Michelle Grover Steve Brodigan

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Goals, Skills, Strength, and Weakness

Personal career goals following graduation:

My personal career goals following graduation are to be able to attain a few custom welding

projects that I will complete in my own personal shop. I have decided to try retirement for a

while and try to enjoy life. I am 55 years old and have worked all my life to attain what I plan on

doing. Right now, all I am trying to do is make extra money for a car restoration project that I

have just started, and to start fishing more. I enjoy what I do and do not plan in seeking

employment elsewhere as of this time. If things change (which they can), I will plan to gain

employment at a small fabrication shop as a shop manager.

Career goals 5 years from now:

If my situation changes and would have to work for someone else, I would try to help and train

the younger workforce to be competent in the skills needed to have a successful career. I have

many different skills that I can teach to others so they could become valuable to employers. I

would like to show them how to diversify their skills and could switch careers if a certain job

field slows down or they decide that they don’t like it.

Career goals for 10 years from now:

Fully retire, play the stock market, and play with cars.
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Skills Sheet

20 professional skills

• Technical/job-specific

1. Mig welding

2. Tig Welding

3. Stick welding

4. Precision machinery alignment

5. Conveyor repair

6. Heavy equipment repairs

7. Industrial pump repair

8. Advanced fabrication

9. Mining equipment maintenance

• Functional/transferable

10. Accomplished

11. Advanced

12. Motivated

13. Trained

14. Strategized

15. Dedicated

• Adaptive/personal/soft skills

16. Creative

17. Dependable
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18. Accurate

19. Experienced

20. Trustworthy

• Strengths and Weakness Assessment:

Strengths:

One of my professional strengths is the ability to overcome adversity. If things don’t go

the way as planned, I can come up with alternative ideas.

Another strength is my ability to plan and design a project from start to finish.

A third professional strength is to be able to see others point of view and can change my

mind if a better alternative is available.

Weaknesses:

My keen eyesight is starting to weaken, but if I wear reading glasses I can see in better

detail.

I am not the best in computer work, but if I continue to work at it, I will get faster and

learn more.

I try to be too perfect in areas that don’t need to be, and results in taking longer than it

needs to complete that part of the job. If I asses the job better, I can be able to speed it

up.