Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Period: ______
Career Plan
Part 1- Career Interest
Answer the questions below.
1. Review the University of Denvers Work Values list
(http://www.du.edu/career/media/documents/pdfs/workvalues.pdf) and list YOUR top
6 work values below.
Financial reward
excitement
location
Public contact
Status/ prestige
balance
2. Review the eLearning Soft Skills Program (http://www.mitalent.org/elearning-softskills-program/) and list 4 skills you currently have that employers are looking for.
communication
Personal judgment
teamwork
humility
3. What is the minimum YEARLY salary that you are willing to accept for your first
career? _____70000___________________
4. Do you want to pursue more training or schooling after high school? Why or why
not?
Yes, I do not want a blue collar job and in order for me to survive with the lifestyle I
am living, I need a good job that pays well.
5. Write a brief paragraph describing the lifestyle you would like to have when you
are 30 years old. (Lifestyle = a particular way of living)
I want to live in a really nice house, with a really nice car wearing really nice
clothes. I want to be happy with my life and happy with my job.
leadership
organization
cooperative
9. Does this career align with your Meyer Briggs personality outcome?
Explain. Yes I think so, because they meet and talk to executives and
they advertise to the public. My personality trait is the campaigner.
They love to communicate.
Career 2: _____business consultant_______________________________________________
10.Summarize the career description.
They guide ,and counsel companies to improve their profit and efficiency.
11.List 1 reason why this career is suited for you? I like helping others.
12.What is the average yearly salary for this career?__79870________
Self confidence
Communication skills
leadership
18.
Does this career align with your Meyer Briggs personality
outcome? Explain.
Yes I think so, because this job requires strong communication skills and self
confidence which is apart of my personality.
Part 3-Reflection (16 points possible)
Choose one of the three careers you investigated that you have the most interest in
and write a one page paper describing why you chose this career and detailing your
plan to obtain this job. (12 font, double spaced, complete sentences)
Paragraph 1- Summarize the career (job duties, environment, outlook, etc). A
market manager plans out the advertisements of products. They engage in social
media and promote interest to the general public. Market managers make an
average of 80,000. The stress level for this occupation is higher than average, and
there is a lot of competition in this job.
Paragraph 2- Explain why you chose this career and it fits you (values it fulfills,
personality traits, skills, benefits). I choose this career because this job requires
strong communication skills and leadership skills. They req
Paragraph 3- What are you going to do to pursue this career? (short term
long term (1 year +), college, high school courses, jobs, etc.)
(6 months),
Paragraph 4- What is your lifestyle going to look like once you have this career?
(family, hobbies, friends, material items, happiness, etc.)