Academic and professional goals

Course: WRK100: Preparing for the Future of Work Assignment 2: Reflecting on Your Skills Goals and Accomplishments Due: Week 4 Points: 100 Note about this assignment: To ensure students are properly placed into the English courses that will best set them up for successful college writing it is customary for students to have their writing skills assessed. For students without transfer credit for college-level English courses the writing you provide in Assignment 2 will be assessed to determine whether you should be placed into ENG090 or into ENG116. This review of your writing will not affect your grade on the assignment or the overall course; your instructor will grade Assignment 2 based on the rubric for the course which is separate from the writing review. What to submit/deliverables: Word document that contains Parts 1‐3 of the Assignment 2 Template. What is the value of doing this assignment? In this assignment you will reflect on the qualities values strengths areas of improvement and accomplishments that capture who you are and how they connect to the 10 Skills and your personal academic and professional goals. You‘ll then practice your communication skill by writing about what you‘ve identified in ways appropriate for a CV or résumé (you will not need to complete a résumé). You‘ll use this information in Assignment 3 to create an action plan for developing skills that will help you reach your future goals. After completing this assignment you will have a document you can bring to the Career Center where counselors can help you further develop your career strategy. Your goal for this assignment is to: Reflect on and communicate your skills goals and accomplishments. To truly develop your communication skill it is important that you write using your own words and do not cut and paste from the Skills Definition table or any other source. Steps to complete: In Week 4 complete and submit your assignment using the following steps:

STEP 1: Complete the four questions in Part 1: About Me reflecting on your values aspirations key qualities goals strengths and areas of growth. • For questions 2 3 and 4 in Part 1 make sure to write five or more complete sentences for each.

STEP 2: Complete the three steps in Part 2: Accomplishment Statements by reflecting on your past accomplishments using the template to identify the challenges actions results and details and then writing two series of concise statements using the example accomplishments formatting provided.

STEP 3: Complete the four-question reflection in Part 3: Reflect on Your Experiences considering Parts 1 and 2 of this assignment and the connections you have made to the 10 Skills.

STEP 4: Save the template with your completed responses as a Word file titled Your Name WRK100_Assignment 2 Reflection and submit it in Blackboard in Week 4. To help make sure you are properly citing your sources please review Strayer Writing Standards.