Category: Career and Professional development

In your Career Plan, Part I, you laid out your goals for the next twelve months. This was a practical choice, given that many employers follow an annual review system. On the other hand, truly long-term planning is something that is almost always up to you. Simply put, you can’t count on your employer to plan your career.
There are some who feel that long-term career planning is a waste of time. They reason that social, economic, and technological changes are happening so fast that it is useless to try to to make far-reaching plans. After all, there may be career paths that are in demand right now that might not exist several years from now as well as other careers that haven’t been created yet that will provide great opportunities in just a few years.
Yet some things probably won’t change. Most of us want to have successful careers. Most of us need to earn money from a career in order to meet the needs of ourselves and our loved ones. In addition, most of us will need to save and invest money from our earnings in order to be able to retire when we want to. Finally, although retirement may be a long time away for many of us, it is something we’ll want to enjoy when that time comes.
For this final assignment, you’ll create a broad, full-term career plan starting now and taking you to your expected retirement age. Please answer the following questions to help guide your response.
At what age do you plan to retire?
Do you have a realistic plan to be able to retire at that age? What are your major assets and debts currently? What major expenses do you anticipate having in the future, such as buying a home or paying a child’s college tuition? Note: You do not have to share any exact financial details with your instructor or the class.
Is your current salary sufficient to meet your needs? If not, what is your plan to earn more than you are currently making? Again, you do not need to share specific salary details.
What does your dream retirement look like? Do you plan to travel a lot? Do you think you might wish to continue working on a part-time basis or participate in volunteer work?
Generally speaking, how ambitious are you, and what shape does that ambition take? Do you want to keep getting promoted until you reach the top? Would you prefer to start your own business? Alternatively, are you satisfied doing what you are doing right now, and will you still be satisfied doing it many years from now?
Finally, in a couple of sentences, define what career success means to you. When you retire, how will you know if your career has been a success?
Format your assignment as if it were a workplace memo, including the following.
To:
From:
Subject:
Date:
The expected length of this message is approximately 300 words, and it should consist of two to three thoughtful, single-spaced paragraphs.
The assignment will be graded based on the following rubric.

“Ten Qualities of a Self-Renewing Adult”
On page 87 of our text, Frederic Hudson, author of “The Adult Years: Mastering the Art of Self-Renewal”, outlines ten essential qualities for adults to be self-renewing and to deal effectively with change. He believes that by acknowledging the importance of and the improving of these qualities, a person can prepare to becoming self-renewing.
For this assignment, choose five of the ten qualities that you identify with the most and write a reflective paper. In your paper, be thorough as you discuss and explain each chosen quality. Be sure you reference the qualities chosen to receive credit. Your 2-3 pages submission is a reflection of your best academic work. Be sure to proof for grammatical errors.
Remember to include your first and last name, IST 250 My Self Renewing Qualities and the date.

Please answer the following questions:
Purpose of assessment
Types of data/variables: categorical, ordinal, interval, ratio
Kinds of scores (normative, criterion, self; raw and standard)
Central tendency: mean, median, mode
Normal and skewed curves
Variance & standard deviation
Reliability & validity; standard error of measurement
Correlation coefficient
Relevance of culture, diversity, or social justice in assessment
Relevance of spirituality in assessment
Relevance of ethics in assessment
Considering instruments covered in this course so far (Goleman, Rorschach, Measures of Psychosocial Development, Career Thoughts Inventory, Work Values Assessment, aggregated data), describe examples of level A, B, or C assessment (Naugle)
Describe how you will likely use assessment in college, mental health, OR school settings

complete a resume including a cover letter, a resume, and a professional strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis

Complete this worksheet for a career of interest based on previous research.
SECTION 1: Average income for a new college grad. 
Resources: Occupational Outlook Handbook, Glassdoor.com or salary.com
SECTION 1:
MINIMUM SALARY
MAXIMUM SALARY
INCOME:
Primary Income 
Misc. Income 
(any side gigs of interest?)
INCOME TOTAL:
Step 1: Using the minimum salary listed above, calculate the possible budget based on percentages listed below.
Step 2: Calculate your expenses based on your own preferences (consider other expenses or different percentages).
SECTION 2:
POSSIBLE BUDGET 
YOUR PREFERRED BUDGET 
EXPENSES:
Rent or Mortgage (30%)
Utilities: gas, water, electric (5%)
Internet/TV and Cell Phone (5%)
Car: insurance, fees, gas and repairs
Transportation (10%)
Insurance (5%)
Groceries & Toiletries (10%)
Entertainment (10%)
Clothing (5%)
Other:
Other:
Misc.
Savings (10%)
Tithe (10%)
Charitable Giving 
EXPENSES SUBTOTAL:
INCOME – (MINUS) EXPENSES =
*After subtracting expenses from income you should have money remaining (positive number) or arrive at 0.
If not, adjust expenses to avoid having a negative balance (which would represent debt instead of income)
PAGE 9 of attached document. 

Using the CSU Online Library, identify an article on an ethical issue in the workplace. This article should include details of an ethical incident by an organization.
Create a case study that addresses the following questions:
What was the ethical situation, and what led to the problem?
How did the organization respond?
What were the consequences of these actions?
What did you learn about professional ethics through this case study?
Your complete case study must be at least two pages in length. Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including in-text citations and references for all sources that are used.

INTRODUCTION
For this assessment, you will evaluate communication methods and strategies. 
SCENARIO
You are a manager for Merrilton Robotics and will soon be onboarding new employees in your department. You need to evaluate communication strategies and methods, provide a presentation for new employees based on your findings, and create an executive summary of your presentation.
A.  Evaluate two types of organizational communication strategies (e.g., indirect, direct, pivoting) by doing the following:
1.  Describe a business situation where the two selected organizational communication strategies are used effectively.
2.  Describe three attributes that correlate with one of the selected communication strategies.
B.  Evaluate two types of organizational communication methods (e.g., email, letter, blog, social media) by doing the following:
1.  Describe a business situation where the two selected communication methods are used effectively.
2.  Describe three attributes that correlate with one of the selected communication methods.

For this paper, you will apply Critical Race Theory, LatCrit and/or Intersectionality to your understanding of the movie you choose. Please note: I would prefer that you use one or two theories in more depth than all three on a surface level.

talk about how i have to deal with angry customers at my work. 
What challenges did you face in fixing the object? How did you overcome these challenges? Did you fix your work? Why or why not?How did you feel when the object broke? How did you feel after fixing it? What did you learn from the experience?