Goals and Philosophy: What are your short and long term professional goals?
What is your artistic philosophy? Describe what satisfies you about your
creative process. How does your process reflect your artistic philosophy
and professional goals? Describe
I’m studying and need help with a Management question to help me learn.
The Employment Status Report, your mid-term project, introduced in Module 1
is now due. Remember, this project requires you to use at least three
diverse resources for information related to your industry and goals. Many
of the assignments in Modules 2-5 were designed to coincide with this
project.
Resources must include an interview conducted with a professional from your
field and use of industry journals or publications. Sources must be cited
according to the MLA method of internal and end citation.
For your convenience, the following repeats instructions outlined in Module
1, Session Page 11:
CONTENT
Address the following topics, using the sets of questions below to guide
you in narrating your professional story. Use your process and research to
develop a thesis assessing your current position and preparation within
your industry as well as next steps toward achieving your dream, or another
argument you wish to make about yourself and your field.
Do not repeat the provided questions as part of your writing or simply give
one-sentence or yes/no answers. (‘My competition is other photographers.')
Don't simply tell what you already know: Discuss and analyze your ability
to compete or your thoughts on competition. In other words, dig beneath the
surface. Research and make information meaningful. Present your thorough
responses in well-developed paragraphs.
Goals and Philosophy: What are your short and long term professional goals?
What is your artistic philosophy? Describe what satisfies you about your
creative process. How does your process reflect your artistic philosophy
and professional goals? Describe a problem you've faced in your work and
tell how you solved it.
Marketplace: Who hires for the position you seek? Who is your competition?
What is the average salary of the position? (For those who are fine artists
or who intend to go into business for yourselves, what is the competitive
price range for your work/service? What methods are used to calculate
price?) How will you promote yourself to beat the competition?
Skills and Tools: What specific skills must you have to fulfill your
professional goals? What skills do you have now? What skills must you
attain? How have your skills been rated thus far? What are the tools of
your trade? Which tools have you mastered? How is technology changing the
way your industry operates? What is required of a professional
portfolio/demo reel/resume in your industry?
Networking: What journals and affiliations are prominent in your field?
What is required to join the most prominent organizations associated with
your industry? What are the benefits of membership? Are there annual
conferences or conventions intended for networking and professional
development within your field? What role do social and professional
networking sites play in making connections in your industry?
The Future: Where would you like to work? Research and describe a specific
employer in your industry as well as the workplace environment. Why do you
want to work there? If your goal is to be self-employed, what existing
business or artist might you model and why? What will make your work
marketable to your chosen audience?
GUIDELINES FOR REPORTS
HEADINGS: You may use the topic titles provided as headings or create your
own. (Business reports often use subheadings between topics. Headings may
be creative to 'hook' readers or simply informative, making longer reports
easier to read.)
RESOURCES: You must use at least three resources, of various kinds (books,
magazines, journals, websites, etc.). One of these must be a personal
interview.
- If you planned ahead, you will have interviewed someone in person or
through email.
- Wikipedia is not a reliable, independent resource. The site
information provides a good starting point, but Wikipedia should not be one
of your three required resources.
- Other resources include magazines, trade journals, reliable industry
websites, books, etc.
- MLA Citation: Do not simply put a list of resources at the end of the
report. Use *internal *citation; quote or provide information from the
sources *within *the paper and also include the list of works cited at
the end of the paper.
FORMAT: Employment Reports, like most narrative business writing, should
- be typed
- have single spacing within paragraphs
- include double spacing between paragraphs, *without *indenting the
first line
- use bulleting or other formatting options when listing
- include creative headings or subtitles between topics: You may use the
topic titles provided with the assignment questions as headings (Goals and
Philosophy, Marketplace, Skills and Tools, Networking, The Future) or
create your own headings
- Use internal citations per MLA guidelines as well as a list of works
cited at the end
GRAMMAR/LANGUAGE USAGE: Remember to use a concise, active writing style and
to avoid grammatical errors. You are encouraged to use the Writing Lab for
help with this assignment prior to turning it in.
Your professional credibility requires your work to be grammatically
correct. Run spell-check, but do not stop there. PROOFREAD! Ask someone
whose language skills you trust to help you edit.
Tips:
1. By the time you begin work on the Employment Status Report (ESR), you
will have done some of the research during previous assignments. Expand on
all that you’ve learned and research some more. Be thorough.
2. It’s not a personal narrative, i.e. (“I think that ….”) is not
enough. You need to back it all up, incorporate, and reference outside
research.
3. Analyze and synthesize the research. Explain how the interviews and
statistics relate to you and explain what it means for you, i.e. answer
(“So what?”) for each source you use.
4. EVERYTHING should be in your own words. Use “Turn it In. com”
5. Try to do multiple interviews so that you can have different
perspectives about your industry.
6. Use a variety of sources: books, magazines, online, interviews, etc.
7. Use “in text” citations, i.e. incorporating statements from
interviews and other data into the document, i.e. (“According to…”)
8. Cite everything according to MLA formatting. Include a Works Cited
page.
9. Follow business writing guidelines as done throughout the semester.
10. Be thorough and thoughtful. This is all about you and your future
goals! I promise that this will help you be successful!!!
Purpose
Each of you has professional goals. This writing assignment requires you to
engage in research and reflection to shape and communicate your
professional mission. In it, you will analyze yourself and your goals as
well as your intended industry to see where you will fit in and where you
may need to improve and grow to meet industry standards.
Assignments and Exercises posted prior to mid-term, including the Career
Self-Reflection, the Association or Organization memo, the Industry
Research Grid, and the MLA exercise, as well as you Resume and Cover
Letter, will inform your Employment Status Report.
CAREER CHOICE (HAIR STYLIST)
Requirements: MLA | Essay | 4 pages, Double spaced
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