Individual Career Plan

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Description

Write a 5–6-page assessment in which you reflect on the results of self-assessment and self-inventory exercises, articulate your professional goals and career plans, and write an action plan for implementing those goals and plans.


Assessment Instructions

Preparation

To prepare for this assessment, complete the Work Values Card Sort and Career Inventory Checklist media, linked in the Resources under the Required Resources heading.

Instructions

Write a 5–6-page assessment in which you complete the following:

  • Create a title page: Give your paper a title that reflects the purpose of your work. It is suggested that you use the APA Paper Template, linked in the Resources under the Suggested Resources heading, to format your paper according to the APA manual (sixth edition).
  • Write an introduction: For the introduction section of your paper, include the title at the top of the first page. (In APA format, the word Introduction is not used as a heading.) Briefly summarize the key components of your paper.
  • Create a heading titled Assessment and Inventory Results: Summarize the results of the required self-assessment and self-inventory exercises. Use critical thinking and your knowledge of psychological theories and concepts to analyze the meaning and significance of the results. This summary can help guide your career direction.
  • Create a heading titled Goals and Career Plans:
    • Describe your professional philosophy, including your goals and career plans.
    • Describe how your professional goals and career choices align with your values and life interests.
    • Explain how your values relate to professional behaviors and practices.
  • Create a heading titled Motivation: Analyze how psychological principles can be used to motivate you to overcome obstacles to reach your professional goals.
  • Create a heading titled Action Plan: Develop a SMART action plan for implementing your career goals. This will serve as a road map to help you take concrete steps to fulfill your goals. For example, describe the steps you are planning to take to apply for a job or apply to graduate school. Discuss realistic ideas about how to implement psychological knowledge and skills in occupational pursuits that meet personal and professional goals. You may wish to review the document SMART Action Plan, linked in the Resources under the Suggested Resources heading, conduct an Internet search to learn what should be included in an action plan, and/or refer to the Capella Career Center resources, linked in the Resources under the Suggested Resources heading.
  • Create a heading titled Conclusion: Briefly summarize the key points of your assessment and make a statement about your future career aspirations.

Keep in mind throughout this assessment that while your writing must conform to APA standards, you must explain all information in a manner that can be easily understood by a nonacademic or nonscientific audience.

Refer to the Individual Career Plan Scoring Guide to ensure that you meet the grading criteria for this assessment.

Additional Requirements

Your assessment should meet the following requirements:

  • Written communication: Written communication is well organized and free of errors that detract from the overall message.
  • APA format: Comply with current APA style and formatting.
  • Number of resources: A minimum of three academic resources.
  • Length: 5–6 typed, double-spaced pages, excluding cover page and references.
  • Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.


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Running Head: INDIVIDUAL CAREER PLAN

Individual Career Plan
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INDIVIDUAL CAREER PLAN

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Individual Career Plan
Introduction

The following is a discussion of an individual career plan. The purpose of this discussion
is to develop a self-assessment plan to identify individual career goals and plans, and the smart
implementation plan for the career goals. In the discussion is a summary of the self-assessment
and self-inventory exercise. The paper will describe the goals and career plans and analyze the
psychological motivation which is necessary towards achieving the professional goals. Another
issue that has been addressed is a smart action plan for implementing the career goals has also been
addressed in the paper.
Assessment and Inventory Results
The result of the self-assessment provided different values ranging from helping others in
the community, empathy, organization to planning. The values are important in developing my
career in psychology. The value of helping others in the community is linked to the value of
empathy. This involves the process of taking the burden of other people in the community as an
individual problem. The values involve giving the best to the community inform of volunteering
and reaching to other people either economically or socially (Crookes & Schmidt, 2015). These
values are significant in developing my career because they give an insight of the world and help
understand the environment that I am working and living. They help in understanding the behavior
of people and their social process. This will help in appreciating the behavior of different people
in the community and develop the skill of critical thinking that is essential in the analysis of
different aspects of...


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