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WRK100: Week 3 Assignment

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PART 1: REFLECT ON YOUR GOALS, STRENGTHS, AND GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES

1a. What are your values, motivations, or aspirations?

1b. What are some of your main personal, academic, and professional goals?

1c. What are some of your strength areas? Think about the top 2–3 skills you would advertise about yourself or consider why people come to you for help or advice.

1d. What are some areas you would like to grow and improve in?

PART 2: SHARE TWO EXPERIENCES

Instructions: Stories are a great way to share your experiences with others. You can prove your skills to employers by using the Challenge, Action, Result, and Details (CARD) response to share the story of your accomplishments. Complete the CARD response for two accomplishments from work, school, volunteering, or other activities to showcase your skills and abilities.

CARD response:

· Challenge: Problem, goal, or requirement.

· Action: Specific actions you took to resolve the challenge, solve the problem, or meet the requirement.

· Result: Benefit or outcome in specific and measurable terms, including how results align to your personal, academic, or work goals.

· Details: Relevant, clarifying details to provide context, such as how many, how much, how long, or how often.

Example CARD response for Experience #1:

· Challenge: As a retail manager, there was a time when there was an increase in customer complaints regarding the helpfulness of staff.

· Action: I used my technology skill to develop a new training program for staff, got approval from the district manager using my communication skills, and once approved implemented it with a regular review process using my initiative skill.

· Result: Customer complaints decreased.

· Details: After three months, complaints decreased from an average of four per week to an average of one per week.

PART 3: REFLECTION

Instructions: Make sure to write five or more complete sentences per question.

3a. How has reflecting on your goals, strengths, areas of growth, and experiences been valuable for you at work, home, and in your personal life?

3b. What are two ways you can build-in a regular practice of reflection that will help you reach your future goals?

3c. How have two of the 10 Skills helped you describe the experiences you listed in Part 2?

3d. Do you feel more confident in communicating your experiences to an employer? Briefly explain why.

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