Reference no: EM133730017
Case: Consider the material you have covered in Lessons and Readings and your work on your e-Portfolio artifacts this term. For example, you have reviewed and discussed: the value of ePortfolios for career planning and job search, SMART goals to create a career development plan, and transferable skills; applied your knowledge and skills to simulated business problems; reviewed the value of mentoring and practiced peer review; and created artifacts for your personal ePortfolio.
This Assignment is your summative Capstone piece. Please write a scholarly, personal reflection paper in which you examine your professional growth during your master's program and your future plans.
For further guidance also review the Week 7 Lesson, Readings, and References linked there.
Content of your Paper: Include your thoughts on the following questions, plus other reflections you deem important:
How has your master's program contributed to your career/life goals? Have your goals changed now since your started your program?
What were your strengths at the beginning of the program, and how did you leverage them to succeed? (List at least 3)
How will you continue leveraging these strengths going forward with your career development plan?
What were your weaknesses when you started the program, and how did you find these changed over time? (List at least 3)
For example, how did you address them?
Are they still weaknesses? Are they a concern in your career development plan?
If they are a continuing concern, what additional professional development can you do to continue growing in these areas?
Include in your paper a description of courses you took that are relevant to your reflection points (e.g. growth, strengths, career plan, artifacts, etc.); (describe at least 3).
Describe the artifacts for an ePortfolio that you created this term, the associated skills they demonstrate, and how those skills will be beneficial to an employer.
What do you see as the role of civic and social responsibility in your career plan?
How will networking, a mentor, or other personal associations play a role in the pursuit of your goals?
How will you use an ePortfolio in your career advancement?