INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – BUSINESS CONTINUITY AND DISASTER
RECOVERY
TOPIC: Career Development Criteria
Assignment (Networking)
5 Pages in APA format (Not including
the Career Roadmap)
Career development is a lifelong and
ongoing process. The steps in your career development began with you, your
style, and skill areas, what your interests are, and how to go about starting a
career that you are passionate about.
MUST HAVE
Write a report after
exploring and address the following items:
Professional Organizations: You will identify some
professional organizations, related to the disaster recovery and business
continuity field, and analyze them for alignment with your interests.
Conferences: Search for upcoming global
conferences that are related to the disaster recovery and business continuity
fields, and compile a list of conference names, locations, date(s), and link to
their sites.
Interview Questions: Compile a list of job
interview questions that may be asked of interviewees who are applying for
disaster recovery and business continuity jobs.
Compile Short Phrases: Search LinkedIn for
individuals with careers in disaster recovery and business continuity fields.
Then, compile some short phrases from their profiles that are field specific.
Mentor/coach: Reach out to those you have
found during your LinkedIn search. Request to connect to these individuals and
consider asking for mentorship.
Employers Seeking Skills: Using online job listings
sites, learn what kinds of jobs are out there for someone with your career
interests and identify skills employers seek.
Compile Job Requirements: Compile a list of some of the
job requirements associated with your selected role and add these requirements
in an Excel table called “Roadmap Table.”
Roadmap Excel Table:
o Rows: Are the job requirements
employers want
o Columns:
“Have/Not Have”, if your resume has any of the
requirements
“How to Achieve”, list what to do to address the
requirements so you could have
them on your resume
“Conferences” in the disaster recovery and
business continuity
“Date”, month and year, the time frame
to meet the job requirements goals
“Resources”, Establish the resources that
will be needed to reach the goals
Prioritize to Build Career Roadmap: Prioritize the items on the
Excel table based on the “How to Achieve” column in the order of your
preference, fastest way to achieve these items, easiest way to achieve these
items, and how you can achieve the necessary aspects in a cost-effective
manner. This activity will provide you with a roadmap to your career in the
Disaster Recovery field.
Conferences: List the conferences that are
of interest to you, specifically in terms of networking opportunities,
attendance, and/or those at which you are interested in presenting.
LinkedIn Profile:
· Visit your LinkedIn profile, add the
professional organizations that you became a member of.
· Put those short phrases, keywords,
and skillsets you have in your profile.
Revisiting Career Roadmap Table: If you are presented with a
series of crossroads, you must determine if you want to make changes in your
roadmap and set different goals or stay on the same path. You may find
information that you had not uncovered before. If you have noticed a new path/new
information of interest, please consider revisiting your roadmap table and
updating your choices, if necessary.
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