1. Individual Project: Career Development Plan e

Prepare your own five-year career development plan about ‘What do you intend to do professionally in the next 5 years (1st year, 2nd year, 3rd year, 4th & 5th year)’? Your plan must be presented in time-line format (This can be done using MS Project and multiple other software). Be very specific with your timeline, provide dates for when will you achieve different things mentioned in your timeline. For instance, if you mention in your timeline you will attempt an exam provide a DATE of when will you attempt that exam. Also include the COSTS associated with completing different activities. Your career plan must address and consider the following items:

1. What are your career objectives? What position, field or industry do you want to work in/for? (To be answered in introductory paragraph – Max 1 page)

0. Which province in Canada and why? (This needs to be supported with job market analysis such as employment options, field attractiveness, income potential/salary rates – I want to see a lot of statistics in here – Don’t make this section descriptive – use graphs, charts, salary benchmarking tables from provincial reliable sources 3-4 pages)

1. If you in intend to work for an organization, what are the possible promotional opportunities for career growth and what senior level position do you wish to obtain? How long will it take for you to obtain your next promotion within your field? What certificate will be needed for promotion? how many years of experience will be required for the promotion? (This can be easily included in your time-line)

1. An inventory of your current skills, abilities, training, and education and the required qualifications for your desired position? (Strictly use a table to outline your current education as well as all job-specific skills, certificates etc., that you have. Only mention the certificates/degrees acceptable in Canada)

1. From your time- line Identify three action steps that are crucial to achieving your stated career development plan. These steps are usually those without which your plan cannot proceed. (Put a heading action steps and describe them in short paragraphs- 3-4 lines maximum)

1. Identify potential barriers that might prevent you from reaching your stated career goals and objectives. (In bullet points – make sure they are all realistic and applicable to you. Just imagine what problems would you face while starting your professional career in Canada)

Assessment Criteria:

· ANALYSIS – You will be marked based on how accurate your figures/Data are, thoroughness of your analysis and how well prepared you are to start your professional career in Canada. How creative/unique and detailed your time line is. How well do you know entry requirements for your specific field and what are you doing right now or will be doing shortly to meet them. How realistic your plan is in terms of the problems that you will face and what will you do to resolve those problems.

· PAPER REQUIREMENTS – Whether students have fully understood the paper requirements. If all requirements are satisfactorily met/fulfilled. Whether or not all questions have been answered.

· QUALITY AND VARIETY OF SOURCES– For this information to be robust you have to use at least 15 references – Google, Wikipedia will not be considered as authentic sources you will be marked down for using them. You can use company websites, Governmental & provincial websites of Canada, Job Market analysis taken from statista and other reliable sources, entry requirements for your profession from provincial bodies etc.,

· FORMATTING -You must include title page and list of references for this Project. APA style of formatting, referencing tables, font style, line spacing etc., must be used

· Provide all your sources of information that you have used to gather the numbers/figures along with hyperlinks that instructor can access in the list of references. NUMBER the references in your list.

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The data labels used in the chart refer to this column. Text wrapping within data labels is difficult to control, but you can force a new line within the text by pressing Alt+Enter while typing in a cell to enter a carriage return.

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• Insert and delete entire rows when editing the data tables

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• Read cell comments in the table header row for more information

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• Milestone leader lines are Y Error bars

• Task leader lines are Y Error bars

• Task durations are X Error bars

Tasks

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This type of project timeline is mainly useful for a general overview of a project rather than showing a detailed work breakdown structure.

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Start Market Analysis Feasibility Rough Prototypes Cost Estimates Architectures Sub-systems Refine Design Make-buy analysis Complete Definition Materials Tooling Quality Control Def. Field Testing Regulations Refine Processes Key Customers Evaluate Begin Full Production Economic Analysis Legal / Regulatory Sales Plan / Train Concept Dev. System Design Detail Design Test & Refine Produce Other 42736 42750 42772 42755 42767 42771 42789 42800 42804 42804 42814 42835 42814 42814 42830 42846 42846 42858 42736 42736 42795 Blue Market Analysis Feasibility Rough Prototypes Cost Estimates Architectures Sub-systems Refine Design Make-buy analysis Complete Definition Materials Tooling Quality Control Def. Field Testing Regulations Refine Processes Key Customers Evaluate Begin Full Production Economic Analysis Legal / Regulatory Sales Plan / Train Concept Dev. System Design Detail Design Test & Refine Produce Other 15 22 21 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Red Market Analysis Feasibility Rough Prototypes Cost Estimates Architectures Sub-systems Refine Design Make-buy analysis Complete Definition Materials Tooling Quality Control Def. Field Testing Regulations Refine Processes Key Customers Evaluate Begin Full Production Economic Analysis Legal / Regulatory Sales Plan / Train Concept Dev. System Design Detail Design Test & Refine Produce Other 0 0 0 0 15 18 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Green Market Analysis Feasibility Rough Prototypes Cost Estimates Architectures Sub-systems Refine Design Make-buy analysis Complete Definition Materials Tooling Quality Control Def. Field Testing Regulations Refine Processes Key Customers Evaluate Begin Full Production Economic Analysis Legal / Regulatory Sales Plan / Train Concept Dev. System Design Detail Design Test & Refine Produce Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 11 21 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brown Market Analysis Feasibility Rough Prototypes Cost Estimates Architectures Sub-systems Refine Design Make-buy analysis Complete Definition Materials Tooling Quality Control Def. Field Testing Regulations Refine Processes Key Customers Evaluate Begin Full Production Economic Analysis Legal / Regulatory Sales Plan / Train Concept Dev. System Design Detail Design Test & Refine Produce Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 31 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 Orange Market Analysis Feasibility Rough Prototypes Cost Estimates Architectures Sub-systems Refine Design Make-buy analysis Complete Definition Materials Tooling Quality Control Def. Field Testing Regulations Refine Processes Key Customers Evaluate Begin Full Production Economic Analysis Legal / Regulatory Sales Plan / Train Concept Dev. System Design Detail Design Test & Refine Produce Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 12 1 0 0 0 Purple Market Analysis Feasibility Rough Prototypes Cost Estimates Architectures Sub-systems Refine Design Make-buy analysis Complete Definition Materials Tooling Quality Control Def. Field Testing Regulations Refine Processes Key Customers Evaluate Begin Full Production Economic Analysis Legal / Regulatory Sales Plan / Train Concept Dev. System Design Detail Design Test & Refine Produce Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 109 60 Milestone 1

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© 2017 Vertex42.com About This project timeline template is designed to be simple to edit while still containing some useful features, such as choosing colors for different phases or categories of tasks, and optionally displaying milestones as vertical lines. The timeline in this template was created using a stacked bar chart. Each color is a different data series. Choosing a value in the Color column controls whether the value for the data series is zero or not. You can see how this works by analyzing the formulas used in the data table. Want a Gantt chart tool with more features? Get Gantt Chart Template Pro for Excel Instructions Edit the X-axis Min / Max Bounds You will need to edit the bounds for the x-axis for your particular timeline. Right-click on the axis and select Format Axis. Dates in Excel are stored as numbers, but you can enter a date in the Minimum or Maximum bound and it will automatically convert to the correct numeric date value. Adding More Rows When you insert new rows, you should insert a blank row, then copy formulas down in the columns with the gray background. Move the Timeline Chart If it is more convenient, you can move the timeline chart to the right of the data table so that you can more easily see the changes to the chart as you change the data table. Milestones The milestone lines can be modified in the table below the main data table. Edit the labels and the dates and use the margin values to adjust the height. Each milestone is a separate data series that uses an XY Chart type with data labels to display the labels on the chart. Just clear the date value if you do not want to display the milestone. If you need to add more milestones, you will need to manually add new data series yourself (you can’t just insert new rows to add new milestones). Modifying Colors The Color choices in the Color column are based on the Theme Colors, and the chart series have been set to the theme colors as well. So, if you change the theme colors, or if you want to manually change the colors for the series in the chart, you will need to update the column labels. The drop-down box in the Color column is based on the column labels. If you edit the column labels, the choices in the drop-down box will update also. To edit the drop-down boxes, select the cells you want to edit and go to Data > Data Validation. Terms of Use See the following page regarding how you may or may not use this template. https://www.vertex42.com/licensing/EULA_privateuse.html Additional Help The link at the top of this worksheet will take you to the web page on vertex42.com that talks about this template.

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