First, let's look at what we've done
before moving on to Developing a Career Search Strategy!
before moving on to Developing a Career Search Strategy!
When we looked at Career Planning Challenges and the tasks that lie ahead, I said that there were five challenges that you face. We're almost done with the first three:
- Organization Getting organized with a career binder: creating a space for your ideas and inspirations, developing a success timeline, setting up a daily to-do list and calendar and creating a place to keep your contact notes and all of the applications and resumes you will send.
- Awareness Becoming aware of who's hiring and how change happens and affects you, and learning how to research career options.
- Focus Gathering information about yourself through self-assessment. The last task for the Focus Challenge is pull together all of the information you've obtained from doing the exercises in Chapters 5 & 6 - the self-assessment exercises:
Make sure you've done all of the Self-Assessment exercises, rank ordered each list, and edited down the text for the most valuable information before you move to the next step!
Now, let's put it all together!
To "put it all together," you are going to create a picture, using the information you gathered in the exercises in the list above. The results content from exercises in Chapters 5 & 6. Here is the template for this task:
This is your Statement of Purpose!
My Career Chart
Use the information you gathered during the self assessment to complete your career chart with your preferences in rank order in each section. (The sections correspond to the exercises that you have completed). Make sure to prioritize the information and edit it down to fit the space. You can let go of whatever does not fit because the most important information in each section is at the top!
Use the information you gathered during the self assessment to complete your career chart with your preferences in rank order in each section. (The sections correspond to the exercises that you have completed). Make sure to prioritize the information and edit it down to fit the space. You can let go of whatever does not fit because the most important information in each section is at the top!
This is your Statement of Purpose!
