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Job Analysis and Career Plan
For this assignment you will research careers you are interested in. For details on how this assignment will be assessed. please review the Job Analysis and Career Plan rubric.
If you aren’t yet sure what career you are interested in, visit the “I’m not really sure” assessment from My Next Move (https://www.mynextmove.org) to help you with this first step. Complete the assessment and choose two careers to target.
Next, create a matrix of information about your chosen career path and the steps you need to take to reach your goal. The My Next Move website will provide information to complete the matrix:
Go to http://www.mynextmove.org/ This website will help you search by industry. Use the yellow section on the main page.
Go to http://www.onetonline.org/skills/. You will learn about Holland Codes on O*Net this week. In addition, practice using one of O*Net’s other search functions based on the skills that you learned in your major.
Go to http://www.umgc.edu/current-students/career-services/job-and-internship-search/job-search-websites.cfm, where UMGC has gathered general and career-specific resources grouped by industry. The career-specific links can also introduce you to internship opportunities.
Use the Job Analysis and Career Plan EXAMPLE.TEMPLATE as a starting point. Review it and use it as a template to include your own information. Save it as YOUR NAME Job Analysis and Career Plan.docx.