CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

Bartram Trail High School

7399 Longleaf Pine Pkwy, St Johns, FL 32259

Alexa Machols, Caroline Stastny, Yvette Zerry

March 6th, 2020

 TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Executive Summary........................................................................................................1-2

II. Initiating..........................................................................................................................2-5

a. Statement of Problem.....................................................................................................2-3

b. Project Scope..................................................................................................................3-5

III. Planning and Organizing...............................................................................................5-9

a. Project Goals......................................................................................................................5

b. Human Resource Management Plan..................................................................................6

c. Schedule.............................................................................................................................7

i. Milestones.............................................................................................................7

ii. Timeline................................................................................................................7

d. Quality Management Plan..............................................................................................7-8

e. Risk Management Plan......................................................................................................8

f. Proposed Project Budget....................................................................................................9

IV. Execution.......................................................................................................................9-11

V. Monitoring and Controlling......................................................................................11-13

a. Monitoring..................................................................................................................11-12

b. Controlling..................................................................................................................12-13

VI. Closing the Project......................................................................................................13-18

a. Evaluation of Key Metrics..........................................................................................13-15

b. Lessons Learned ........................................................................................................15-18

c. Future Recommendations.................................................................................................18

VII. Bibliography.........................................................................................................................
 I. Executive Summary

According to data presented by the Pew Research Center, Post-Millennials are

Our Purpose: entering adulthood with less experience in the labor work force than prior
generations (Fry and Parker).
48% of 15-to 17-year-old born as Baby Boomers reported working in 1968.

30% of 15-to 17-year-old born as Millennials reported working in 2002.

19% of 15-to 17-year-old born as Post-Millennials reported working in 2018.

Our Approach:

Career development isn’t simply knowing what’s out there. It’s knowing how to get there.
Hosting a set of two seminars, we hoped to tackle a flaw in the education of young adults—the
one that fails to teach them soft skills necessary to become a productive and happy member of
the workforce. Our approach was unique because we incorporated hands-on activities into a
presentation dominated by audio/visual cues to appeal to learners of all types and keep our target
audience of young adults, particularly upperclassmen in high school, engaged in the discussions
held.

Our plan was to create two seminars

that would be held two weeks apart.
Our Plan: Each seminar would consist of two
Our Goals:
topics accompanied by a PowerPoint to keep the To educate peers with tactical
audience skills useful in any career field
engaged. At the conclusion of both presentations, we would to help build a more successful
have an activity for our tactical leaners to help reinforce generation of leaders.
the topics discussed in the seminar.

Cooking
Presentation  Have 30+ students attend each
seminar
Professionalism
November 8th Presentation  Have 3+ new students attend
the second seminar
Activity:
 Snacks

Budgeting
Presentation

Stress
November 22nd Management
Presentation

Activity: Coloring
Sheet
After compiling and analyzing
the data collected during each seminar, we not only observed the impact our
Our Findings: lessons had on our peers, but the degree to which we empowered them. We
found that the because of the constant access to stimuli presented in this
technological era, it is hard for young adults to focus on one subject at a time,
making it imperative that we frequently keep them engaged in the learning process and offer
opportunities for them to provide feedback. Our peers are encouraged by the idea that their
actions have an observable influence on the world around them. They want to take advantage of
the career opportunities presented to them and find meaning in their work. Our results were
astounding, finding that the vast majority of our peers learned something new in mere a 45-
minute session, proving that this exposure to “soft skill” learning is something not taught in a
traditional classroom.

95.31% of the respondents said they learned something NEW.

In truth, the project was about finding how each individual fits into the world
around them—how every person deserves to find a career that both supports them
Our Impact: financially and makes them happy. The impact of this project was—and is—
significant. Even despite it being impossible to reach all young adults, the power
of conversation exceeds all boundaries, and subsequently, so does our message. As the attendees
share what they learned in regard to how to eat cleanly enough to boost self-esteem, how to
answer interview questions truthfully, how to manage personal finances, and how to meet
healthy mental standards, the butterfly effect comes into play. One small change can have lasting
and large-scale effects. In our project, we brought our students to reach not to the moon, but to
Saturn too, for the future isn’t far.