GOALS PLANNING OUTLINE TIER #1: LIFESTYLE GOALS Determine what your priorities are for your day-to-day life during your career. Be as specific as possible.
1.) I want to be able to spend time with my wife and kids
2.) I am okay with living anywhere in the US and I have no problem moving around.
3.) I no desire to travel worldwide, but would like to take vacations with my family annually.
4.) I have no problem working longer than 9-5, if it ends up being 7-10, then that is fine.
5.) I do not need a huge house or need the ultimate luxuries in life, but I want to be financially stable.
TIER #2: CAREER OPPORTUNITIES List the careers you eliminated from your FOCUS assessment and describe why you eliminated them.
1.) Financial Aid Director- I am very bad with numbers and finances. I am trying to avoid any type work that involves me managing money.
2.) Preschool Administrator- I enjoy working with kids, but I would not really enjoy being in charge of toddlers.
3.) Agricultural Science Professor- I am very knowledgeable with Ag related topics, but I would not want to teach at the collegiate level.
4.) Advertising Account Manager- I am not very good with Marketing knowledge which I would need to have this job.
5.) Admissions Counselor- the money is not the greatest, and I would not really enjoy trying to recruit students to attend a certain college.
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Identify the careers that would work with your lifestyle goals and describe why they are appealing to you (be sure to include specific examples from the positions you researched as potential career paths).
1.) TV & Radio Station Administrator- This job would allow me to travel around the US and I could live anywhere.
2.) Professional Sports Scout- This would be a dream job of mine if it was not for the bad pay starting off. I love sports and I love seeing new talent.
3.) Athletic Director- this is a very realistic job for me because I plan on going into coaching and those two careers go hand-in-hand.
4.) Camp Director- I enjoy planning events, especially the little things that make it run well. Id be able to be with my family often.
5.) Alumni Relation Coordinator- I currently do this for my fraternity and I do this somewhat with ISU football. I thoroughly enjoy meeting new people with similar backgrounds of mine and convincing them to donate money.
TIER #3: NECESSARY SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS FOR CAREERS Identify one career option you researched and address the following.
Career Option #1: ____Radio & TV Administrator____________
What are the basic/minimum qualifications: Bachelor Degree
Ideal Degree in: Communications, advertising, broadcast journalism, public relations, mass communications
What skills are they looking for? Decision Making
Social Perceptiveness
What type of experience is needed? What background are they looking for? Start as an assistant
Work your way to top of station
What does the description say youll be doing and what will the ideal candidate look like? Page 3 of 5
Enterprising Person
Artistic Person
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Identify a second career option you researched and address the following.
Career Option #2: _____Camp Director____________
What are the basic/minimum qualifications: Bachelors Degree
Ideal Degree in: recreation, sports management, psychology, or social work
What skills are they looking for? Listening
Managing People
What type of experience is needed? What background are they looking for? Typically working with a similar type of camp
General knowledge of the particular camp
What does the description say youll be doing and what will the ideal candidate look like? Need to be good at helping others
Working outdoors
Identify a third career option you researched and address the following.
Career Option #3: _____________Professional Sports Scout______________
What are the basic/minimum qualifications: Bachelor Degree
Ideal Degree in: sports administration, business administration, physical education
What skills are they looking for? Listening
Managing time
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What type of experience is needed? What background are they looking for? A great deal of knowledge about the particular sport
Years of scouting
What does the description say youll be doing and what will the ideal candidate look like? Face to Face Communication
Frequent Decision Making
After researching all three career options, what are the similarities? What are the reoccurring skills, traits, etc.?
Listening
Decision Making
Bachelor Degree
Time Management
TIER #4: INVOLVEMENT/STEPS TO OBTAIN SKILLS & EXPERIENCE Identify one involvement opportunity that will help you gain the reoccurring skills, traits, etc. identified from your research in Tier #3.
When will this be accomplished? I am planning on taking a KNR class this Spring which would give me my CPR Certification
Involvement Opportunity #3: ___________ISU Football Internship___________________
When will this be accomplished? I am currently accomplishing it now, but I can work harder to ensure that my football knowledge and organizational skills are improving daily.