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Week 8 Assignment - Development Plan for Two SkillsOverview
For this assignment, you’ll identify two skills that you’d like to focus on and create a plan for
developing those skills. At the end of the assignment, you’ll have a tangible plan for personal and
professional development, which you can also review with the Career Center team to help you work
through your career strategy. (Watch the Week 8 Assignment Part 1 Assignment Help Video for
additional support.)
The template includes five sections:
1. Choose Your Two Skills
2. Desired Outcome
3. Goal Statement
4. Resources
5. Action Plan
Instructions
Complete the Template: Read the instructions for each section and place your answers in the boxes as
indicated below. Use complete sentences, and answer in your own words.
Note: This is personal writing, so you shouldn't need to cite anything, but if you use information from a
source, cite it. To help make sure you are properly citing your sources, please review Strayer Writing
Standards.
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CHOOSE YOUR TWO SKILLS
Instructions:
From the 10 skills, choose two skills you want to focus on improving. You can use the two skills you
wrote about for the Week 6 Assignment, Employability Skills and the Future of Work, or any two new
skills from the 10 skills. The two skills you chose will be used to complete the rest of this template.
Example Chosen Skill #1: Technology Example Chosen Skill #2: Communication
SKILL #1: Communication SKILL #2: Technology
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DESIRED OUTCOME OR BENEFIT
Instructions:
Discuss the benefits of improving your chosen skills, including what your future looks like having improved
these skills.
Example Desired Outcome for Skill #1 - Technology: Increase confidence in website design and
maintenance, and even basic coding.
SKILL #1: To increase my ability to communicate SKILL #2: To increase my ability to use excel in
with managers and not confuse myself when solving key organizational tasks.
addressing key decisions.
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GOAL STATEMENT
Instructions:
Write a SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound) goal statement for the two
skills you have identified. (Watch the Week 8 Assignment Part 2 Assignment Help Video for additional
support.)
Example Goal Statement for Skill #2 - Communication: I will improve my active listening skills by
focusing 100% on listening without trying to think of a response, measuring my progress through a
peer feedback exercise and self-reflection journal, over the course of one year.
SKILL #1: I'll pay attention to what my bosses are SKILL #2: I will improve my technology skills by
saying and make decisions without second- working with someone who is well versed with
guessing myself in order to better our matters excel for the period of 6 months. The
communication. I'll track my development with person can offer guidance in areas where I do
monthly check-ins. with my manager's input not have knowledge or skills.
during the following six months.
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RESOURCES
Instructions:
Review the resources below. Then, explain how you will use 1-2 of the resources to help you
strengthen your chosen skills.
Career Center Resources Other Strayer Resources Other Resources
Career Coach WRK100 Library Guide Conferences,
Exploration Guides Get Inspired peers/coworkers,
Find Your Path TimelyCare – Well Being associations/community
Interview Tips Services groups, instructors, or
LinkedIn Strategies for Success other experts in the
Networking Tips Strayer or Sophia Courses field.
Professional Strayer Mobile LinkedIn Learning
Associations Strayer Technical Support
Tutorials, books, or
The GPS Academic
articles.
Dashboard
Example for Skill #1 - Technology: Being more knowledgeable about where to find free classes via
technology such as LinkedIn Learning will give me more resources to help strengthen this goal.
SKILL #1: I will be able to communicate with my SKILL #2: LinkedIn Acquiring knowledge by
supervisors more effectively if I speak with a attending an Excel class and learning its ins and
career coach and receive more advice on outs could aid me in achieving my objective. I'm
communication. Additionally utilizing other contacting my former Strayer professor to ask for
Professionals in the sector will assist me in assistance in learning more about Excel and to help
learning more about converse in different ways me with certain issues I'm having.
to determine how would work best for me to
help me communicate more effectively bolster
my objective.
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ACTION PLAN
Instructions:
Complete your action plan for the two skills you have chosen. (Watch the Week 8 Assignment Part 3
Assignment Help Video for additional support.)
Action Plan:
Action Steps: List three specific steps you will take to build upon your skill.
Potential Challenges: Discuss potential challenges to reaching your goal or developing your
skill.
Overcoming Challenges: Describe how you will overcome challenges.
Key Supporters: Identify two individuals who can support you as you develop your skill and
explain how they will help you meet your goal.
Example Action Plan for Skill #1 - Technology:
Action Steps: 1) Within the next month: Sign up for the Odin Project. 2) Within the next
month: Create a LinkedIn & LinkedIn Learning account. 3) Over the next two years: Take
classes to develop skills in technology.
Potential Challenges: Prioritizing and setting aside time to develop skills.
Overcoming Challenges: Develop a schedule and stick to it.
Key Supporters: Arthur, a friend who is skilled in website design and can provide knowledge
and support.
SKILL #1 SKILL #2
ACTION STEPS List 3 specific steps you will take to List 3 specific steps you will take to
build upon your skill. build upon your skill.
Step 1: Take a class on LinkedIn Step 1: Sign up for a class that teachers
Step 2: Take a seminar that discusses excel
communication Step 2: Send an email to my old
Step 3: Work in conjunction with my instructor for a refresher session on
managers on setting goals and ensuring excel
that the goals are met. Step 3: Try out projects on excel on
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areas where I might be having
(Add more steps if necessary.) challenges.
(Add more steps if necessary.)
POTENTIAL Everyone has their own way of There are some moments where I
CHALLENGES communicating. Despite the fact that might face difficult concepts in excel
we might think that we are leading to frustration and giving up.
communicating the same, in some
cases we might not understand one
another.
OVERCOMING It is important to pay attention to what Whenever there is a hard task to
CHALLENGES everyone is saying and understand the complete, I can take breaks and consult
reason behind what they are saying. By with people that are knowledgeable. I
listening more, I can be able to come up can also use alternative methods to
with a solution in a more effective way. complete these tasks.
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SUPPORTERS Supporter 1: My coworker Christine Supporter 2: Kevina my Co-worker.
Explanation: Christine is a good Explanation: Kevina has been a
communicator having served in procurement officer before in a small
different communication departments company. In her previous job, most of
in her previous job. She has also done a the tasks involved the use of excel. She
course in public relations. has vast knowledge that she can share
with.
(Add more supporters if necessary.)
Add more supporters if necessary.)
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Resources
10 Skills Defined:
Visit the Strayer 10 Skills Hub for an interactive overview of all 10 Essential Employability Skills.
10 Skills Definitions (PDF).
Strayer University Career Center:
Visit the Strayer University Career Center and review the Career Exploration Guides. These
guides provide tools to help you explore careers related to your major or concentration. Use
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the information to learn about your career path and opportunities in it. This information can
also help you make a transition into positions related to your major or concentration.
You can also reach out to a Career Coach directly.
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