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Explore your skills, goals, and accomplishments to help create a resume or future plan.
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Introduction
What does a brand-new home need so that it won’t come crumbling down? A solid, unshakeable foundation.
The same is true when it comes to your life and career. To stand tall and sturdy in your personal and professional life, you need the right foundation for success. You need to understand your strengths and where you need extra support to climb high. That starts with developing your personal and social responsibility.
People acting with personal and social responsibility:
· Know their personal strengths and limitations.
· Make decisions with respect for diversity, equality, and inclusion.
· Value self-knowledge and continually seek to improve themselves.
Overview
In this assessment, you will reflect on the qualities, values, strengths, areas of improvement, and accomplishments that capture who you are and how they connect problem solving and the learning outcomes in the course to personal, academic, and professional goals. You will then practice your communication outcome by writing about what you have identified in ways appropriate for a CV or resume. You will use this information later in the Skill Development Plan assessment to create an action plan for developing talents that will help you reach your future goals. After completing this assessment, you will have a document you can bring to the Capella Career Center where counselors can help you further develop your career strategy.
Preparation
Review the work you have done thus far in the course, including the course readings and your discussion contributions. Download the
Reflecting on Your Goals, Skills, and Accomplishments Template [DOCX]
and review the list of accomplishment categories at the end of the template for ideas.
Instructions
Use the
Reflecting on Your Goals, Skills, and Accomplishments Template [DOCX]
template to complete the following steps:
1. Describe personal and professional values and goals.
· Respond to questions 1 and 2 in
Part 1: About Me, reflecting on your values, aspirations, goals, strengths, and areas of growth.
2. Identify strengths and areas that need improvement.
· Respond to questions 3 and 4 in
Part 1: About Me, noting skills that are strengths and those that need improvement.
3. Analyze previous accomplishments that demonstrate professional abilities.
· Complete the three steps in
Part 2: Accomplishment Statements by reflecting on your past accomplishments, using the template to identify the challenge, actions, results, and details, and then writing two concise stories using the accomplishments formula provided.
4. Explain the benefits of self-reflection.
· Complete the four-question reflection in
Part 3: Reflect on Your Experiences, considering parts 1 and 2 of this assessment, and the connections you have made to problem solving and learning outcomes.
5. Write coherently with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics.
Additional Requirements
Your submission should also meet the following requirements:
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Written communication: Write in complete sentences free from errors that detract from the overall message.
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Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
Review the Reflecting on Your Skills, Goals, and Accomplishments Scoring Guide for details on how your assessment will be graded.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
· Competency 3: Analyze factors that contribute to professional presence.
· Describe personal and professional values and goals.
· Identify skills that are strengths and skills that need improvement.
· Explain benefits of self-reflection.
· Describe previous accomplishments that demonstrate professional skills.
· Competency 5: Compose text that articulates meaning relevant to its purpose and audience.
· Write coherently with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics.
