CRN 63651; 63652; 63653 Professional and Communication Skills for Employability (PCSE) Assessment Brief 2025/26

Using Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools

AI tools that are permitted for support during the CV part of the assessment such as CareerSet will be explained in class.

Word count/ duration (if applicable)

Your CV should be no longer than 2 pages. This is essential to ensure it meets UK employer conventions.

How to submit

For coursework assessments only: students with a Reasonable Adjustment Plan (RAP) or Carer Support Plan should check your plan to see if an extension to this submission date has been agreed.

Make sure your file is converted to a PDF before submitting. You should submit your assessment with all 3 tasks inside 1 PDF document via the relevant submission area on Blackboard.

As the University will mark assessments anonymously where possible, include your student roll number and not your name on your assessment. Do not upload links in the submission area, as we cannot access them and therefore cannot mark your work. If you have saved your files on your University of Salford OneDrive, dragging files to the submission area may attach a link instead of the file.

Always attach files using the paperclip icon.

Feedback

You can expect to receive feedback within 15 working days of the submission date (5th January 2026). Feedback will be
provided in written form via Blackboard.

Assessment criteria

You should look at the assessment criteria to find out what you need to do to complete this assessment.

You can view the marking rubric on Blackboard.

Assessed intended learning outcomes

On successful completion of this assessment, you will be able to:
1.Identify key features of UK workplace culture and recruitment processes (internships, work placements and graduate job market).
2.Produce CVs that use professional language, grammar and punctuation, and align with UK employer expectations.
3.Formulate ideas to support you in developing the skills, competencies, and behaviours sought by employers.

Skill

I

U

A

D

Communication

x

Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

x

Data Literacy

Digital Literacy

X

Industry Awareness

X

Innovation and Creativity

Proactive Leadership

Reflection and Life- Long Learning

x

Self-management and Organisation

x

Academic Integrity and Academic Misconduct

You must learn and demonstrate good academic conduct (academic integrity). Good academic conduct includes the use of clear and correct referencing of source materials.

Academic integrity & referencing

Academic misconduct is an action which may give you an unfair advantage in your academic work. Some examples are plagiarism, asking someone else to write your assessment for you, unauthorised use of AI or taking notes into an exam. The University takes all forms of academic misconduct seriously.

In year retrieval scheme

Your assessment is not eligible for in year retrieval.

Reassessment arrangements

If you fail the assessment, there will not be a reassessment period as this is a formative assessment.

Please note that programme outcomes will not be affected by failure of this module.