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Task - Where can my degree take me?

Overview

This task is focuses on researching about your future career direction and developing a plan to help you acquire your ideal role. Your SuperStrong Interest Inventory results in Task 2.2P have yielded some potential career options based on your preferences. Now, we can work on choosing jobs of interest to you within the tech sector, and beyond.

Task requirements
a. Go through week 6 class materials on Career Education in Cloud Deakin
b. Read the task instructions below and research jobs that you might wish to undertake while studying or once you have graduated from your degree. Advanced students: For students who already have industry experience or advanced skills, you might develop Table 2 to include jobs above entry-level,
depending on your skill level. Please see Step 5 below for more information on how to complete this task.

c. Develop 3 PowerPoint slides (with or without audio narration) detailing jobs you have researched, technical and transferrable skills required of those jobs, and a statement about your next career step (you may use the Stepping Stones model from Week 2 learning materials).

Task Instructions
Within this task, you are required to:
1. Research job titles, industries or careers you might wish to explore, making a note of the job titles

i.e. ICT Security Specialist. You may choose to start by visiting Australian Job Outlook and Grad Australia's article on 13 Types of Graduate Jobs in the Tech Industry to explore the graduate job market within your discipline.
Using Seek.com, Indeed.com, LinkedIn.com or other online job search websites, find advertised jobs that align with each of the following:
2 x jobs traditionally associated with the discipline-specific knowledge of your course (Ca- reers In)
- 2 x jobs in some way related to the discipline-specific knowledge of your course (Careers For)
- 2 x open jobs to anyone with a degree but not specific to a discipline (Careers For) (Optional) 1 x working-for-self opportunity that you can conceive might be available to you after your degree (Careers For). You may look to IT start-ups and entrepreneurial endeavours for examples.
2. Place your findings within a table on one of your PowerPoint slides (see example table below):

3. From a Position Description selected in the previous task, list at 4 skills (2 technical and 2 non- technical/transferrable skills) required of the role, and for each skill, develop and articulate your strategy for acquiring these skills.
For example:

You should comment on what you have learnt, how you will learn these skills, or how SIT111 could help form the foundation for you to move towards attaining the skill, or steps you might take towards developing higher levels of the skill. Do your research and ensure you refer to specific tasks or artefacts for technical skills and specific experiences that will help you develop non-technical skills.
You are not expected to write more than 100 words per table entry.

4. Review the Stepping Stones model and conclude your task with a brief statement about your next career step including what you might do, when and how you intend to complete this next step. Feel free to add any career goals both short- and long-term.

5. Advanced students: Use this assessment to refine your next career stepping stones from your current role or skillset and watch the Career Education Module video specifically for advanced students. Consider how you will advance your career to include a more advanced career plan, some exam- ples include people/team management, starting your own business, obtaining advanced technical certifications or specialisations and more.

6. Convert the slides to PDF form and submit to OnTrack. If you have included audio narrations, double check the pdf before submission to ensure they are working.