Reference no: EM132362814 , Length: word count : 1500

Assessment

This assessment is designed to be used by you as an ongoing working portfolio to assist you in identifying your career goals and appropriate organisations you wish to pursue for internship or employment positions. It is designed for you to demonstrate your 'understanding of the general structures of the world of work, including career possibilities and alternative pathways' (Graduate Careers Australia 2016, para. 3).

Part A - Written Report

The following may assist you to structure your work:

Executive Summary

An Executive Summary of a report is just that, a summary. It contains a statement of report purpose and an overview of the actual and specific findings. Generally, it should be no longer than one page and does not count towards the word limit of your report. The Executive Summary can only be written after you have completed your report.

Write in past tense (e.g. The purpose of this report was to ...). If an Executive Summary is well written the reader should be able to understand the main points, findings, and conclusions of the actual report without having to read the full report. Be sure to check the relevant Academic Skills Quick Guide for help with writing your summary.

Contents

1.0 Introduction

Ensure that you write an introduction for this assignment. The Academic Skills Quick Guides will provide you with a reminder on what should be contained in an introduction.

2.0 My Career

• Describe how you visualise your perfect graduate position and broader career in 1-2 paragraphs. Then critically evaluate how your descriptions compare and contrast with the literature covered in this unit relating to definitions of careers, career management and career success (Topic 1). Do not use dictionary or Wikipedia definitions in this discussion. Instead, you should be evaluating the descriptions contained in academic writings such as the embedded readings.

• Name the industry sector and role/s that you wish to pursue for your internship and/or graduate role and refer to Appendix A which will contain your database of potential employers. See below for the suggested layout.

3.0 Goal Setting

• Setting goals (both short- and long-term) is important in career planning. Challenging, but realistic, goals can have powerful positive influence on career success. Identify a goal setting theory (model) or motivation theory and discuss how it may be useful to assist you in achieving your career goals.

• In this section summarise your learning/career goals. Refer to Appendix B which will contain detailed information about these goals.

4.0 Conclusion

Again, consult the Academic Skills Quick Guides for details on how to write a great conclusion.

5.0 References

Start this section on a new page (use your word processing software to insert a page break) and use Harvard referencing.

PORTFOLIO - CAREER GOALS WORKSHEET

SPECIFIC

• What is the central activity?

• Consider responsibilities, department, tasks, reporting structure etc.

MEASURABLE

• Quantify the role and activity

• Considerjob title, pay, hours, other benefits, team size etc.

ACHIEVABLE

Will you need specific:

• Training, certification or skills; resources or memberships; mentors or networks etc.

RELEVANT

• Consider alignment with your values/strengths/personality/life stage?

TIME-BOUND

• What is the deadline?

• Demonstrates that this deadline is realistic.

FINAL GOAL

Edit each of your SMART elements into a comprehensive, coherent goal statement.