Professional Skills Development Assignment $(25\%)$

Background

Are you in control of your professional development? Do you have a clear and inspiring vision of what you want to achieve in the future and $$how to get there$?$ The professional skill development assignment will help you nameand refine your professional goals, identify the skills you need to acquire or $$level up$,$ and develop and implement an action plan to $$level up$$ those skills.

Assignment Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to:

$$ Allow you to assess your current personal level of proficiency in these skills.

$$ Support you in identifying two primary skill development goals.

$$ Connect you with resources that will allow you to $$level up$$ your skills and meet your goals.

$$ Guide you through the process of documenting your development in an ePortfolio.

You will work on this assignment throughout the semester and will receive feedback along the way.

$*$Note: You may not select $$emotional intelligence$$ skills and not select $$time management$$ skills for this assignment as we will focus on these two skills in other assignments in this course.

How this Assignment Works

$$ You will complete this assignment in $3$parts: $(1)$ Self$-$assessment and skills selection $(5\%),(2)$ Skill development plan $(10\%),(3)$ Skill development reflection and assets in ePorfolio$(10\%)$

$$ Grading for this assignment will be done as follows:

o You will receive full marks $(100\%=$ complete$)$ for assignments that meet all success criteria $($see below$)$

o Assignments that do not meet all criteria will be returned for revision with no grade given.

o You will have one week to resubmit assignments with required revisions to earn full marks.

o You will receive no marks $(0\%)$ if you do not resubmit assignments by the deadline

Part $1$: Self$-$Assessmentand Skill Selection $(5\%)$

What you need to do:

$1.$ Write a one$-$paragraph introduction about yourself, your name, which stage of your career you are at and your professional career goal$($s$)$ or life goals you may have.

$2.$ Complete the professional skills self$-$assessment provided $($see below$)$

$3.$ Complete the professional skills self$-$assessment reflection $($questions below$).$

$4.$ Submit the assessment and reflection as a single Word document. A title page is not needed. Include your name, student number, and the date on the first page of the assignment.