Future success and professionalism Discussion

Future success and professionalism Discussion

Future success and professionalism Discussion

Read the chapter, peruse the PowerPoint, then reflect on what was important to your future success and professionalism in the chapter and write about it. There are no right or wrong answers, as long as you tell me WHY THIS INFO MATTERS TO YOU. Again, I want to know why it matters to you and YOUR future. Go deep into reflection and critical thinking. Be sure to use in-text citations.

You can discuss your listening style(s) and what that looks like and will look like in your life and career path. Listening is KEY to communication and building relationships…EVERYONE loves a good listener. One thing I want you to reflect on today is the difference between listening to understand and listening to respond…they can live together in harmony, but you MUST MUST MUST ALWAYS try to listen to understand BEFORE responding. If you perfect this now, your personal and professional relationships will blossom and thrive!!!

Just a reminder that our formatting is formal for the paper (APA) but the writing is from the first-person point of view.

Page 1: APA Cover Page: page numbering in header, your title (bold), subtitle (bold), your name, university name, course number and name, Professor’s name and date of assignment.

Pages 2-3: Two pages of APA formatted double-spaced writing critically exploring your own experiences, goals and career path. You should discuss how the assigned readings could enhance your personal journey, your future career path and your professionalism. Use subtitles to separate intro, body, and conclusion. APA formatted in-text citations are required. (250-500 word count for intro, body and conclusion)

Page 4: References in APA format. (Cite textbook and any other source you used) Do not include references not cited in in-text citations.

Requirements: Everything is explained in the box

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.