employment
- job interviews
- different work environments and tasks
- employers in music
- entrepreneurship in music
- orchestral instruments: playing orchestral parts

Teaching methods
Group exercises, independent work, discussion, lectures

Assessment methods
Self evaluation, portfolio, oral feedback from teacher

Prerequisites
None

Required / Recommended reading
Will be defined during the course.

Name of lecturer
piano: principal lecturer Lauri Väinmaa, voice: senior lecturer Petri Antikainen, strings: senior lecturer Pauli Heikkinen, wind insruments and other instruments: principal lecturer Pekka Ahonen

Year of study
1

Semester / period
Autumn / spring

Language of instruction
Finnish

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

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