DQ1

Prepare: Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read the articles Teaching Writing

Skills That Enhance Student Success in Future Employment ; An Inner Barrier to Career

Development: Preconditions of the Impostor Phenomenon and Consequences for Career

Development (Links to an external site.); and 9 Questions That’ll Help You Find Your Dream

Career (Links to an external site.); watch the video Business, Management & Administration

(Links to an external site.); and review the General Education Curriculum found in General

Academic Information and Policies (Links to an external site.) in the University of Arizona Global

Campus Catalog. This catalog addresses the core competencies that the general education

courses must cover: Ethical Reasoning, Written Communication, Oral and Interpersonal

Communication, Information Literacy, Critical Thinking, and Quantitative Reasoning.

Reflect: Think about the core competencies as previously mentioned, and ponder your time

taking general education courses. Reflect on the specific courses not associated with your

college major and determine the level of new information you have acquired that relates to the

core competencies. You must also think about a potential job you might apply to once you

graduate and determine what skills you developed through general education courses that

make you qualified for a specific job.

Write: For this discussion, you will address the following prompts:

• Review a job description through a job website (e.g., Career Builder (Links to an external

site.), Monster (Links to an external site.), etc.) in your desired career field (Human

Resources). Please provide the job title and the link to the job description.

• Identify at least five skills you have obtained through your general education courses

that will make you successful at this job.

• Demonstrate with at least two examples how your newly acquired knowledge and skills

have shaped both your personal and professional development.

• Describe your plans for putting your education to use within your community.

Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length, which should include a thorough

response to each prompt. You are required to provide in-text citations of applicable required

reading materials and/or any other outside sources you use to support your claims. Provide full

reference entries of all sources cited at the end of your response. Please use correct APA

format when writing in-text citations (see In-Text Citation Helper (Links to an external site.))

and references (see Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.))