Week 4 Assignment – Reflecting on Your Skills, Goals, and Experiences
Overview
In this assignment, you will reflect on your values, strengths, areas of improvement, and experiences that capture who you are and how they connect to the 10 Skills and your personal, academic, and professional goals by sharing your thoughts in the template below.
There are three parts of this template for you to complete:
Reflect on Your Goals, Strengths, and Growth Opportunities.
Share Two Experiences.
Reflection.
After completing this assignment, you will have a document you can bring to the Strayer University Career Center, where counselors can help you further develop your career strategy. You may also use this information in the Week 8 Assignment to create an action plan for developing skills that will help you reach your future goals.
What to submit/deliverables: A completed Week 4 Assignment Template [DOCX].
Resources
10 Skills Defined:
Visit the Strayer 10 Skills Hub for an interactive overview of all 10 Essential Employability Skills.
10 Skills Definitions (PDF).
Accomplishment Categories:
Accomplishments don’t have to be as large as climbing the top of Mount Everest or starting your own company. Perhaps you organized volunteers for your school’s food drive or made an extremely profitable sale. Or, if you’re more advanced in your career, perhaps you’ve received a promotion or special recognition. To help you identify accomplishments from work, school, volunteering, or other activities, review the Accomplishment Categories [PDF].
Strayer University Career Center:
Interview Tips – Practice – Behavioral Interview Questions.
Instructions
Complete and submit your assignment using the following steps:
Step 1: Download and complete the Week 4 Assignment Template [DOCX].
Step 2: Save the template as, YourName_WRK100_Week4_Reflection and submit it in Blackboard in Week 4.
Step 3: Submit your completed template by clicking the Week 4 Assignment – Reflecting on Your Skills, Goals, and Experiences link above.
Review the Week 4 Assignment Rubric in the Course Guide.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
Reflect on one’s skills to begin the process of self-monitoring progress.
