SOBA 205: Professional Communications (Spring 2020)

 The databases below are a great place to start. Visit Career & Professional Development for more help.

Career Portfolio

Create a career portfolio to explore a potential career.  You will study the "ins and outs" and provide information on how to pursue that career choice. Your portfolio should include:

• Description of the career and why you chose to study it.
• An industry and job market analysis of that field.
• Describe how one enters that field and possible alternative paths within that career.
• List and describe the knowledge, skills, certifications, and abilities needed.
• Include some results from any assessment you have taken like Traitify, Strengthsfinders, etc.  Describe how your results might contribute to your chosen field and also reveal areas for skills improvement.
• Identify three professional goals.
• How do you plan to achieve these goals.
• Explain how you plan to fulfill Stetson's ELR requirement *
• You may use O-net (www.onetonline.org) or any other sources you may find at the library, in publications, or online. Use a minimum of three sources.
• Provide reference page and properly formatted (APA style) citations.
• Use APA style, 3-5 pages. Single-spaced, double spaced between paragraphs.
• 12 pt font, 1-inch margins, Calibri or Times New Roman font type.
• Include cover page with name, date, course number (SOBA 205) and assignment title.
• Include subheadings.

Submit your papers in the assignment area on Blackboard.