94119 - Employability: Strategy and Knowledge to Enter the Job Market

Learning outcomes

The student acquires the information necessary to access the job market as an employee, self-employed or as a researcher. We refer particurarly to the so-called soft skills, the knowledge of the job market (self marketing), the related legislative aspects and the main potential roles of an engineer.

Course contents

The learning activity will be conducted in collaboration with ASSPECT, the Association for the Promotion of Technical Culture - http://www.asspect.it/.

Classes will be held in bologna, viale Risorgimento 2, and will be particularly dedicated to technical profiles.

In particular, the topics presented are as follows:

Definition of employability, factors that determine it;

Soft skills: how to increase and present them;

Your CV: basic and distinctive elements; how companies select and hire: interviews, internships, selection criteria;

Potential roles of technicians and engineers in industry and developments due to innovations taking place;
The labour market: segmentation of companies, search for opportunities, how to get the necessary information;

Comparison of self-employment and employees. Criteria of choice. Regulatory framework;

University career and other research activities;

Activities in PA and international structures;

Creating and managing an innovative start-up;

Ethics and social responsibility of the engineer's activities.

Readings/Bibliography

E. ROSSI DI SCHIO, M. SALMON: Employability. Per entrare nel mondo del lavoro. Guida pratica per laureandi.

Ed. Esculapio, 2019.

ISBN: 9788893851244

Teaching methods

Lectures and seminars taught by testimonials from the world of work.

Assessment methods

Students should attend at least 70% of  lectures.


At the end of the course, a mark is awarded  with an oral axam. Moreover, in class exercises  will be evaluated for the determination of the final mark.


Particular importance will be given to the achievement of an organic view of the topics addressed during the lectures/seminars and their critical use, as well as  the use of specific language.

Office hours

See the website of Eugenia Rossi di Schio