Workplace Learning – Career Action Plan

Workplace Learning – Career Action Plan

BUS220 – Workplace Learning 2

 

Assignment 5: Career Action Plan

**The future career path can be anything related to Marketing**

Please make up everything for example in SWOT analysis, you can feel free to make up weaknesses, strengths, opportunities and threats

 

Length: 1000words approx.

 

Please complete this in report format style consisting of:

• Title page;
• Table of contents;
• Executive Summary;
• Introduction;
• Body of the report addressing the issues listed above;
• Conclusion; and
• References

 

The purpose of this task is to develop a career action plan indicating your own career situation and future career path.

You must submit a career action plan that deals with the aspects of career development covered in your subject materials. Your career action plan should include the following:

• Current Situation
  • Introduction: An introduction and overview of your current career position which also includes an analysis of your personal preferences, interests, skills, values and abilities.
  • Graduate and employability skills: A brief analysis of graduate and employability skills – you should be able to discuss which of these you believe you can successfully claim to possess and which you may need to acquire or improve upon. You should not just make claims but provide supporting information to demonstrate your claims.

• Ideal Situation
  • S.W.O.T. Analysis: Reflecting on your current situation and ideal situation, provide a S.W.O.T. analysis. (Analysis of your internal ‘strengths’ and ‘weaknesses’ and your external ‘opportunities’ and ‘threats’.
  • Career Goals: What are your short-term career goals? What are your long-term career goals?

 

 

 

• Steps to Success: Achieving your goals
  • Discuss what you are going to do to achieve your career goals.
•  Referencing
  • APA referencing as relevant with citations and list of references for any sources used within the assignment.
  • Students need to note that despite this being partly a personal reflection it is still academic work and thus needs to be referenced accordingly.
  • Students are expected to have 5 references following APA guidelines, which will constitute part of the marking criteria for a passing mark.

•  Presentation
  • Clear and appropriate structure.
  • Demonstrate depth of reflection.

Rationale

This task is designed to help you achieve the following learning outcomes:

Students should be able to:

• Be able to reflect on personal employability skills and plan appropriate professional development activities;
• Be able to apply theoretical models to professional development and business decision making processes in your work;
• Be able to distinguish team dynamics and analyse the impact of diversity on team performance;
• Be able to analyse structured workplace problems and identify a range of possible solutions;

 

Marking criteria

**Please follow High Distinction criteria*

MARKING CRITERIA	High Distinction85-100
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Mark/5
Highlights the aims of the report by outlining the report structure and previews the main points	Comprehensive purpose and significance of the main points are clearly explained and sign posted through the report structure.
INTRODUCTION: Mark /10
An introduction and overview that genuinely reflects on your current career position, and also includes an analysis of your personal preferences, interests, skills, values and abilities.	Provides a genuine in-depth reflection of current career position, which includes an in-depth analysis of personal preferences, interests, skills, values and abilities.
BODY:  Mark /60
Graduate and employability skills Identification and description of graduate and employability skills, discussing and illustrating which you possess and/or need to acquire.	An in-depth identification and excellent description of graduate and employability skills.  Clear and concise identification and discussion of graduate and employability skills you possess and / or need to acquire
S.W.O.T Analysis Reflects on the ‘gap’ or divergence between your ‘current situation’ and ‘ideal situation’ and provides a S.W.O.T analysis of your personal (internal) strengths and weaknesses and your external career development opportunities and threats	Ability to write a clear and concise reflective statement of your ‘current situation’ and ‘ideal situation’ and provided an in-depth SWOT analysis.Clearly and concisely reflected on your SWOT analysis clearly demonstrating what you do to mitigate the weaknesses and threats and capitalise on the strengths and opportunities.
Career Goals A statement of your career goals, having undertaken a reflection and consideration of what your goals might be.	An in-depth discussion of career goals in terms of short-term or long-term .  A clear and concise indication of which goals you are immediately pursuing and what first steps you might take in pursing them.   Used all  elements of the SMART technique to discuss your career goals
Steps to Success Discuss  how you are going to achieve your career goals	A clear and thought provoking discussion of how you are going to achieve your career goals
CONCLUSION – Mark /10
Main points summarised and linked to discussion.	Comprehensive and in-depth discussion provided
REFERENCING- Mark / 5
APA referencing style	Both the in text and end reference list are consistent in terms of style and application of APA.  5 or more references
PRESENTATION – Mark / 10
Clear and appropriate structure	All paragraphs are appropriately structured so each contains a single topic.Demonstrates a clear and logical progression of points, with clearly linked paragraphs
Depth of reflection	Writing demonstrates an in-depth reflection including substantial supporting details and examples
Mark / 100
Worth 15% of your final grade

 

 

Presentation

• Clear and appropriate structure.
• Demonstrate depth of reflection.

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