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Students must follow the guidelines provided by the work placement advisor when completing an up-to-date C.V. The work placement advisor will approve a general CV by beginning of October (semester 1). The student’s CV will need to be tailored later on by the student for each individual job application.

The work placement advisor will provide an interview preparation workshop for the third year students in preparation for the work placement early in Semester 1. It is compulsory for every student to attend the workshop.

• Students submit final CVs to the work placement advisor by beginning of October (Semester 1). • Students attend the interview preparation workshop. • Employers advertise placement opportunities with the work placement advisor • The work placement advisor posts placement opportunities on the NCI student portal • Students are expected to check the NCI student portal o a regular basis and to apply to the opportunities advertised by emailing a tailored CV to the work placement advisor. • The work placement advisor will forward CVs to the employer • The employer will select the students they wish to interview • The work placement advisor will contact the students that have been selected for interview and co-ordinate these interviews • The student will contact the work placement advisor with interview feedback immediately after the interview • The work placement advisor will liaise with the employer post interview, collate feedback and deliver offers to successful students • Students are required to attend all interviews arranged for them by the work placement advisor. Failure to attend for interview may result in the student being eliminated from the placement process and subjected to disciplinary proceedings within NCI.

Work placement is six full months in duration, working fulltime and commences in January / February during Semester 2. An academic supervisor will be assigned to each student at the beginning of the work placement and will perform the performance assessment of the student through a site visit, within the first 3 months of the Work Placement period and complete a report .Depending on the start date students should finish in middle July /August 2015 of the same year. Students must be available for this entire period.

The Monthly Learning Report needs to be kept throughout the placement to assist in writing the final work placement report. The report is a monthly summary of what the student has learned during the work placement. The Monthly Learning Report must be completed every month by the students, signed off by the Company Supervisor and submitted on a monthly basis. The latest Monthly Learning Reports must be made available to the Academic Supervisor on assessment visits. A template of the Monthly Learning Report will be provided to the students.

Work placement students are required to complete a “Final Work Placement Report” which will assist students in developing report writing skills and allows academic staff to assess the students’ level of achievement of the work placement learning outcomes. While this will necessitate some description of the host company and the working environment, the focus of the report should be on issues relating to student’s personal development. Students must submit a satisfactory report on their work experience before being allowed progress into the final year of the undergraduate programme. The deadline for the submission of the report is beginning/ middle of August.

All students are encouraged to engage in the Work Placement process from the beginning of Semester 1. If a student has been unsuccessful at obtaining a placement by the end of January, despite making every effort, the student must do the Academic Internship starting with the second semester. The Academic internship involves attending the classes schedule for three taught modules (Business Communication Skills, Application Lifecycle and Business Application development) and passing all the assessments associated with these modules.