WRK100 – PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE OF WORK

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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: Enter your first chosen skill here. SKILL #2: Enter your second chosen skill here.

YOU’RE DOING GREAT! KEEP GOING! THERE ARE 4 MORE SECTIONS.

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: Write your desired outcome or benefit SKILL #2: Write your desired outcome or benefit
that you expect after improving your first chosen that you expect after improving your second
skill. chosen skill.

YOU’RE DOING GREAT! KEEP GOING! THERE ARE 3 MORE SECTIONS.

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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: Write your goal statement for your first SKILL #2: Write your goal statement for your
chosen skill. second chosen skill.

YOU’RE DOING GREAT! KEEP GOING! THERE ARE 2 MORE SECTIONS.

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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 • SOAR Student Assistance associations/community
• Interview Tips • Strategies for Success groups, instructors, or
• LinkedIn • Strayer or Sophia Courses other experts in the
• Networking Tips • Strayer Mobile field.
• Professional • Strayer Technical Support • LinkedIn Learning
Associations • The GPS Academic • Tutorials, books, or
Dashboard articles.
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: Identify the resource you chose and SKILL #2: Identify the resource you chose and
explain how it can help you strengthen your first explain how it can help you strengthen your second
chosen skill. chosen skill.

YOU’RE DOING GREAT! KEEP GOING! THERE IS 1 MORE SECTION.

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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: Step 1:
Step 2: Step 2:
Step 3: Step 3:

(Add more steps if necessary.) (Add more steps if necessary.)

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POTENTIAL Discuss potential challenges to reaching Discuss potential challenges to reaching

CHALLENGES your goal or developing your skill. your goal or developing your skill.

OVERCOMING Describe how you will overcome the Describe how you will overcome the
CHALLENGES challenges discussed above. challenges discussed above.

KEY
SUPPORTERS Supporter 1: Identify the first name and Supporter 2: Identify the first name and
role of an individual who can support role of an individual who can support
you as you develop your skill. you as you develop your skill.

Explanation: Explain how they will help Explanation: Explain how they will help
you meet your goal. How will they you meet your goal. How will they
provide feedback? Can they teach you provide feedback? Can they teach you
certain aspects of the skill? certain aspects of the skill?

(Add more supporters if necessary.) Add more supporters if necessary.)

GREAT JOB! YOU’VE REACHED THE END OF THE TEMPLATE!

REVIEW YOUR WORK FOR CLARITY, SPELLING, AND FORMATTING BEFORE SUBMITTING.

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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
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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