What do you need to learn in order to be competitive for the career you want to pursue?

What is the job title?
What organization is the job with?
Self-Analysis
What specific job tasks (from your proposed job) appeal to you?
How do your interests, values, skills, personality traits, and strengths fit this job?
What do you need to learn in order to be competitive for the career you want to pursue?
How does this first job help you in pursuit of your longer term career goal?
How are the skills and competencies you are obtaining from classes and experiences at CSUN helping you prepare for this job?
What barriers or obstacles stand in the way of you getting this job? How will you overcome them? Be specific. (“By working hard” is not specific.)
Organizational Analysis
What type of healthcare organization is it?
What services does the organization provide?
What are the organizational mission, vision, and values?
How many people are employed by the organization?
Where is the organization located? If you find a job in another state or country, would you be willing to move?
Job Analysis
Describe the required and recommended skills for this job. (Don’t just list them)
Do you possess each of these? If not, how will you obtain them? (Don’t forget to include transferable )
Are there any state licensures and/or certifications that are required?
How does your previous work experience help you be competitive in this job? (For jobs after 5 years, please indicate your career trajectory. What jobs do you need to have in between your current job and the future job you are analyzing?)
What is the estimated salary for this position? This may require some additional research from glassdoor.com (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)or other reliable online sources.
What is your action plan? What steps do you need to take today, next week, next month, next year to get to this next job? These should be actionable, not aspirational (example: “I will take courses in Excel this summer” not “I need to get better at Excel”.)
Sources (in proper APA format – use in-text citations for any sources outside of your job posting)
Salary citation: A copy of your job posting (either a screenshot or a PDF copy) – this must be complete; not a photo
of the first few sentences, but the entire listing.

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