Depending on your professional goals, you will find yourself using specific technology that aligns to the profession or your occupational role. In this discussion forum, you will conduct a search for required technology skills in an occupation that both interests you and may be related to your chosen program of study.
| Prepare
Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum,
- Read the following:
- Chapter 2 of the textbook.
- Pivot and Adapt.Links to an external site.
- 10 Vital Roles for CFOs: To Ascend to (and Remain In) the Office of CFO and Be Great at the Job, You Will Have to Master These ResponsibilitiesDownload 10 Vital Roles for CFOs: To Ascend to (and Remain In) the Office of CFO and Be Great at the Job, You Will Have to Master These Responsibilities.
- 5 Ways Digital Technology Is Changing Your JobLinks to an external site..
- Tomorrow’s Digital Careers: Technologists Need Business Skills, Businesspeople Need Technology SkillsLinks to an external site..
- Recruiters and Students have Differing Perceptions of New Grad Proficiency in CompetenciesLinks to an external site..
- Review Week 2 – An In-Depth Look.
- Review the My Program of Study and Related OccupationsLinks to an external site. interactive guide to examine occupations, careers, or industries that align with each program of study.
- Use O*Net OnlineLinks to an external site. to search for and locate an occupation.
- Once on the site, use the search field in the upper right to search for a career or job title that both interests you and is related to your chosen program of study.
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- From here, you will be given a list of related occupations. Select one that aligns to your interests and your program of study.
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- Once you select the occupation, you will see information related to that occupation. Scroll down until you find the Software Skills section. Use this list of technology skills in your post.
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| Write
In your initial discussion forum post,
- State the occupation you selected.
- Share a link to the O*Net description.
- Embed a screenshot of the list of technology skills.
- From the list of technology skills, select three technology skills (one must be labeled a “Hot Technology” by the flame icon) that are required for this occupation and address the following for each:
- Identify the technology skill.
- What is this technology specifically used for?
- What are some of the key features of this technology? (To fully answer this question, it may be necessary to look up more information about this technology.)
- Analyze your level of technical proficiency with each technology skill you selected.
- Explain why you consider yourself a novice, average user, or expert in each.
- Give at least one example to support the technical proficiency rating you gave yourself for each technology.
Reminder: You should have a total of three analyses – one for each skill.
Your initial post should be a minimum of 250 words