Expert answer:Career development is a lifelong and ongoing process. There are a
few steps in the process of selecting a career in the disaster recovery and
business continuity field working in many industries. In this
assignment, you will write a report on Career Development in both DR and
BC plans after you explore and
address all the bullet points
in the attached pdf documents. Your paper should be 3-5 pages in length according to APA style.
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Career Development –
Career development is a lifelong and ongoing process. There are a few steps in the process of
selecting a career in the disaster recovery and business continuity field working in many industries.
In this assignment, you will write a report after you explore and address the following:
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Professional Organizations: You will identify some professional organizations related
to the disaster recovery and business continuity field, analyze them for alignment with
your interests, and then join them.
Conferences: Search for upcoming global conferences related to the disaster recovery
and business continuity field, compile a list of conference names, locations, date, and
link to their sites.
Interview Questions: Compile a list of job interview questions for disaster recovery
and business continuity jobs.
Compile Short Phrases: Search LinkedIn for individuals with careers in the disaster
recovery and business continuity field, and compile some short phrases from their
profiles.
Mentor/coach: Reach out to those you have found on your LinkedIn search to connect
and ask for mentorship if you like.
Employers Seeking Skills: Using online job listing sites learn what kinds of jobs are out
there for someone with your career interests, and identify skills employers seek.
Compile Job Requirements: Compile a list of some of the jobs requirements and add
them in an Excel table called “Roadmap Table.”
Roadmap Excel Table:
• Rows: are the job requirements employers want
• Columns:
• “Have/Not Have” – if your resume has any of the requirements
• “How to Achieve” – list what to do to address the requirements
so you could have them on your resume
• “Conferences” in the disaster recovery and business continuity
field
• “Date” – month and year, the time frame to meet the job
requirements goals
• “Resources” – establish the resources that will be needed to
reach the goals
Prioritize to Build Career Roadmap: prioritize the items on the Excel table based on
the “How to Achieve” column in the order of your preference, the fastest way to achieve
them, those easiest to achieve, and those achievable in a cost-effective manner. This will
provide you a roadmap to your career in the disaster recovery field.
Conferences: list the conferences you might attend for networking or presenting a
paper in the future.
LinkedIn Profile:
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Visit your LinkedIn profile and add the professional organizations you
became a member of
• Put those short phrases, keywords, and skillsets you have into your profile.
Revisiting Career Roadmap Table: if you are presented with a series of crossroads,
you must determine if you want to make changes in your roadmap and set different
goals or stay on the same goals. You may find information that you had not uncovered
before; revisit your roadmap table and update your choices if necessary.
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