Title: Update individual career plan.
Course: GRADS – Work Focus (19906) > Section: Examining Careers

Update should include

- setting short- and long-term goals
- evaluating assumptions and dreams
- assessing age, experience, education, skill, and training requirements
- identifying and clarifying family responsibilities, work needs, values, skills, and interests
- using career-planning resources
- investigating career choices and trends in chosen field
- identifying a professional mentor.

Process/Skill Questions

Thinking

- How do favorite classes and hobbies give an indication of your interests?
- Why do you think people do not always reach career goals?

Communication

- What types of information can you gather by interviewing people in a selected career?
- What should your career plan communicate about your skills and experience?

Leadership

- How do personal values help shape career choices?
- Why is a person more likely to succeed in a job that matches his/her personal values?
- How can you demonstrate initiative in career planning?

Management

- What resources are available to help you analyze your needs, values, skills, and interests in order to plan your career?
- What are the long-term benefits of having a career plan?
- Why should you regularly update a career plan?