Career Plan Reflection Paper
Running head: CAREER PLAN REFLECTION PAPER
Career plan reflection paper Business Communication and Critical Thinking Kameron Ketcham April 26, 2013
During the five week course of Business Communication and Critical Thinking, there were activities at the My Career Plan page on University of Phoenixes website that were required to be completed for the week. They were Career interests Profiler, Competencies, Work Culture Preferences and Reasoning Aptitude.
This Author will discuss those activities that were taken and completed during this course. The discussion will also be tailored around how this course applies to the career plan.
Career Interests Profiler
The first activity was the Career Interests Profiler. Before the My Career Plan can give ideas as to the possible career paths for this author, a series of questions needed to be answered in order for the profiler to tailor the careers according to the answers given.
Upon the completion of answering the questions, the profiler had identified three specific characteristics for this author. They were: artistic, realistic and enterprising. Below these were possible career paths that correlated with the three characteristics. Amongst the top picks were arts, designs, entertainment, media and sports.
Innately a creative person, this author agrees with majority of the matches given. Critical thinking is an imperative aspect when looking at the arts and design careers. Innovation is key and requires a large amount of focused and creative perspectives.
Competencies
The second activity was the competencies section. This activity is to uncover the personal behaviors, skills and abilities to drive performance at work.
The results from this activity were formulated by yet another series of questions to accurately identify the test takers specific competencies.
Results from this test
Career plan reflection paper Business Communication and Critical Thinking Kameron Ketcham April 26, 2013
During the five week course of Business Communication and Critical Thinking, there were activities at the My Career Plan page on University of Phoenixes website that were required to be completed for the week. They were Career interests Profiler, Competencies, Work Culture Preferences and Reasoning Aptitude.
This Author will discuss those activities that were taken and completed during this course. The discussion will also be tailored around how this course applies to the career plan.
Career Interests Profiler
The first activity was the Career Interests Profiler. Before the My Career Plan can give ideas as to the possible career paths for this author, a series of questions needed to be answered in order for the profiler to tailor the careers according to the answers given.
Upon the completion of answering the questions, the profiler had identified three specific characteristics for this author. They were: artistic, realistic and enterprising. Below these were possible career paths that correlated with the three characteristics. Amongst the top picks were arts, designs, entertainment, media and sports.
Innately a creative person, this author agrees with majority of the matches given. Critical thinking is an imperative aspect when looking at the arts and design careers. Innovation is key and requires a large amount of focused and creative perspectives.
Competencies
The second activity was the competencies section. This activity is to uncover the personal behaviors, skills and abilities to drive performance at work.
The results from this activity were formulated by yet another series of questions to accurately identify the test takers specific competencies.
Results from this test
References: University of Phoenix. (2013). My Career Plan. Retrieved from University of Phoenix, BCOM275 website.