BA380 - Accelerate Your Career (Fall 2024 and beyond)
Accelerate Your Career is designed to equip you with the knowledge and inspiration to successfully launch or accelerate your career. This course combines lectures, online resources, and practical assignments to help you explore your interests and talents, identify potential career paths, and develop essential skills and experiences. Topics covered in this course include:
- Personal Branding and Storytelling: identify and articulate your strengths, values, interests, personality traits, and career goals.
- Strategic Career Exploration: explore a variety of career paths and industries, research job market trends and salary expectations, and learn how to evaluate job postings and requirements.
- Professional Development: learn how to develop a professional network, polish and optimize your resume and cover letter, create a compelling LinkedIn profile, and practice interviewing and salary negotiation skills.
- Goal Setting and Planning: learn how to create and implement a comprehensive job search or promotion strategy.
- Navigating the Workplace: learn how to be successful in your new job or role by understanding how to communicate with colleagues and supervisors, how to find your community in remote and in-person settings, how to continue building skills and competencies, how to put imposter syndrome to rest, and how to navigate the unexpected challenges of the workplace.
By the end of this course, you will have a deep understanding of how to differentiate yourself in the marketplace. You will gain the confidence and tools to either launch or accelerate your career. If you have questions about the course content, please reach out to the instructors Ashley Storey (astorey@pdx.edu) or Colleen Sump (csump@pdx.edu).