Why did you choose to explore this occupation or graduate school opportunity?
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Description
: Professional
Skills & Focused Career Research
Step 1: Conduct
Research
1.
Choose a
career opportunity you are interested in, or that you would like to do more
research into (e.g., a professional job or a graduate school program).
2.
Read about
the career opportunity on Labour Market websites OR school program websites.
Some labour market resource examples (and you are welcomed to find others):
·
Government
of Canada Trend Analysis - https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/trend-analysis
·
O*Net
Online - https://www.onetonline.org/
·
BC Labour
Market Outlook Reports - https://www.workbc.ca/labour-market-industry/b-c-s-economy/forecasting-the-labour-market.aspx
3.
Research
the professional practices around this career opportunity. List or write about
the identified professional standards (Don’t forget to include the source of
information!)
·
Is there a
professional association or governing body for this career (e.g., Canadian
Professional Counselors Association)?
·
Does a
Standard of Practice exist for this career?
·
Find job
postings/descriptions (in Canada) and look at skills/duties required.
Step 2: Written
Reflection (up to 500 words)
·
Why did you
choose to explore this occupation or graduate school opportunity?
·
Having
conducted this research (labour market and professional practices), has your
interest in this opportunity change? Why or why not?
·
How does
this career
opportunity align with your identified values?
·
What did you learn about the labour market outlook for your career
opportunity? What did you learn about its professional practice?
·
What would the next steps be for transitioning into this field? What other
career fields came up for you throughout this activity?
Grading
Refer to the
Workplace Readiness Grading scale in the course syllabus. Your assignment will
be evaluated on the following:
1.
Your
ability to follow each of the steps and respond to the instructions
2.
Quality of
Career Research
a.
Is the
occupation/graduate school program described thoroughly?
b.
Is the
labour market information current?
c.
Were
professional organizations researched or were professional practices
identified?
