MT499-6: Evaluate career skills in the field of business and
management.
Reflecting on the results of the self-actualization exercises you
executed throughout the term, your occupation and job opportunity exploration,
and the understanding you garnered from feedback in team assessments, complete
the following requirements to develop a strategic career plan:
Checklist:
- Develop a professional vision statement that will drive your pursuit
of the career you desire. - Develop a career mission statement that will guide you to achieve
your professional vision. - Develop a professional statement. Identify a minimum of three (3)
keywords that exemplify your values. Explain why these values represent
who you are as a professional. - Assess your professional knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors
at present. - Assess your current career situation, including your role,
responsibilities, and compensation plan. - Identify your targeted and desired job position and title within the
next 7 years. - Determine the role and responsibilities of your targeted job
position and title. - Identify and justify your targeted and desired compensation plan.
- Develop three (3) short-term, three (3) mid-term, and three (3)
long-term career goal statements based on a 7-year time period for your
targeted and desired job position and title. Your goals should be very
specific, realistic, measurable, and readily observable. - What knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors do
you need to acquire or improve in 1 year to accomplish your 1-year goals? - What knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors do
you need to acquire or improve in 4 years to accomplish your 4-year
goals? - What knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors do
you need to acquire or improve in 7-year to accomplish your 7-year goals? - Conduct a gap analysis to identify the skills and abilities you will
need to develop to reach your goals and to prepare for your targeted and
desired job position and title. - Explain the resources (experience, education, training,
certifications, or mentorship) you will need to reach your goals and to
prepare for your targeted and desired job position and title. - Explain what barriers, weaknesses, threats, or obstacles may prevent
you from accomplishing your goals in a timely manner (e.g., spare time,
funding, family commitments, etc.). How will you overcome these
challenges? - Develop a plan outlining the actions you will take to reach your
goals and to prepare for your targeted and desired job position and title. - Develop a personal brand strategy to prepare to reach your goals and
to prepare for your targeted and desired job position and title. - Write in current APA style format with no grammar or spelling
errors, providing additional title and reference pages. - Use research to help substantiate your thoughts, opinions, ideas,
and statements. - Use headings to segment the topics in your writing and to create a
flow of ideas for your reader.