Rough Draft of the Career Development Research Paper

 Topic

Where will my college degree lead me?  You are now on a path to answer this question.  Throughout your education, you have been exposed to various elements of your future career field. Your task is to write a comparative persuasive essay exploring the choices available to you when answering this question. As stated in your proposal, you will analyze either two career options you can enter upon completion of your degree at Bryant & Stratton College, or you can evaluate two career “ladder” options.

 

Assignment Requirements

 

• Define two distinct career paths available to you upon degree completion.  Using the research, you completed for your Reflective Annotated Bibliography, interpret what components are the most important to you and the most appropriate to your skill set.
• The essay must contain a strong thesis statement indicating the two career paths you will be discussing as well as points of comparison between the two.  Included in this will be an indication of your preferred career choice.  The essay will provide support for this statement.
• Information to include in the comparison may contain:
  • The responsibilities, tasks, growth trends, salaries, lifelong learning opportunities, and other relevant aspects the two careers in your field of interest?
  • The areas from the listing above that draw you to this career field and are most important to you. Why is this?
  • The content knowledge expertise required for success in your field of interest.
• A minimum of four sources and a maximum of six must be included in this piece of writing.  These sources will be chosen from your reflective bibliography.
• The essay will be approximately five pages following APA format learned throughout the term.
• APA (American Psychological Association) Citation methodology is also required for in-text citations and the reference page.