ACADEMIC & 4 YEAR CAREER DEVELOPMENT PLAN

GUIDELINE BY DR. USAMAH

INTRODUCTION
 About yourself, your personality and motivations
 Something about your purpose and role in life
 In which career line would you be the best fit (in line with your personality and
aspirations)

ACADEMIC AND CAREER CHOICE

A. Academic priorities
 What are your academic priorities for the next 3-4 years? e.g., MBA (which
specialization?)
 How do you plan to make the most of your academic experience? BBA & beyond
B. Career Choice / Chosen Career line (Post University goals)
 My chosen career line (Industry/Corporate, Business/entrepreneurship, Academia,
other). Area of specialization, type of business etc.
 What has influenced this career choice (for e.g, how will you make the world,
community a better place etc.)

APPLICABLE CAREER AND EMPLOYABILITY THEORIES

 Which career and critical employability theories should I consider when developing my
goals and how to achieve them?
 The theories and critical aspects of employability that have influenced your planning
(Note: Identify theories in the content and from the internet)
 How do your values influence your plans?
 What is your learning style and how has your identification of your learning style
affected how you study?
 Which kinds of corporate cultures will suit you, given your values?
 Which theories speak to you approach to your career? (Krumboltz's Planned
Happenstance theory, trait-and-factor career theory etc., critical employability theories)
 How will future projections on your chosen career affect your goal setting?
 And how do future projections on your chosen career in the near future will affect your
goal setting (These will include blockchains, Big Data, other cryptocurrencies, climate
change, UN SDGs, regulation of tech giants etc and how they affect will affect your
preparation for your chosen career).
SKILL ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
 Which skills do I required for my goals to be achieved (think about the technical skills,
business skills, people skills and leadership skills that you require)?
 What are my skills gaps?
 What steps have I taken so far towards developing these skills?
 Which steps must I take going forward in order to garner these skills?
 How do I use the resources available to me (library, career services, tutors, mentors,
bosses, volunteer opportunities, work experience, etc) to fill these gaps?
 Which skills do you hope to develop from your academic work?
 Which skills do I required for my goals to be achieved (think about the technical skills,
business skills, people skills and leadership skills that you require)?

THE JOURNEY SO FAR (You can change this heading if you like)
 Which jobs/extra-curricular/summer job/internship/graduate job preparation actions
have you taken so far?
 Discuss the steps you have taken so far toward achieving the goals.
 Which career oriented/professional employment/recruitment events have you attended
or plan to attend?
 What are your extra-curricular activities and which skills would you develop through
these activities?
 How is your institute (BIC) & University of London BS Business Admin helping you
achieve your goals (Important)

WAY FORWARD & CONCLUSION (Can be separate too)

Summarize the above and conclude the way forward in 1-2 paragraphs.

Note: Link your essay with literature, i.e., academic research (like IMMC). References use
Harvard style
 LIST OF EVIDENCE

 For the purpose of this assignment, you have to collect evidence.

 The evidence will NOT be included in the word count.
 You must provide evidence of how you have developed your career plan over the course
of the module.
 The list of evidence is divided into two
o Mandatory
o Desirable
 Evidence (submit in black and white rather than colour if desired)
 Please make sure you replace your name with your candidate number. Marking
is done anonymously so please adhere to this rule.