Crafting your future, service management, budget control

Task

Considering your successful completion of this course, write a self--‐reflective essay reflecting on the following questions:

Career and Professional Planning:

· What do you think have changed in your perception about job, work, and career?

· What do you think is working calling; and to what extent do you think you are closer to finding your work calling?

· Considering the various career tendencies and behaviors –traditional, protean, boundaryless; Career Anchors, and RIASEC model, what have

you explored about your own career tendencies and characteristics?

· What kind of resources do you think would support you in your process of a successful and achieving career management? Try to be as

specific as possible –people, agents, influencers, training programs, counseling, coaching/mentoring, etc.

Application Process:

· Which job application processes will you be following? Remember, every individual has his/her own style; what is yours?

· What is/are your takeaway/s from this course, regarding following job application tools and strategies? What have you come to realize and have

decided to implement in your journey of job applications?

· What are the dos and don’ts that you have set yourself during your application process? In other words, what are the things you say YES and NO in this process?

Career Communication:

· What is/are your takeaway/s about job interviews? What have you learnt throughout the course of this program?

· What are the dos and don’ts that you are more aware of while being interviewed? Please be as specific as possible, as to the attitude, behavior,

voice tone, outfit, punctuality, content relevance, etc.

· What are the lessons you have learnt from your past interviews if you had any? If you had the power of turning back the time, what would you

have done differently in one of the interviews you had taken?

Specificities of the essay:

· Individual work

· No need for table of contents

· Title to the essay

· Name Surname, Course Code (PPD311) Group number (ex. Group ABC)

· Submission in pdf format

· Context should be limited with your experiences, awareness, and perspectives you acquired during the course.

Formalities:

· Word count: 2000-2500 words

· Font: Times New Roman 12 pts. Line spacing 1.5

· Text alignment: Justified.

· If referencing or quotes are used, should be indicated in Harvard’s citation style.

Submission: May 9th, 23:59 CEST, via Moodle (Turnitin). Weight: This task will be evaluated as Pass/Fail. It assesses the following learning outcomes:

· Outcome 1: Understand the personal career development and management process, and career tendencies and characteristics.

· Outcome 2: Identify processes of job application and putting them in action.