Develop Work Priorities - Career Planning & Goal Setting Task 2.2

This article provides guidance on developing work priorities through Desklib's Career Planning & Goal Setting Task 2.2. It includes creating a personal mission statement, setting SMART career objectives, determining job roles, creating a personal skills inventory, setting short-term goals, and researching courses to develop professional skills. The article is relevant to BSBWOR404 course and is suitable for college and university students.

Career Planning & Goal Setting Task 2.2
BSBWOR404 Develop Work Priorities
Name:
Teacher:
Date: 22 July 2021
Always use the SMART model when setting objectives & goals:
Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Time bound
Section A: Personal Mission Statement
Create a Personal Mission Statement for your career
I want to attain greater and useful skills for self development as well as professional
development.
Section B: Setting Career Objectives/Goals
In the space below, list your 5 year & 2 year career objective. Be as specific and realistic as
possible.
My 5 Year Career Objective: Gaining in knowledge of working with various IT tools
My 2 Year Career Objective: Developing effective communication skills for interacting with
people.
Section C: Determining Job Roles
Based on your responses in Section B, research 3 job roles in your professional field which you
can realistically focus on for the next 6 months – 1 year to help move you one step closer to
achieving your 2 year & 5 year career objectives.
List the title and description of the job role and list 2 soft skills & 2 technical skills you would
need for each job role. You cannot use the same skills for each job role!
Job Role 1
Title: Data analyst
Description: Carry out analysis on large set of data for gathering information.
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List 2 Soft Skills required for this role:
Adaptability
Time management
List 2 Technical Skills required for this role:
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Microsoft Excel
Job Role 2
Title: Business development associate
Description: Involves interacting with clients o avail business products and services.
List 2 Soft Skills required for this role:
Communication skills
Persuasive skills
List 2 Technical Skills required for this role:
Hubspot
Salesforce
Job Role 3
Title: Market analyst
Description: Research the market conditions and its implications on the business.
List 2 Soft Skills required for this role:
Leadership
Collaboration
List 2 Technical Skills required for this role:
Data mining
Statistical analysis software
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Section D: Personal Skills Inventory
Based on your findings in Section C, list all the soft & technical skills below and give yourself
an honest rating for each.
1-no ability 2-limited ability 3-some ability 4-strong ability
Job Role 1 Skills/Knowledge Rating
Adaptability 2
Time Management 3
Structured Query Language (SQL) 1
Microsoft Excel 2
Job Role 2 Skills/Knowledge Rating
Communication skills 3
Persuasive skills 2
Hubspot 1
Salesforce 1
Job Role 3 Skills/Knowledge Rating
Leadership 3
Collaboration 4
Data mining 2
Statistical analysis software 2
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Section E: 3 Short Term Goals ( 6 months - 1 year)
Based on your skills inventory in Section D, create 3 professional short term goals which will
move you one step closer to achieving your 2 year career objective. Use the SMART model to set
these goals.
Communication skills
S: Getting job in a specific field
M: By getting feedback or review
A: By making use of its regularly
R: It can be easily achievable
T: 6 months
Leadership skills
S: Getting job in a leadership position
M: By getting feedback from team
A: Incorporating relevant skills
R: By taking more decision-making tasks
T: 1 year
Microsoft Excel
S: Getting job where IT tools are used
M: By self- evaluation
A: By making use of its regularly
R: It can be easily achievable
T: 1.5 years
Section F: 4 Action Steps (3-6 Months)
Select 1 short term goal. List 4 learning/professional development steps which you can do in the
next 3-6 months which will move you one step closer to achieving your short term goal. For all
Action Steps use the SMART model and set a start, review & anticipated completion date.
Action Step Start
Date
Review
Date
Completion
Date
Enrolling into a course for excel which will help in gaining
an understanding about it and how to use it. It will be for
short term of 2 months.
1 August
2021
1
Septemb
er 2021
30
September
2021
Getting into an internship or a short-term job which will,
help in sharping my skills further. It will be for 2 months.
1Octobe
r 2021
1
Novemb
er 2021
30 November
2021
Will gain review from my mentor and colleagues on a
continuous basis which will help in better evaluation of the
performance for 1 months.
1
Decemb
er 2021
15
Decemb
er 2021
31 December
2021
Taking up job which will help in further development of my
skills within 1 month of evaluation and feedback.
1
January
15
January
31 January
2022
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2022 2022
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Section G: Research Task (12 Months)
Research and choose some courses you might like to take in the future to develop you
professional skills to help you achieve your goals. Choose 2 courses for each section below. Write
the name of the course, the duration of the course and the cost.
Action Step Course Name Course
Duration
Course
Cost
1. Short courses that will build your
professional skills
(e.g. Communication Skills)
Communication Skills Training 6 $350
Effective communication skills 12
months
$349
2. Technical skills development
courses that will build your
knowledge relating to your
profession
Microsoft Excel Advanced 3 months $415
Structured Query Language
(SQL)
5 months $900
3. University courses that may be
suitable for your future
Masters of Data science 32
months
$36000
Masters of Data analytics 2 years $30520
4. Commercial courses, journals or
subscriptions recommended by your
industry association
International Journal for data
science
8 months $800
Australian Journal of Basic and
Applied Sciences
6 months $750
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