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Running Head: Assignment 2 - Career Pathways
ASSIGNMENT 2 - CAREER PATHWAYS

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Table of Contents
1. Hoffman’s A/B/Z career approach.........................................................................................3
2. LinkedIn profile.....................................................................................................................7
3. Resume.................................................................................................................................11
Reference list............................................................................................................................21

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1. Hoffman’s A/B/Z career approach
Answer to questions Research results
Plan A In the next 3 months, jobs
regarding project management can be
applied. Different skills and abilities
regarding this sector can be utilized
properly to gain success in a career.
In the next six months, the
current job cannot be left because it is
helping to acquire new skills like
leadership, administration, and
management. Moreover, different
personal skills like communication,
problem-solving and decision making
can also be improved by continuing
the current job. As opined by Taber &
Blankemeyer (2015), frequent job-
hopping impacts on the resume and
career development of a candidate.
Job offers regarding the project
manager can be picked. This is
because essential skills like project
management, project metrics, and risk
can be utilized properly. Moreover, if
● Specialization: Project
management
● Job title and description:
Project manager, who
manages projects and helps
organizations to achieve
business goals through
satisfying customers.
According to Spurk, Kauffeld,
Barthauer & Heinemann
(2015), a project manager is
responsible for ensuring
completion of tasks within the
predetermined time and
budget.
● For this job, effective
communication skills, prior
knowledge of managing people
and tasks are required. It
requires communicating with
members of the project team
and guide them to find the

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the adequate job offers about project
managers do not come then different
other options like administration
officers can be picked because there is
vast experience in this field. Adequate
experience helps to gain the trust of
employers.
appropriate process of working
collaboratively as a team. As
stated by Stoeber, Mutinelli &
Corr (2016), a project manager
must have skills and
knowledge for performing
initiation, planning, designing,
implementing, monitoring,
controlling and finishing a
project.
Plan B Besides, different jobs regarding
administration, marketing, event
planning can also be applied as there
are previous experience and skills.
According to Hoffman, choosing other
approaches helps to mitigate downside
risks (Wöhrmann, Deller & Wang,
2014). The candidate has adequate
experience in the management and
administration sectors. Moreover,
administration skills, planning and
communication skills can also help to
gain success in a career. Previous
experience as a manager and
● Specialization: Administration
job
● Job task and description:
Administrator, who can check
the performance of staff
members and look after official
important works and
documents,.
● This job will require having
working experience in the
management sector and skills
of coordinating different
people as well as tasks.

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coordinator will act as a great
facilitator in this case.
Lack of opportunity is a great
challenge that can be faced during plan
A. In this competitive age, the
adequate opportunity is lacking that
prevents candidates from achieving
their desired job role. As a solution to
this challenge, the candidate must
utilize those opportunities that are
available. Another challenge is a lack
of experience because I do not have
previous experience as a project
manager. This can be solved by
compensating with soft skills like
project management and design.
Plan Z If Plan A and plan B fail, I
would like to investigate the gaps in
my knowledge and skills. I will use
my savings for getting training for
professional improvement. I will apply
for the same designation in different
companies.
If both the previous plans do not
work then I will invest the savings
collected from old jobs to increase my
skills and abilities. As said by Waddell
et al. (2015), investing more in
improving skills helps a candidate to
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future. Different essential skills like
problem-solving, decision making and
leadership can be improved properly at
this time. On the other hand,
knowledge about project management
and required specialization skills like
project scheduling, recruiting can be
gained properly. Hence, in the future,
the chance of achieving the role of a
project manager can increase, which is
mentioned in plan A.
I will not go back to my old company
as I may not get the same respect and
position after this gap. Rather, I would
prefer to apply to different companies
for the position of the administration.
As I have experience of working in
this position, I am eligible to apply for
administration jobs. In interviews,
interviewers can ask me about the gap
in my career. I will honestly state
about the failure of Plan A and B with
reasons. I will try my best to make
them trust in my abilities.