Career Plan Instructions

The purpose of this assignment is to prepare you for the next step after you have earned your undergraduate degree. This is a multi-step project that involves planning for alternatives. Here are the steps you will take to complete this assignment:

1. Look up the job you are interested in having in the future. Make sure you notice the salaries, whether they differ by state.

Entry-level HR Directors are paid $54,000 on average. After 5 years, they see a rise in their salary by $20,000 while after ten years they are paid $90,000 on average. Senior HR directors, with more than 20 years of experience, can have an average salary of up to $97,000.

HR Directors can be promoted from the position of HR Manager or Senior HR manager. They can advance to the role of Human resources SVP or Chief Human Resources Officer. They report to people in these positions when hierarchy is so defined, but most commonly they report directly to the CEO.

Top Paying US cities

• San Francisco: $113,168
• New York: $110,026
• Boston: $110,145
• Seattle: $106,819
• Washington: $103,088

• If this position requires a graduate degree, look up the cost of different graduate programs to determine what is the highest and lowest cost of this graduate degree.

A Bachelor’s degree is required to become an HR Director. Many employers prefer a Master’s degree as well. Typically, HR Directors have studied in the fields of business administration, human resources or other business functions. Some of them may also have a legal educational background with specialization in HR. Generally though, entry to the HR field can be accomplished from many different fields of study. HR director qualifications varyfrom organization to organization, but often consider a mix of business and interpersonal skills.

• You will then prepare or update a resume for job applications. Microsoft Word has some helpful resume templates that you can use as a guide. You can also access courses on LinkedIn Learning or resources from the Career and Talent Development Center on how to build a resume. Your resume should not exceed one page. If the job you’re looking for requires a graduate degree, your resume should then reflect that (you will pretend that you have a graduate degree—the goal here is to give you the opportunity to become informed about the degree you would need for this position).  DO NOT COMPLETE
• Now, imagine if your ideal career ceases to exist. Perhaps the robots can do it now, you are unable to get the degree needed to be eligible for that job, or maybe it becomes obsolete for some other reason. You will need to create a parallel or alternate plan. To do so, you will first identify your career-related interests, abilities, values, and goals. For example, think about the following questions:

Plan: Physician Assistant

1. Why am I interested in pursuing (insert your top choice major here)?

 I was to med school always interested in medical, wanted to go to med school but life plans hanged after my baby

• What do I like most about my current major of interest?

It will still keep me close to the science and understanding of human beings and behaviors while it gives me a better perspective to handle situations, understand others and look at thing in a diff way

• What classes have I performed well in and what classes have I disliked or struggled with the most?

 I am pretty new to Psychology major, this is my first semester but while completing my pre requisites I enjoyed a lot Biology and math and I didn’t like much organic chemistry

• What specific careers interest me and why?

 Physician Assistant because I wanted to become a doctor, it will provide me with a faster tool to acquire a degree that is related to medicine in less time

• What types of work environments do I prefer?

I like the pace in the hospital, Trauma is a passion for me. However I dot mind clinic work for Physician assistant that is why I want to continue in HR in the healthcare area, it has allowed me to still be at the hospital and understand each of the departments

• What companies would I love to work for and what is my dream job?

 I work for Jackson and is an excellent company. Mayo Clinic is one of the most known clinical entities and I would like to work for St. Jude , it will give me a lot of satisfaction to know I am contributing to help those children in any way.

• Explore different Majors within your Academic Unit, College, School, etc.

No need to

• Look up job opportunities that can be done with the same degree you’re earning now. Take note of the fact that the alternate job you’re interested in requires a different degree and consider if you’d be willing to go back to school for another degree.

Yes

1. Pay attention to the job salaries for these alternate jobs/careers.

the median annual wage for physician assistants was $115,390 in May 2020.

• Create your parallel plan. When developing a parallel plan, there are several things you should be sure to find out:
• Are there any common courses between my current major of interest and my alternative major choice? yes
• What courses differ between these majors? Same major just different graduate program with prerequisites

Biology BSC 2010, 2010L (General Bio I & Lab) BSC 2011, 2011L (General Bio II &Lab)* General/ Inorganic Chemistry CHM 1045, 1045L (Gen. Chem. I & Lab) CHM 1046, 1046L (Gen. Chem. II & Lab) Organic Chemistry CHM 2210, 2210L (Org. Chem. I & Lab) CHM 2211, 2211L (Org. Chem. II &Lab)* Mathematics STA 2023 (Statistics for Business and Economics – OR – STA 2122 (Introduction to Statistics – OR – STA 3111 (Statistics I)

• Are there any application requirements or admission standards that I should know about?

an Applicant Has a high GPA in science and non-science courses – a competitive GPA is above a 3.5 Competitive GRE scores (above 152) Active in medical volunteer/ work experience/ extracurricular events. Has significant clinical experience – shadowing & volunteer work is essential. 1000 or more hours of hands-on experience is required for many programs and at least 500 hours of shadowing. You should be well known by your professors/recommenders who will write great letters of recommendation 1

• Does this alternative major require a minor?  Can I minor in something similar to my current major of interest or top choice major?

 NO, and no necessarily. Experience and GRE scores are the most important

• Once you have completed the above steps, you will prepare document you will be submitting. The document must have the following four sections:
  • Current job Salary Discussion: Discuss your findings when you searched for the job you currently are planning on pursuing. Make sure you include what the salaries are and if they differ by city, state or region.
  • Graduate School or Marketability: Discuss the cost and the time it will take to complete a graduate degree if this career/job requires it. Include whether you willing to take the economic risk of going to graduate school? What strategies during graduate school might prepare you for a job search?

If it does not require a graduate degree, discuss in this section how can you improve your marketability while you’re earning your bachelor’s degree? For example, internships, volunteering, etc. How can you obtain these opportunities while at FIU?

• A one-pageresume ready for applying to the job you are interested in pursuing currently. DO NOT COMPLETE THIS SECTION
  • Discuss your parallel plan with the alternate job(s) you might pursue instead. Specifically, identify and mention what that job/career would be and discuss why you chose it. You must answer the questions included in step 5 above, and feel free to include other questions you considered in the steps above while developing your parallel plan. Make sure you include what the salaries are and if they differ by city, state or region. Discuss whether you would be willing to go back to school to get the degree or courses required for the alternate job (or if you can complete these requirements currently while earning your current degree). Finally, discuss how job application and resume writing might be different (if at all) with this alternate job versus the current job you are planning on pursuing.