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Career  Development  Action  Plan    

This  may  help  you  to:    Clarify  what  you  have  done  so  far  and  what  you  need  to  do  next  to  progress  to  your  career  ambitions.    Current  situation  (Where  I  am  now:  Academic  achievements,  experience/s  and  strengths)  

• 2nd Year Public Relations & Communication Student • Really enjoying employability unit and assignment – allowing lots of creativity

and design • Have become much more confident since beginning this year, secured work

experience at a highly respected fashion PR agency.

• Have good faith in my career aspiration and where I want to go in life  Career  goal/s    (Where  I  want  to  be:  Meaningful  career  goal/s  –  whether  employed  or  self  employed)  

Currently considering: + Fashion PR + Events + Eventually self employed with my own boutique PR agency  

 Routes  to  achieve  goal/s  (Main  options,  broad  steps  towards  my  goal/s)  

• Work Experience in relevant area immediately after degree • Become a junior or freelance press assistant through promotion • Network to gain more employment opportunities and grow through an agency

• Become an account manager and eventually have enough experience to set up my own agency.

 Issues  (What’s  stopping  me,  challenges  to  deal  with)  

1. Timing – Potential plans to travel after finishing degree, lack of university assistance when looking for employment alone.

2. Location – May have to relocate to another city or country given the type of work opportunities?

3. Cost – How will I finance myself? Where will I live?    Actions  (Specific/Stretching,  Measurable/Motivating,  Achievable/Agreed,  Realistic,  Time  bound)  Action     By  when  1. Use some decision-making tools from www.mindtools.com to check which goal is my current top option.

30  September  

2. Research and contact people have recently graduated and how they have gone about gaining employment. Network with people I met through work experience.

31  October    

3. Make two high quality applications per month for grad training schemes and other roles advertised. Focus on networking with work experience employers from last summer.

Check  deadlines  –  start  now  

4. Book appointments with careers advisor to discuss progress or speak to relevant lecturer on how to help.

31  October