Brittney Johnson
GEN 195
Pat Boyd
August 2, 2013
Personal Plan
A personal goal I have always dreamed of was to be a successful prosecutor, or lawyer. Now, I am working on my career goal by pursuing a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice at the University of Phoenix. As of now, I am improving on my educational goal. I receive great recognition for my hard work. Seeing as my family have not gotten as far when doing anything involving school. I plan to be the first to graduate from college. Taking on full responsibility for my actions I am writing this essay to inform you on my strengths and weaknesses, and tell how far I plan to go in life.
Career interests and competencies help guide me by allowing me to pick and choose from many different categories on which path I should take. It describes your inner career character to fit any career of your choice. I have learned that not only will you be able to see what you are like with a questionnaire, but it also explains your strengths and weaknesses. Pursuing this degree does help me out with the competencies I need for my future career. It gives me that extra push I desperately need. My academic course work that I have completed over the last couple weeks have helped me develop better reading, writing, study, and presentation skills.
Competencies are the measurable or observable knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors critical to successful job performance. By using the career plan competencies activity it could help me further realize which job or jobs might fit my criteria. Choosing the right competencies allows employers to: Plan how they will organize and develop their workforce. Determine which job classes you best fit. Recruit and select the best employees. Manage and train employees effectively. Develop staff to fill future vacancies. My reasoning aptitude results also could help me by telling my strengths and weaknesses. By doing so, it allows more time for me to work on those