This assignment aims to demonstrate creating a performance improvement plan that includes a competency framework. You will formulate a development plan to improve your career competencies. By practicing your own career development planning, you can guide others to focus on their career development.

Your development plan should focus on the following three career competencies:

Reflective. It is essential to have career awareness to combine personal reflections with your professional career. Reflecting on motivation involves considering your values, passions, and inspirations about your career. It is also about reflecting on your qualities related to your careers strengths, shortcomings, and skills.

Communicative. As you advance your career, it is vital to effectively communicate with others to improve your chances of success, including networking and self-profiling. Networking refers to the awareness of your networks presence and professional value and the ability to expand this network for career-related purposes. In contrast, self-profiling refers to presenting and communicating your personal knowledge, abilities, and skills to individuals inside and outside your organization.

Behavioural. You can shape your career by taking action and being proactive. You can do this through work exploration and career control. Work exploration refers to actively exploring and searching for work-related and career-related opportunities inside and outside of your organization. Career control refers to actively influencing your careers learning and work processes by setting goals and planning how to reach these goals.

Consider these competencies concerning your career path. Where do you stand regarding reflective, communicative, and behavioural career competencies?

Instructions:

For each competency, write a brief, one-paragraph (approximately 150 words) self-assessment.

For each competency, create one behavioural goal that you commit to doing in the next six months. Use the SMART model:

Specific - is your action explicit?

Measurable - is your action tangible? Could someone see you do the activity?

Attainable - is your goal realistic and achievable?

Relevant - are the activities related to the competency?

Timely by when or how often will you do the action?

Each SMART goal can be written as one statement. For example, within six months, I will successfully complete the requirements for the Human Resources Management Certificate at SFU and qualify to apply for the CPHR Candidate designation.