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NAME: ______________Janeil Lewis____________________

GOALS PLANNING OUTLINE

TIER #1: LIFESTYLE GOALS
Determine what your priorities are for your day-to-day life during your career. Be
as specific as possible.
1.) Have a career within the mass media career field preferably TV Production
2.) Have a family by the age of 28.
3.) Have a job that does not require to much traveling, relocating if necessary.
4.) I want a great paying job so that I can help support my family.
5.) If possible work for a company that gives back to the community or have y own
communication company that gives back to the community.

TIER #2: CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

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List the careers you eliminated from your FOCUS assessment and describe why
you eliminated them.
1.)Agricultural Sciences Professor
I eliminated this career because I am not interested in teaching. I also will not have enough
knowledge as far as biology and agriculture.
2.)Archivist
I eliminated this career choice because it requires you to know a lot of languages which in english
is what i know fluently . I know a bit of Spanish and french but not enough to be qualified for this
job

3.)Cardiologist
for this career field you would need a biology and chemistry degree plus a lot more schooling
within the science field. I am not into the healthcare field so this would defiantly not be
something that suits me
4.)Community Health Nurse
I eliminated this career because you would need a lot of schooling in the health
care field. Also you would have to do a lot of clinical working with real people
which I do not think would fit what i want to do in life.
5.)Daycare Center Worker
I Eliminate this because for this you would need to have done teaching and got a degree in
teaching which that is not my focus and also this career does not pay well.

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Identify the careers that would work with your lifestyle goals and describe why
they are appealing to you (be sure to include specific examples from the positions
you researched as potential career paths).
1.) Film Editor
I like this career because it requires putting pieces of a film into a nice sequenced
movie, show, commercial or PSA. This is a very tedious job which is what I like
about it.
2.)Newspaper Editor
This career is appealing because Newspaper is a form of media that people still
use and also with convergence this could be used for physical newspapers as well
as online news. Also it is a demanding job that requires you to edit different
stories everyday.
3.)Newspaper/ Magazines Editor
For this career, it appeals to me because essentially the one editing is in control of
what gets to be published and having that responsibility as well as key writing
and editing skills is what interest me.
4.) Photojournalist
This job appeals to me because people in this filed have to go out and tell a story with
pictures/video as a journalist would however the media captured would be the information given
out through news and media. I like this because This is something I would prefer being as though I
am not one that wants to be in front of the camera rather behind.

5.)Communication Professor
This career appeals to me because I am a communication major and just like how the teachers in
my major teach me a lot about all the aspects of communication. It would be nice to teach
students the same things I learned to help better them and help them be successful in the
communication field.

TIER #3: NECESSARY SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS FOR

CAREERS

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Identify one career option you researched and address the following.
Career Option #1: _______________________Photojournalist______________________
What are the basic/minimum qualifications:
Bachelors degree is strongly recommend for chances of consideration, but not
required.
They have the responsibility of preparing photos by editing them for publication
purposes
What skills are they looking for?
Be able to meet deadlines, Photo Editing
Technical Camera skills, stress management
What type of experience is needed? What background are they looking for?
A portfolio with work done
An internship experience
What does the description say youll be doing and what will the ideal candidate
look like?
One who is able to move around quickly and take pictures for news stories

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Identify a second career option you researched and address the following.
Career Option #2: _____________Film Editor_________________________
What are the basic/minimum qualifications:
bachelor degree in communication, media studies
have a foundational editing knowledge
What skills are they looking for?
Works well with others, able to meet deadlines, video editing skills
interpersonal skills, be able to cope in high stress
What type of experience is needed? What background are they looking for?
internships
previous job as working with a film, production, and/ or post production
What does the description say youll be doing and what will the ideal candidate
look like?
Editors have the job of taking raw video and using computer based software to edit film to be
shown on air or movies.

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Identify a third career option you researched and address the following.
Career Option #3: Communication professor__________________________________
What are the basic/minimum qualifications:
Degree in communication
instruction and curriculum knowledge, degree, or certificate
What skills are they looking for?
patients and clarity while teaching students, different teaching skills
familiar with certain editing software was well as broadcast tools, speaking to
students to effectively teach them
What type of experience is needed? What background are they looking for?
teaching internship
graduate assistance or teaching assistant job before hand
What does the description say youll be doing and what will the ideal candidate
look like?
One who is knowledgeable in the field of communication who has a passion for
spreading and teaching that know ledge

After researching all three career options, what are the similarities? What are the
reoccurring skills, traits, etc.?
Degrees in communication, more so mass media
Being able to meet deadlines
editing skills
one who is able to communicate well with others.

TIER #4: INVOLVEMENT/STEPS TO OBTAIN SKILLS &

EXPERIENCE

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Identify one involvement opportunity that will help you gain the reoccurring skills,
traits, etc. identified from your research in Tier #3.
Involvement Opportunity: volunteering for trick or treat for
change______________________
What skill or experience are you obtaining with this opportunity? Explain how.
Skill/Experience:
Leadership qualities
How?
Lead others in raising money for a good cause

Identify a second involvement opportunity that will help you gain the reoccurring
skills, traits, etc. identified from your research in Tier #3.
Involvement Opportunity: __________TV 10______________________________
What skill or experience are you obtaining with this opportunity? Explain how.
Skill/Experience:
video editing, control room experience, cameraman, directing
How?
work newscast to improve skills

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Identify a third involvement opportunity that will help you gain the reoccurring
skills, traits, etc. identified from your research in Tier #3.
Involvement Opportunity: ___________________Woman in
Communication__________________
What skill or experience are you obtaining with this opportunity? Explain how.
Skill/Experience:
learning how to excel in communication as a woman
How?
attend meetings, learn new things from ones who have experience in the field as a
woman

TIER #5: SEMESTER & COLLEGE GOALS

Set a goal for when you will be involved in each opportunity outlined in Tier #4.
Involvement Opportunity #1: ______TV 10_________________________
When will this be accomplished?
I would like to be a member and graduate having experience from TV 10
Involvement Opportunity #2: volunteering organization ______________________
When will this be accomplished?
By next semester i will join
Involvement Opportunity #3: Woman in communication_________________
When will this be accomplished?
next semester I would like to get involved in this organization.