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WRK100: Week 4 Assignment
Week 4 Assignment Template: Reflecting on Your Skills, Goals, and Experiences
Overview In this assignment, you will reflect on your values, strengths, areas of improvement, and experiences that capture who you are and how they connect to the 10 Skills and your personal, academic, and professional goals by sharing your thoughts in the template below.
There are three parts of this template for you to complete:
1. Reflect on Your Goals, Strengths, and Growth Opportunities
2. Share Two Experiences 3. Reflection
After completing this assignment, you will have a document you can bring to the Strayer University Career Center where counselors can help you further develop your career strategy. You may also use this information in the Week 8 Assignment to create an action plan for developing skills that will help you reach your future goals.
Instructions Complete the Template: Read the instructions for each part and answer all the questions using complete sentences, in your own words. Do not copy and paste from any source.
Note: This is personal writing, so you shouldn't need to cite anything, but if you use information from a source, be sure to cite it. To help make sure you are properly citing your sources, please review Strayer Writing Standards.
Help Videos Help videos have been linked in this template to assist you with completing the assignment. When you see a help button, follow the in-text link to view the content in your web browser. Begin by watching this help video.
PART 1: REFLECT ON YOUR GOALS, STRENGTHS, AND GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES
Watch this help video for an overview of Part 1 of this assignment.
Instructions: Make sure to write five or more complete sentences for each question.
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?
YOU’RE DOING GREAT! KEEP GOING! THERE ARE 2 MORE PARTS TO COMPLETE.
PART 2: SHARE TWO EXPERIENCES
Watch this help video for an overview of Part 2 of this assignment.
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.
To help you identify accomplishments from work, school, volunteering, or
other activities, review the Accomplishment Categories [PDF].
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.
EXPERIENCE #1 EXPERIENCE #2
CHALLENGE 2a. Briefly describe a time when you were 2b. Briefly describe a time when you were faced with a problem at work, school, faced with a problem at work, school, volunteering, or other personal experience. volunteering, or other personal experience.
ACTION 2c. What specific actions did you take and 2d. What specific actions did you take and which of the 10 skills did you use to resolve which of the 10 skills did you use to resolve or meet the challenge? or meet the challenge?
RESULT 2e. What benefit or outcome was created in 2f. What benefit or outcome was created in specific and measurable terms, including how specific and measurable terms, including how results align to your personal, academic, or results align to your personal, academic, or work goals? work goals?
DETAILS 2g. What clarifying details can provide 2h. What clarifying details can provide context, such as numbers or time? context, such as numbers or time?
Visit the Strayer 10 Skills Hub for an interactive overview of all 10 Essential Employability Skills. 10 Skills Definitions (PDF).
Accomplishment Categories:
Accomplishments don’t have to be as large as climbing the top of Mount Everest or starting your own company. Perhaps you organized volunteers for your school’s food drive or made an extremely profitable sale. Or, if you’re more advanced in your career, perhaps you’ve received a promotion or special recognition. To help you identify accomplishments from work, school, volunteering, or other activities, review the Accomplishment Categories [PDF].
