Assignment Task

Question 1 – Your Current Situation  

1. What is your name?
2. What degree and majors are you studying?
3. What other relevant prior education do you have?
4. What would people say are your strengths?
5. What would people say are your strengths?
6. What would people say are areas that you need improvement?
7. How do you respond to setbacks or failure?
8. How do you approach conquering adversity?
9. What are you willing to do or give up achieving your career ambitions?
10. What are your unique selling points?
11. How are you extraordinary?

Question 2 – Your future direction

Question 3 – Professional Identity 

• Why do you want a career?
• Why do you want a career in this area?
• What are you most passionate about in your chosen career?
• What factors are important to you in your career?
• To what degree and how are your attributes, beliefs and values aligned with you chosen profession?
• What factors are must-haves in a career?
• What factors do you want to avoid in a career?
• What are some of the notions/characteristics/key aspects that you associate with a career in ER/HR/MGT (or your chosen field) post-university?

Question 4 – Steps to take

• What are some specific things that you have done so far to enhance your employability and achieve your career goals?
• What are some specific things that you will need to do before your graduate (or over the next six months) to enhance your employability and achieve your immediate career goals?

Refencing

The aim of creating a professional identity and development plan is to gain a deeper understanding of yourself and your profession. Professional development plans are a way to make proactive change, facilitate your personal growth, aid successful career planning and enhance your capacity to create your future. The professional development plan may also be used as an aid in recruitment and selection and performance management processes. Elements of the plan can be included in your career portfolio and demonstrates reflective analysis and forward-thinking skills.

The plan should be supported using in-text citations and a reference list containing a minimum of SIX contemporary academic peer-refereed journal articles (ideally most should be published within the last 10 years unless they are seminal articles). Beyond journal articles students are encouraged to look more broadly at other information freely available on the web (be sure to cite all sources).