MGTS2604 CAREER PLAN REPORT STRUCTURE ASSIGNMENT

Assignment details

Rationale

This second assessment will help you develop a career plan to help guide you in your journey as a student at university and as an employee or entrepreneur of your own business after you complete your university studies. As the world becomes increasingly global and competitive, the future of work is changing from national focus to international focus. When a vacant position is advertised, it is very common to compete for the position with candidates all around the world.

Therefore, being strategic and competitive in managing your career is imperative. This second assessment will assist you to develop a plan to prepare for your future career.

This assessment will give students the opportunity to reflect on their career and develop an understanding of their overall career direction including their career goals, values, anchors, career types, interests and preferences.

Purpose

The aim of assessment task 2 is to enable students to build on their knowledge and skills of SHRM theories and processes about career management and employ ability through a reflection approach. Students will have the opportunity to reflect on their strengths and areas for development as it relates to their career goals. This assessment will also help students to understand the connections between theory and practice and develop practical skills in developing and managing one's career in a competitive and global world.

Task guide

1. You will produce a 1000 word business report with at least 10 academic peer-reviewed sources. Your report will address the following:
2. Self-assessments: clarifying your values, work-style personality and lifestyle-trade off and identifying your strengths and areas for development.
3. Creating career plan and goals to enhance career-related experiences before and after graduation
4. Integration: consider the relationship between your self-assessment findings and your career plan and goals. How do your strengths and preferences align with your career goals and values? What knowledge and skills do you need to develop to help you to effectively pursue your career goals?
5. Appendices: the appendices are included in the report but will not be part of the word count. The appendices include evidence from your self-assessments (e.g. career management competencies, values, work-style personality). You will also be required to submit your career story canvas in the appendix.

Structure

The report should have:

1. Cover page
2. Introduction
3. Body of the report (Parts 1, 2 & 3)
4. Conclusion
5. Appendices
6. a minimum of 10 references
7. Appendices may be used as supporting material. Appendices must be:
   1. referenced in the text, and
   2. kept in order of their reference

Cover Page

The cover page should have:

1. Your name
2. Student ID number
3. Title of the report (e.g. Career plan report)
4. Note: you can also personalize the title of the report since it is an individual report about your career

Introduction

The introduction should have:

Body

The body of the report should have three parts:

Report Format

1. Briefly state the purpose of the report
2. Structure of the report
3. Note: the cover page, references and appendices of the report are not included in the word count. You will only be given feedback on these areas but they are not included in the word count.

The body of the report should have three parts:

1. PART 1 – career management competencies, values, anchors, career types, interests, abilities and personality
2. Analyse your career management competencies, values, anchors, career types, interests, abilities and personality
3. In your analysis, you should focus on similarities and differences between your career management competencies, values, anchors, career types, interests, abilities and personality
4. Analyse your strengths and areas for development.
5. You can focus on your career management competencies score. Your highest score is your strength and your lower score is your area of development.
6. You can also focus on your values, anchors, career types, interests, abilities and personality if you think you are strong in these areas or need improvement in one of these areas.
7. Use the STAR (Situation-Task-Action-Results) format to describe your strengths or area for improvement

The body of the report should have three parts:

1. PART 2 – career goals, resources, obstacles and action plan
2. Outline your career goals.
3. You should use the SMART (Specific-Measurable-AttainableRelevant-Time bound) format to describe your career goals
4. You should also outline resources (e.g. financial, people, institution) that will support you as you pursue your career goals
5. You should also outline any obstacles and how you will plan to overcome these obstacles that you work towards your career goals
6. You should identify your areas for development, skills and experiences you need to develop.
7. You should identify strategies to develop your skills, experiences and area for development such as internship, further studies, mentor, etc.
8. PART 3 – integration of Part 1 and Part 2
9. How do your self-assessments in part 1 (career management competencies, values, anchors, career types, interests, abilities, personality) fit with your part 2 (career goals, resources, obstacles and action plan).
10. For example, if you identify a strength in part 1 of the report, in which way does your strength support your career goals. Also is your weakness identify in part 1 an obstacle in part 2? What plan of action do you have in part 2 to develop your area for development identified in part 1.