Career & Industry Awareness (CIA) Assignment

Assignment Area

Points

Common Reasons for Points Deductions

Overall: Formatting

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· Assignment is in Microsoft Word

Step 1: List 2 industries

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· Items listed are NOT industries

Step 2: For EACH industry:

a. List 2 trade associations

b. List 2 trade journals

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· Items listed are NOT trade associations (e.g., they are company websites or other types of groups, etc.)

· Items listed are NOT trade journals (e.g., they are general consumer and/or business magazines or newspapers)

Step 3: For EACH industry:

List 1 entry level job, why you want to have that job, and attach the job posting

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· Jobs listed are not entry-level, post-graduate jobs (or aligned with one’s experience level)

· Jobs are NOT related to the industries chosen

· Explanation for why you want that job is: too brief; not descriptive; unrelated to the job. (It must be a SENTENCE or TWO that illustrates how you might answer the question on an interview. )

· Job postings are not attached

Step 4 : For ONE industry, choose a company and list:

a. Company’s top 5 officers

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· Fewer than 5 top officers are listed.

· Officers listed are not “top” officers (e.g., CEO, CFO, etc)

· Officer listing lacks titles (Must include names + titles)

b. Company’s products & services

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· Products/services list is too brief, incomplete, or inaccurate.

c. Two current issues in company’s INDUSTRY

(2-3 sentences minimum per issue)

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· Issues listed are NOT about the INDUSTRY (e.g., issues focus on company instead of industry)

· Issues listed are too brief; they do not include at least 2-3 sentences per issue.

· Issues are your opinion, instead of researched facts.

d. Outlook for company’s INDUSTRY

(2-3 sentences minimum)

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· Outlook is NOT about the industry (e.g., outlook focuses on company instead of the industry)

· Outlook is too brief, does not include at least 2-3 sentences

· Outlook is your opinion, instead of researched facts.

TOTAL POINTS

15