Assignment - Career Action (3-6- & 3-7)pg. 57-58 - on the book "Your Career: How To Make It Happen, 8e, Lauri Harwood)

Answer these questions about your current career target.

1. In which career field are you planning to seek employment? (Examples: accounting, office management, healthcare, teaching, administration, construction, computer technology)

2. Which specific job(s) are you targeting in your employment search? (List every job you are qualified for and interested in pursuing. Maximize your options by listing jobs within and between career fields that require transferable competencies that you have.)

3. What specific activities are you most interested in performing in your ideal job? What energizes and excites you most?

4. Describe the stretch job target you aspire to in this career. What additional training, experience, skills, and qualifications will you need to achieve your stretch job target?

5. Describe several contingency job targets that might help you prepare for your career target and stretch job target. What will you learn and do in each job to increase your qualifications for the job you hope to get?

6. Are you willing to travel or relocate for a job in your career target? Explain.

Part 2: Broaden your possibilities and answer the same questions about a second career target you are interested in.

1. In which career field are you planning to seek employment? (Examples: accounting, office management, healthcare, teaching, administration, construction, computer technology)

2. Which specific job(s) are you targeting in your employment search? (List every job you are qualified for and interested in pursuing. Maximize your options by listing jobs within and between career fields that require transferable competencies that you have.)

3. What specific activities are you most interested in performing in your ideal job? What energizes and excites you most?

4. Describe the stretch job target you aspire to in this career. What additional training, experience, skills, and qualifications will you need to achieve your stretch job target?

5. Describe several contingency job targets that might help you prepare for your career target and stretch job target. What will you learn and do in each job to increase your qualifications for the job you hope to get? 6. Are you willing to travel or relocate for a job in your career target? Explain