Career Plan & Company Research
Career Choice:
Write an analysis of how your choice of coursework and other activities will prepare you to enter your preferred field. Indicate the skills that you are trying to acquire that an employer would expect when hiring someone into their company. Utilize the material that you have developed thus far concerning your strengths and interests. Indicate how you can prepare yourself to meet these expectations, including future courses that you will take. For example, employers might seek candidates with the following:
· Leadership experience
· Community involvement
· Campus involvement
· Problem solving skill
· Teamwork skill
· High energy level
· Personal discipline
· Demonstrated interest and involvement in the field
· Writing skill
· Initiative
· Speaking and presentation skill
· Sales skill
· Creativity
· Interpersonal skills (i.e. dealing with people)
· Critical thinking skill (the ability to analyze situations and create strategy or find/solve problems)
· Ability to complete tasks and deliver results
This is only a list of suggestions. Your answer could include things like:
· Summer internships
· Work study
· Join a campus professional club
· Work or volunteer for a community organization
· Lead a campus project
· Tutor other students
· Work at the University
· Attend career fairs
· Attend lectures by prominent guests of the University
Be specific! Do not just say “join a club.” Which club? Why that club? What companies will you target for an internship? What specific steps will you take to get an internship? When will you launch your search? How will you proceed on your search (use Career Success Center, etc.)? What networking tactics can you use?
Company Research
Research a company, institution, or agency that hire people in a field that you might like to work in. Provide the name of the company or entity and a profile of its major products or services. Indicate the size of the organization in sales dollars and people, and its geographic reach. Comment on the growth potential of the company based on its industry and strengths. Explain why you chose this particular company. If text is cut and pasted from a web site, you must indicate the source in a footnote. Cut and pasted text does not count towards your word count.
Word Count: 1000 (about 3.5 pages, double spaced)