IT (Computer Engineering) Career Planning Assignment - University Name

This assignment focuses on IT career planning and professional development within the field of Computer Engineering. It begins by outlining the benefits of having a mentor, such as support, career progression guidance, feedback, accountability, and problem-solving abilities. The assignment then explores activities crucial for professional career planning, including attending Association for Computing (ACS) events for networking and access to industry professionals, and subscribing to professional publications, like those from IEEE Computing Society, for staying informed and gaining insights. The student uses references to support their arguments, highlighting the importance of continuous learning and professional engagement in the IT industry. The assignment covers the importance of a mentor and the activities for professional career planning. This includes the benefits of having a mentor in the initial years of the professional employment, activities for the professional career planning such as attending ACS events and subscription to professional publications.

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Table of Contents
Question 1............................................................................................................................3
Benefit of having Mentor.................................................................................................3
Question 2:...........................................................................................................................4
Activities for the Professional Career Planning...............................................................4
References............................................................................................................................6

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Question 1
Benefit of having Mentor
Following are some of the benefits on having mentor at the initial years of the
professional employment:
Support and leadership: Mentor is referred to as a highly experienced colleague who
gives invaluable guidance as well as support to when the employees are being in the first stage of
professional career. Generally they do work in similar organization and guide the employees
even in the tricky situations so that they can avoid probable mistakes.
Career progression: In the IT industry Mentor can guide the employees towards better
practices that that may lead their career and inform the individuals about the opportunities those
could be gained within the same profession.
Feedback from the mentors: In order to bounce the creative and innovative ideas the
mentors are very helpful. The mentors help the employees to convert their ideas into measurable
actions in the professional application field.
Accountability: The mentors can provide better motivation to the learners and guide them
towards accomplishing the proper behavior, attitude, and knowledge for gaining better and
enhanced professional life.
Problem solving ability: The problems those are found to be a little difficult can be
resolved or even minimized y the mentors. They can give professional advice to the field of
professional employment who may direct the employees towards success without waste of time
and money.

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Perspective: The mentor will be helpful in getter better and direct perspective on the
actions and operational activities those can be delivered in the professional employment for the
alternative enhancement of the organization and the professional development
Personal Development: the benefits of the knowledge and contacts gathered because of
the mentor can alternatively be helpful in the personal development that can be utilized within
the workplace and bring positive outcomes through the made contribution.
Question 2:
Activities for the Professional Career Planning
Attending ACS events: The professionals are required to attend the ACS
workshops and events because networking plays an integral part and contribute a lot in the
professional and personal growth. These events are utilized as a formal as well as informal
networking opportunity which may lead the professionals towards massive success. Per year the
company hosts 600+ events which offer the employees to keep themselves connected to ICT
professionals. The members have professional access to development set of offerings includes
publications, webinars, short courses, program monitoring etc (Stewart et al. 2017). These events
will also be helpful in gaining the opportunity to connect with the ICT professionals who can
help in the professional and personal development. The professional development opportunities
and the ACS events can be utilized for gaining the knowledge from the experiences of other
individuals, enhance the confidence level, and investigate the opportunity relative to the current
context of the life.
Subscription to professional publications: Subscription to any specific publication house
is beneficial for the professional career growth. There are many professional publications in

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Australia and among them IEEE Computing society is a famous one that has to be subscribed. It
is an independent publishing house which was founded by Henry Rosenbloom in Melbourne.
Through the help of IEEE xplore the digital library becomes accessible to the consumers
and the consumers will be able to gain knowledge for their professional career growth. The
People who are the subscriber of the IEEE Computing society publication for full time can take
easy decisions and result in the enhancement of the personal and professional personalities
(Hastings and Kane 2018). This professional publication is helpful for the professionals to
interact with the same contexts related to respected and experienced employees who have done
better works and get success in the real life. This is also helpful for the professional practical
innovation. An individual can follow the trend and the steps undertaken by those mentors and
add innovation in them for future professional development. It will help them to make better
decisions those for getting higher designation in the professional field.

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References
Besson, D.Z., Beuning, P.J. and Snyder, S.A., 2017. A Professional Development
Handbook for New Faculty. In Educational and Outreach Projects from the Cottrell Scholars
Collaborative Professional Development and Outreach Volume 2 (pp. 13-21). American
Chemical Society.
Hastings, L.J. and Kane, C., 2018. Distinguishing Mentoring, Coaching, and Advising for
Leadership Development. New directions for student leadership, 2018(158), pp.9-22.
Stewart-Lord, A., Baillie, L. and Woods, S., 2017. Health care staff perceptions of a
coaching and mentoring programme: a qualitative case study evaluation. International Journal of
Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring, 15(2), p.70.
Vander Pyl, C., Harmon, J., Figula, B., Davydovich, O., Duffield, J., Patel, A., Ekpo, E.,
Hogan, A., Jones, V. and Bentzley, C.M., 2016. The ACS Student Chapter at the University of
the Sciences: Developing a Successful Spark Behind the Science. In Building and Maintaining
Award-Winning ACS Student Member Chapters Volume 1: Holistic Viewpoints (pp. 141-154).
American Chemical Society.