UNIV/100 Career Exploration Plan Worksheet
For this assignment, you will research the http://www.phoenix.edu website and
use the My Career Plan tools on eCampus. To complete this assignment, follow
the directions provided in each section.
You may refer to the completed example in the Week 3 Materials as a guideline.
When you complete each section, submit this document to your Week 3
Assignment 1 link on your student website.
Save this document so you can reference it as you work on building your career
plan in your future University of Phoenix courses.
Section 1: Career Research
1. Go to http://www.phoenix.edu and browse the available degrees, then
complete the following table.
2. List the degree programs you are interested in and potential careers that
might require these degrees.
Careers and degrees
I’m interested in
What I know about these
careers and degrees
What I need to know about
these careers and degrees
Section 2: Career Interests Profiler
1. Complete the Career Interests Profiler, located in My Career Plan on the
student website. To access the Career Interests Profiler in My Career Plan,
complete the following steps:
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Log in to the student website at https://ecampus.phoenix.edu
Click the Library tab, then click the Phoenix Career Services link.
Click Career Plan.
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Click the Start button to launch the Career Interests Profiler.
2. After completing the profiler for the first time, view your results. If you
completed the profiler before you started the Orientation Workshop, click the
View Results button on the My Career Plan home page.
3. Complete the following table after viewing your results. You may describe
each career in your own words or copy and paste from the My Career Plan
results.
My top career
interests
1
2
3
Description
Matching careers
What did you learn from completing the Career Interests Profiler?
Enter your answer here.
Section 3: Job Market Research
1. Click Phoenix Career Services under the Library tab on the student
website.
2. Click the Job Market Research tool for jobs that match your career
interests.
3. Select your search area. Next, enter a key word or phrase such as a
career field or job title into the search field next to Jobs. Refer to the
careers listed on your Career Interests Profiler Results page as you
search.
4. Review the search results in the salary, education, employers, skills and
career path sections for the job or career you searched.
5. Enter a summary of your search results in the following table. You may
note anything of interest to you. Consider adding additional jobs if you are
interested in several careers.
My Job Market Research Results
Categories
Enter Job 1 here
Enter Job 2 here
Enter Job 3 here
Education level
Salary range
Top employers
Top 5 skills
from any
category
Which of these jobs are you most interested in and want to learn more
about?
Enter your answer here.
Section 4: Career Planning Goals
1. Now that you have learned about your career interests and available jobs,
write a short-term and long-term goal that will help you get closer to your
goal of finding your ideal career.
My Career Goals
Completion Date
Enter a career goal you can complete
within 6 months:
Enter a date 6 months from now:
Enter a career goal you can complete
within 1 year:
Enter a date 1 year from now:
2. Login to your student website and navigate to My Career Plan.
3. On the My Career Plan page, click Add Task and type in your 6 month
career goal.
4. Next, select a date 6 months from now by clicking Set Date next to your
goal as shown below.
5. Add another task for your 1 year career goal and set the date one year
from now. These tasks will save to your career plan, which you may
change anytime. You may also add other goals.