Career Exploration
BUSN210 CAREER RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT
35 marks, 10% of Total Final Grade
Due Week 4
INSTRUCTIONS:
Create a Word document labeled Career Research Assignment_YourName.docx, insert a title page as page one and include your name, your professor’s name, title of assignment, and date submitted
List each of the following HEADINGS in your document
Under each heading enter the information requested below
Marks will be deducted for spelling errors
Include in-text citations for any quotes or facts you use. Insert your Bibliography at the end. (APA format)
CAREER EXPLORATION: (6 marks)
Choose 3 possible careers or career fields you’d like to research. Make sure that at least one of them is from the program area you are currently studying. You may be thinking of a specific occupational title, (manager, HR recruiter, International Sales Rep., etc.) or you may simply have interest in a particular field (medicine, education, research, finance, etc.)
Visit http://careercruising.com (login = Centennial and password = campus1). Use the “Explore Careers” link on the left side to locate your 3 choices.
Review the “Job Description” and the “At a Glance” pages for each of your choices above. Copy/paste the Job Description page for each of the three choices into your assignment.
If your choices are not available in Career Cruising you may use other resources to gather job descriptions for your choices. You should supply similar information as is available in Career Cruising for job descriptions (approximately 2 or 3 paragraph description)
CAREER GOAL: (15 marks)
From the three career options you chose, consider the job duties, salary, labour market, and your work preferences.
Create a table as follows and list each of your three career options. Think about the pros (the good things about each choice) and cons (the not-so-good things about each choice) and what implications pursuing each career would have on your life.
Choose ONE to
35 marks, 10% of Total Final Grade
Due Week 4
INSTRUCTIONS:
Create a Word document labeled Career Research Assignment_YourName.docx, insert a title page as page one and include your name, your professor’s name, title of assignment, and date submitted
List each of the following HEADINGS in your document
Under each heading enter the information requested below
Marks will be deducted for spelling errors
Include in-text citations for any quotes or facts you use. Insert your Bibliography at the end. (APA format)
CAREER EXPLORATION: (6 marks)
Choose 3 possible careers or career fields you’d like to research. Make sure that at least one of them is from the program area you are currently studying. You may be thinking of a specific occupational title, (manager, HR recruiter, International Sales Rep., etc.) or you may simply have interest in a particular field (medicine, education, research, finance, etc.)
Visit http://careercruising.com (login = Centennial and password = campus1). Use the “Explore Careers” link on the left side to locate your 3 choices.
Review the “Job Description” and the “At a Glance” pages for each of your choices above. Copy/paste the Job Description page for each of the three choices into your assignment.
If your choices are not available in Career Cruising you may use other resources to gather job descriptions for your choices. You should supply similar information as is available in Career Cruising for job descriptions (approximately 2 or 3 paragraph description)
CAREER GOAL: (15 marks)
From the three career options you chose, consider the job duties, salary, labour market, and your work preferences.
Create a table as follows and list each of your three career options. Think about the pros (the good things about each choice) and cons (the not-so-good things about each choice) and what implications pursuing each career would have on your life.
Choose ONE to