1. Personal Career Development Plan
Tech 190A Week 3 Lecture
Personal Career Development Plan

2. Personal Career Development Plan
A Career Development Plan is a written list of the short and long-term goals that employees have pertaining to their current and future jobs, and a planned sequence of formal and informal experiences to assist the employees in achieving their goals.

3. A Career Plan Should Ask and Answer the Following Questions:
What do I want to be? Propose your career goal e.g. Vice President manufacturing, CEO xxx corporation, Director of engineering, general manager, director of operations etc. It should have:
Specific career
Specific job
Full job description
(Needs copy of sample announcement or job posting)

4. A Career Plan Should Ask and Answer the Following Questions:
What do I need to get there? (Find competencies that make up the career goal)
Full qualifications of folks who do such job or career
Full description of requirements for those who do such career or job
What do I have now? (Determine which competencies you possess) 
Full description of the competencies you presently have

5. A Career Plan Should Ask and Answer the Following Questions:
What more do I need to get what I want? Determine competencies you don't yet possess 
Full description of what is required – what you don’t yet have
How can I get what I need to meet my need? Determine how to acquire competencies you don't yet possess 
Should show your planned pathway to meet the need.

6. Video Module 3: Business Verbal Communication
Five (5) Rules of Effective Business Communication:
Get their attention
Communicate clear and concise information
Get acknowledgement that the other person understood you
Listen when someone is talking
Properly terminate the communication cycle to ensure it is completed well
Body language plays a major role in business communication. Avoid negative body language.

7. Video Module 4: Introduction to the Business World
Issues recent graduates entering the business world said they faced:
Setting my own schedule or time management
Not finding or seeing results/answers
Balancing social life and work life
Nobody knows anything

8. Seven (7) Points that will Help You Transition into Business World
Integrate into the corporation (dressing etc.)
Observe and follow corporate start times
Take problems to your superior or boss
Distinguish rumors from facts
Learn to work with people and teams
Create a positive reputation
Network and learn

9. Video Module 11: Business Written Communication
Ineffective business writing is a major problem in businesses today
Most business writing is poorly written, muddled, plagued with jargons, and incomplete
33% of the nation’s workers don’t possess basic writing skills required for their positions
Businesses are really crying out they need to have people who can write better
Employees who have good business writing skills are at the top of promotion list

10. Five-Step Process to a Well Written Power Point Presentation
Determine your objective and audience
Gather and organize your information
Begin writing
Proofread and edit
Verify proper distribution

11. Three Additional Rules in Writing
Add background information
Use summaries
Suggest solutions
Filling out forms