I am currently a team member at a Target retail store in the hardlines department. The current work I do is meaningful and fulfilling in the community in which I work, however it is not very impactful on society. My ultimate goal is to make the work I do on a daily basis meaningful and impactful while allowing the use of a higher level of knowledge to aid others. My plan is to become a physician’s assistant to meet my ultimate goal. Not only does it allow the use of a higher knowledge to aid others, but it’s a type of work I’ve deemed meaningful since I originally stepped foot into the medical field two years ago. Working as a Certified Nursing Assistant was what solidified my decision to become a physician’s assistant. During my work, I had the opportunity to work
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Utilizing the Career Center: Finding a Job
Knowing that using the career center will help me reach my ultimate goal, one of the resources I utilized in the “job search” subsection was the establishing smart goals function. “Establishing realistic shortterm [6 months to a year], intermediate
[one to five year], and longterm [more than five years] career goals can help you achieve your larger career objectives” (Getting Organized, 2016). The first step in setting these smart goals is thinking about the ultimate goal and creating smaller steps to get there. Since my ultimate goal requires quite a bit of education, the shortterm goals I have set are in regards to completing individual courses at
CSUGlobal as well as increasing my GPA. An easy intermediate goal would either be the completion of my bachelor’s degree or the admission to graduate school. The final longterm goal would be completion of graduate school and eventual beginning of my job as a physician’s assistant. Another resource falling under the subsection of jobsearch I used was was information from the networking subcategory. This section of the site implores the reader to create a list of people within a network
Utilizing the Career Center: Finding a Job
Knowing that using the career center will help me reach my ultimate goal, one of the resources I utilized in the “job search” subsection was the establishing smart goals function. “Establishing realistic shortterm [6 months to a year], intermediate
[one to five year], and longterm [more than five years] career goals can help you achieve your larger career objectives” (Getting Organized, 2016). The first step in setting these smart goals is thinking about the ultimate goal and creating smaller steps to get there. Since my ultimate goal requires quite a bit of education, the shortterm goals I have set are in regards to completing individual courses at
CSUGlobal as well as increasing my GPA. An easy intermediate goal would either be the completion of my bachelor’s degree or the admission to graduate school. The final longterm goal would be completion of graduate school and eventual beginning of my job as a physician’s assistant. Another resource falling under the subsection of jobsearch I used was was information from the networking subcategory. This section of the site implores the reader to create a list of people within a network