Part One: Personal Development – Self-awareness Section
Step 1 – Complete the series of 15 questions designed to encourage a greater understanding of where you want to go, what you would like to have in your life while identifying people who could help you get there.
Question
Notes
What does my ideal job look like?
If I could do any job in the world what might it be and why?
What company might you want to work with and why?
What energizes me?
What would you like to see yourself doing in 1 year? What would you like to see yourself doing in 5 years? What will you have to do to make these a reality?
What do I want to see/get/do more of?
What do I want to see/get/do less of?
What new relationships might I build to help me attain my career goals?
Who do I know who can support me attain my career goals? List 3 and state how they can help.
1. 2. 3.
What role could my current chef/manager/teacher play in supporting my career aspirations?
Where are you doing your externship and why did you choose it?
I will do that
What do you need to learn on your externship and how will you ensure it happens?
Also this
Currently, what gets in the way of achieving my goals?
Realistically, what is the entry level position in this field and how much will I be paid per hour?
What kind of work environment suits me best? Consider the kind of work culture you need to thrive.
Part One: Step 2-7: In this section you will identify your main goals and the goal-related strengths you possess. Consider what types of action and inaction in your life could be holding you back. Identify critical skills and development opportunities that will bring you closer to your goals.
Step 2:Important and specific goals that I want to achieve: (Make sure your goals are Specific, Measurable, Achievable within a reasonable timeline) Step 3: Out of these goals, choose 2 that are most important to you: (Make sure your goals are Specific, Measurable, Achievable within a reasonable timeline) Goal 1:_________________________________________________________________________________ Goal 2:_________________________________________________________________________________ Step 4:Key strengths I have that can help me to achieve my top goals: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Step 5:Consider things that you are doing or not doing that might be holding you back.Things I choose to start doing and stop doing which will help me to achieve my goals:START DOINGSTOP DOING1.2.3.4.5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Step 6:Which core skills/knowledge must I acquire or develop to help me to achieve my goals? Prioritize with most important first. 1. 2. 3. 4. Clearly describe how developing or improving these skills/knowledge will help to achieve your goals?Step 7:Which development opportunities do I need to undertake to develop a critical skill and achieve my top goals? (A development opportunity is an identifiable event such as doing a stage, attending a knife sharpening class, volunteering for a specific event, attending an English Conversation Workshop, etc. with the purpose of developing a skill or knowledge you will need to achieve your goals. It is not things like, talking more to friends, being more organized, etc. These things are too generic and they are not real opportunities you can identify and, therefore, complete.) Development Opportunity 1:Development Opportunity 2:Development Opportunity 3:
Part Two: Personal Development Plan SectionStep 1: In this section you will plug in all of the information that you have brainstormed throughout Part One and implement an actionable development plan.
Goal 1 (Use Step 2 result)
Goal 2 (Use Step 2 result)
5 Core Skills to be Developed: ( Use Step 6 results)
Step 2: Core Skill Development Plan Prioritize the core skills (from Step 6 above) needed to achieve your goals while comparing your current proficiency with the proficiency you would like to target. Refer to the example below the table for guidance.
PrioritizeCoreSkills
Core Skill (Step 6 results)
Current Proficiency
TargetProficiency
Development Opportunity (Step 7results)
Measurement of Success
Timeline for Goal
Priority 1
Priority 2
Priority 3
Priority 4
Core Skill Development Plan Example (This example is for your reference only. You must create your own – do not copy/paste this information into your own plan.)
Skill
Current Proficiency
Target Proficiency
Development Opportunity
Measure of Success
Timeline for Goal
Priority 1
Public Speaking
Under confident, nervous, avoid speaking in front of groups if possible
Confident classroom presenter
1. Contribute vocally in 2 classes/week. 2. Request presentation opportunities in Foods of the World and Leadership
I will feel more confident than nervous. Positive peer and instructor feedback.
By the end of semester 4
Priority 2
Teamwork
Poor – dislike working in teams, trusting my marks to others, having to compromise
Positive and reliable team player who collaborates and expresses needs and ideas constructively
Join College Student Association. Actively research and apply concepts of teamwork
Actively help plan a SA event and note how many skills I read about were applied by me. Enjoy the experience
By end of March 2018
Part Three: Career Interest Research and Networking Section
Research 1 job/company that really interest you and complete the following:PositionCompany (include link to website)What interests you about this company and the position? This cannot be the same as your current externship company/positon.What are 2 top skills required for this role and company?What are 2 top personal traits they are looking for in their employees?Name and contact information of chef/hiring manager. How will you use this information to create an opportunity to build a relationship?Compose an introduction email to send to the chef/business leader you would be interested in working with requesting a meeting, observation shift, stage, showing your interest, knowledge of the company, your own positivity and confidence. Use the guidelines included in the document, Writing an Effective Introduction. (To Whom it May Concern is an unacceptable professional salutation.)Include an attention-grabbing subject line also found in the document, Writing an Effective Introduction.
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