Work placement process

1. Work placement process

2. Mentoring & mentors Career and recruitment services, study counselling, alumni Thesis (if completed in connection with work placement) Finding work placement opportunities, e.g.: HH/corporate register, fairs, career and recruitment services, company visits, contact by HH, companies, students, direct mail, student’s own initiative The student’s other studies Counselling just before workplacement E.g.Work placement report instructions, work placement practices, registering and agreement Possibly PSP Student counselling E.g. General and targeted info sessions, preparatory courses; identification and recognition of expertise, work placement plan and agreement During work placement Counselling and advice as needed Contacts: counsellor-student-workplace (coordinator) Work placement assessment (instructions to student) After work placement Student: writes the work placement report; HH: assess report and records work placement completion Employer’s feedback Student’s feedback Student finds employment after graduation If work placement is completed in installments Workplacement process Degree programme contents Degree programme director Evaluation of feedback and development proposals (e.g. sampling every third year) Work placement team Processing of feedback and developmental actions Work placement team & DP director Feedback process

3. Notes: • HAAGA-HELIA’s work placement principles (Extranet > Opiskelu > Työharjoittelu) • Work placement covers 1-3 periods, 30 cr(Separate instructions for receiving credit for work placement by other means and by AHOT-procedure.) • Student attains work placement personally.Finding work placement opportunities and notifying students of work placement openings: HH/corporate register, fairs, career and recruitment services, company visits, HH contacts companies (telephone, e-mail), companies contact HH, students contact HH from work placement organisation, direct mail, extranet, jobstep, student initiative • Relevant number of work placement coordinators and task allocation:At least one campus-specific coordinator, possibly also a campus-specific international coordinator or an international coordinator shared by campuses, or a degree programme coordinator and degree programme international coordinator • Division of responsibilities among coordinators and counsellors: • e.g. work placement coordinators participate in process development on the HH level, assist work placement counsellors, hold info sessions, provide background info during courses, assist student before the student's work placement counsellor steps in, designate a work placement counsellor for the student, approve the work placement, coordinate the work placement process, cooperate with the student counsellor and HH offices, forward inquiries made by companies (e.g. to career and recruitment services), inform students about open work placement positions, compile work placement statistics, function as contact persons for companies; work placement counsellors provide guidance for students, visit the work placement location when needed and assess work placement performance (the coordinator can also be the counsellor) • Work placement quality is monitored via feedback, and work placement is developed both during the actual process and via degree programme development work.