BUS103George Mason University Professional Development Plan Paper

Your professional development plan should be 4-5 pages, double-spaced, and include at least three sources to support your arguments.

Professional Development Plan

1. Introduction
2. Industry Skills Requirements
3. Individual Development Needs
4. Action Plan
5. Workplace Values and Career Fit
6. Reflection

Discuss why you are interested in pursuing a degree in business (or your chosen field). What major (accounting, finance, information systems and operations management, management, or marketing) are you most interested in and why? What would be your ideal job upon graduation? Try to provide more than just a surface-level discussion—do some serious self-assessment here.

What specific skills are needed for the job or career field of your choice? Your response to this question should be based on research. Plan to utilize databases such as the Occupational Outlook Handbook (http://www.bls.gov/ooh/) and O*NET (https://www.onetonline.org/) and be sure to use APA-style in-text citations to indicate where you got your information. Use at least three different sources for your information.

Choose ONE of the skills that is important in your field and that you feel you need to improve, and answer the following:

Why have I identified this skill as one I would like to grow in?

What knowledge/competency do I currently have in this skill area?

How have I already developed this skill through this course and other opportunities?

How will this skill contribute to my personal success?

Create a table that shows how you will go about gaining experience and knowledge in this one skill area for each of the following timeframes: by the end of the fall semester, and by the time you graduate. For each time frame:

List some resources/activities (specific classes both in and out of business, workshops, events, work experiences, online tutorials, readings, etc.) you will use or engage in to advance your skills in this area.

Tell how these resources/activities will contribute to your skill development.

Describe how you will assess whether these resources/activities have increased your capabilities.

On the next page is an example of what your Action Plan should look like. Copy the headings on the side and top but put your own bullet points into the gray areas. You should have at least two items in each timeframe.

	Resources I will use and/or activities I will engage in (be specific)	How these will contribute to my development	How I will assess my learning
By the end of the fall semester	Resource/activity 1 Resource/activity 2 Resource/activity 3	Contributions of resource/activity 1 Contributions of resource/activity 2 Contributions of resource/activity 3	How I’ll assess resource/activity 1 How I’ll assess resource/activity 2 How I’ll assess resource/activity 3
By graduation	Resource/activity 4 Resource/activity 5 Resource/activity 6	Contributions of resource/activity 4 Contributions of resource/activity 5 Contributions of resource/activity 6	How I’ll assess resource/activity 4 How I’ll assess resource/activity 5 How I’ll assess resource/activity 6

Developing skills that make you attractive to organizations is an important aspect of professional development, but knowing how to assess a job or organization to see if it is worth your consideration is also important. For this section take the opportunity to think about your values and determine if a job or organization would be a good “fit” for you based on those values. Complete the workplace values exercise and identify your top five core values. As you complete this section please refer to the required readings on cultural fit posted on Blackboard.

Describe what you have learned from doing this professional development plan and how you will apply this knowledge to be successful in school and in the workplace. Did you accomplish the things you planned to do during this semester? Why or why not? What challenges might arise in the future as you execute your action plan? What is your backup plan? Why is cultural fit important in the job search process? How can organizations ensure they are hiring for cultural fit while also building a diverse workforce?

 

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