Professional Skills Portfolio: Career Plan Analysis for IT Students

This assignment is a professional skills portfolio item where a student outlines their short-term and long-term career plans. The student aims for an internship as a Software Developer, aligning with their B.Tech in Information Technology. The assignment identifies required skills, such as Android and C++ programming, and assesses the student's existing abilities. The student recognizes skill gaps and proposes steps to improve, including training in Android programming and enhancing analytical thinking. The ARE (Awareness, Recognition, Experience, Re-evaluation) process is used to structure the analysis. The long-term goal is to secure a position in a reputable ICT company within five years. The student emphasizes the importance of communication, teamwork, and quick learning to achieve this goal. References are provided to support the analysis.

Running head: PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Name of the Student
Name of University
Author’s Note

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1. My short term career plan right after finishing my graduation would be to join in a
reputed company for internship, this would nourish my skills regarding information
and communication technology (Li, Ko & Zhu, 2015). I am aiming for an internship
of Software Developer in an ICT company. This job is aligned with my current study
because I am perusing B Tech in Information Technology.
2. Various skills required my chosen job are
 Android programming experience
 C++ programming experience
 Ability to work independently as well as within groups
 Critical thinking
Figure 1: Screenshot of the job advertisement

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URL for the job advertisement: https://www.seek.com.au/job/37585915?type=promoted
3. The skills I have mentioned above are experience in android programming,
knowledge in C++ programming, ability to work independently as well as in groups
and critical thinking (Dyba, Maiden & Glass, 2014). Among these abilities, I have
two of them, they are working independently and in groups and knowledge of C++
programming. I have acquired the first skill during my study because we were
supposed to perform various tasks in groups, and some of them independently. As a
result I have the skill to work both in group as well as independently. One more skill
that I acquire is the knowledge of C++ programming, I have acquired this skill during
a training that I have undergone during my course.
4. The skills that I do not have are knowledge of android programming and analytical
thinking (Larrucea et al., 2016). I need to improve these skills so that I can do better
during my internship. The steps that I wold take in order to improve the skills that I do
not acquire are as follows
 Undergo a training or course of android programing to acquire these skills that
would be helpful in my internship.
 I would build an android application in order to test my acquired skills. This
would add up to the certificate and will be helpful for me in future.
 In order to Analytical thinking I need to be more observant and understand how
things work instead of just looking for solution.

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Figure 2: ARE Process
Awareness: this part would help me to be aware of the skills I require.
Recognition: this part will help me to recognize the abilities that I already have and the ones
that I need to acquire (Liu et al., 2016).
Experience: this part would help me to experience how to utilize my skills especially critical
thinking.
Re-Evaluation: this leads to fulfilling the goals that I have set.
5. My long term career goal is to get a job in a very well reputed ICT company and
acquire a good post there within 5 years. In order achieve the goal I need to acquire
more knowledge regarding software engineering like supreme communication skills,
good team player, quick learning ability and many more. In order to acquire these
skills I need to be dedicated to the company and work hard. This would help in
getting promotion along with experience.
ARE
Process
Awareness
Recognition
Experiencing
Re-
Evaluation

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References
Dyba, T., Maiden, N., & Glass, R. (2014). The reflective software engineer: reflective
practice. IEEE Software, 31(4), 32-36.
Larrucea, X., O'Connor, R. V., Colomo-Palacios, R., & Laporte, C. Y. (2016). Software
process improvement in very small organizations. IEEE Software, 33(2), 85-89.
Li, P. L., Ko, A. J., & Zhu, J. (2015, May). What makes a great software engineer?.
In Proceedings of the 37th International Conference on Software Engineering-
Volume 1 (pp. 700-710). IEEE Press.
Liu, Y., Zhang, L., Nie, L., Yan, Y., & Rosenblum, D. S. (2016, February). Fortune Teller:
Predicting Your Career Path. In AAAI (Vol. 2016, pp. 201-207).