Career Management Australia Issue 2022

Running Head: CAREER MANAGEMENT
CAREER MANAGEMENT

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CAREER MANAGEMENT
Table of content
Journal 1: Professional Informational Interview – In Civil Engineering........................................3
Journal 2 & 3: Reflective Journal summary....................................................................................3
Journal 4: Critical overview and strategy........................................................................................5

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CAREER MANAGEMENT
Journal 1: Professional Informational Interview – In Civil Engineering
I had interviewed a manager of local Construction Company in Australia and his name was John,
Mayer. It was a great experience and I have gained a huge amount of knowledge from it. He has
worked as a junior computer tech for 2 years and after that he has gained experience of 5 years as
an engineering manager in local Construction Company.
The first question I asked him in the interview to tell me about you. He replied that his name is
John Mayer and he lives in Australia and has worked as a junior computer tech for 2 years and
has gained experience of 5 years as an engineering manager in local Construction Company in
Australia. The second question I asked him about his day to day duties. John's daily task was to
assign work and to give guidance to his employees in order to get work done. I also asked him
about his goals and his team members. He replied that our main goal to complete the work by the
end of the month on specified time (Jackson, 2016). I also asked him about his strategy for
completing the work; He replied that his strategy in order to achieve the goal is giving proper
guidance to his employees throughout the work. Next question I asked him the challenges faced
by him. John answered that as a manager every day he has to deal with the problems and also
stated that their company's main aim is to finish the work on time and has faced many issues
while completing the task on time and in the given budget. Another question I asked John was
different methods and processes to motivate the workers, John's answered that to motivate his
employee he would make sure that they all are feeling comfortable and happy. He said that he
would make sure that all his employees would be treated fairly. Then, I asked John about his
management style (Ronnie, 2016), he replied that he always believed in establishing a good team