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You
have just completed three chapters in this career workbook that: 1) outlined
the process of career planning, 2) evaluated your personal/professional
characteristics that will affect your career journey, and 3) collected
information from print and electronic media, and interviewed professionals
to learn special details about your career choice. This process should
help you be more certain about your career choice. If you need to
put extra time in any of the previous chapters to feel more certain, now
is the time to do so, otherwise it is time to summarize your career planning
work accomplished so far.
The summary will consist
of three parts:
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Preliminary career plans:
Take
the information that you developed in Chapter 1, (the seven pages about
your Career Dream) and condense this information into one section about
your original career ideas. This section should be no longer than
250 words.
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Your personal/professional
profile: Take the information that you developed in Chapter 2, and
write a few sentences about each section of that chapter. The writing
should indicate how the profile that is you will succeed in the career
choice you have selected. The total of this section should be no longer
than 250 words.
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Career information collected:
Take the information that you developed in Chapter 3, and summarize the
important facts into your career plan. Indicate the things that were
of most importance to you in this summary. What did you find in your
industry research that assisted you in your career choice? The total
of this section should be no longer than 250 words.
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Conclusions: In
this section wrap it all up, restate the things found in the previous sections
that reinforce your career decisions. Also in this section list the
educational components needed to conclude your career goal. Also
list the industry experience you will need to reach this goal. This
section should be about 250 words.
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