Career Planning Worksheet

Directions: Respond to the following questions in preparation for completing the Career Planning Worksheet.

1. What is your career goal? (If you don’t have a specific goal, this can be a general statement to get your research started.)

 

2. Find a job opening in your state that fits your goal and respond to these questions:
   1. Is a college degree needed? If yes, what degree?
   2. Is a state license needed? If yes, what license?
   3. What skills or knowledge does the job ask for?
   4. What experience does the job ask for?
   5. Does the salary meet your needs?

 

3. If a license is required for the job, find the requirements for licensure on your state’s Department of Licensing Web site and respond to these questions:
   1. Does the license require a degree? If yes, what degree?
   2. Does the license require the degree to be from a school with a specific accreditation? If yes, what accreditation?
   3. Does the license require passing a test(s)? If yes, what test(s)?
   4. Does the license require an internship or experience? If yes, what are those requirements?

 

4. If a graduate degree is required for this job, look at a graduate program offering that degree and respond to these questions:
   1. Do they require a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) to apply? If yes, what is the GPA?
   2. Does the program require you to take a test (i.e., GRE) to apply? If yes, what test?
   3. Does the program require specific course work taken before entry? If yes, what courses?
   4. Does the program require completing an internship or practicum? If yes, what are the requirements?

 

5. Browse Capella’s course catalog and identify courses that can help you reach your goal.

 

6. Find an article or Web site that talks about the future growth or changes for this career area.

 

Next, complete the Career Planning Worksheet. Use the spaces below to respond to the questions about your career goal.

 

Career Goal: Write a sentence stating your career goal based on awareness of the projected job market.

Job Market: Write a paragraph describing whether this job will continue to be in demand and what changes are predicted. Cite your credible source of information.

Reference: Include author, date, and the URL for your credible source of information, and identify the credibility criteria used to establish this as a credible source.

Education Plan: Write a paragraph or more outlining your plan to get the education needed to reach your career goal. Include requirements for licensure, if any.

Skills Plan: Write a paragraph or more outlining how you plan to acquire the skills you’ll need to reach your career goal. Consider soft skills (traits that make you a good worker) and hard skills (abilities you learn in school or on the job) in your description.

Experience Plan: Write a paragraph or more outlining how you plan to gain the experience needed to reach your career goal.

Course Plan: List courses at Capella that will help you reach your career goal. For each course, write a sentence explaining how it will help you reach your goal.

Resources: Write a paragraph or more describing resources you can use to reach your career goal.

 

Save this completed worksheet as a Word document (.doc, .docx) on your computer. Then, attach a copy of this document as your submission for the Week 9 Assignment.