CAREER MANAGEMENT- CDEV 8130

Assignment 2: My Career Network

Academic Year 2022-2023

Worth 15% of Final Grade

Student Name: Sonalpreet Kaur Student Number: 8821416

List of activities
Module 5: My Labour Market Research, Company Research, My
Network

Geography/Location

First Choice: Location (city and Second Choice: Location (city Third Choice: Location (city and
country) and country) country)

Chandigarh, India Canada America

Reason for this choice Reason for this choice Reason for this choice

1. Personal reason for this 1. Personal reason for this 1. Personal reason for this
location choice: I like location choice: Canada is a location choice:
the location of this city. developed country with an America is one of the
This is the most excellent ethical work most powerful
beautiful city in environment and gives economies, it attracts
northern India. While immigrants a homely feeling. me to learn more about
working here, I will be their culture and
close to my family. working method.
2. Labour market reason for
2. Labour market reason this location choice: The very 2. Labour market reason
for this location choice: first thing that comes to my for this location choice:
As it is the capital of mind is their stable economy; Their first plus point is
Punjab and Haryana, it after this, they have a large their higher education
has a diverse and number of job opportunities in and research institutes;
dynamic labour market. every sector, their education after that, their wages
All sectors like tourism standards, and most and, most importantly,
 and hospitality, importantly they have a opportunities for
banking, education, IT, multicultural workforce startups and
and manufacturing are entrepreneurs
well developed here.

Industry

First Choice: Industry Second Choice: Industry Third Choice: Industry

Web development Marketing Photography

Reasons for this industry choice Reasons for this industry choice Reasons for this industry choice
based on labour market based on labour market based on labour market
information/facts. information/facts. information/facts.

1. Increasing demand for 1. As I have mentioned 1. In my opinion, these

online presence and that businesses are three industries depend
digital solutions going online, which upon each other in one
needs the engagement way or another
2. Each day businesses are
of the target audience, because, in today's
going online, so there is
which is done by world, there is high
a necessity to handle
marketing. demand for engaging
websites securely and
visual content, which
in an optimised way. 2. Due to advancements in
needs skilled
technology, there are
3. It offers an individual to photographers to
different ways to do
even work from home produce mesmerising
marketing. Social media
or work as a freelancer visuals.
marketing is one of the
and includes continuous
most used strategies to 2. This industry also offers
learning practices of
show online presence an individual to work as
emerging new
and reach more people a freelancer. It provides
technologies.
worldwide. various specialised
niches to work on, like
3. Various types are
portrait photography,
present within
wildlife photography,
marketing like Social
product photography,
media marketing,
wedding photography
content marketing,
and many more.
Search engine
optimization (SEO), data 3. Everyone wants to keep
analytics and many memories in the form
more. of photographs or
 videos, so nowadays,
this industry is
emerging on a high
level.

Job Titles

Name of the 1st Indicate 3 job titles that appeal to you Provide the link for the website
industry: Web in this industry: used to research the job titles.
Development
1. Web Designing https://junocollege.com/blog/
popular-web-developer-job-titles-
2. Front-end Developer
and-what-they-mean/
3. Full Stack Developer

Name of the 2nd Indicate 3 job titles that appeal to you Provide the link for the website
industry: Marketing in this industry: used to research the job titles.

1. Social Media Marketing https://blog.ongig.com/job-

titles/marketing-job-titles/
2. Content Writing

3. Marketing assistant

Name of the 3rd Indicate 3 job titles that appeal to you Provide the link for the website
industry: in this industry: used to research the job titles.
Photography
1. Event photography https://www.tafecourses.com.au/
resources/photography-career-
2. Portrait photography
types/
3. Product photography

Skills and Qualifications

Industry 1 name - Web Industry 2 name - Marketing Industry 3 name - Photography

Development
 1. Proficiency in 1. Good communication 1. Through knowledge
programming skills along with good related to camera
languages. creativity to convey a settings, lenses and
message to the target lighting.
audience.

2. Problem-solving, 2. Knowledge of branding and 2. Proficiency in software used

Debugging and testing market research. for editing and making photos
creative like Adobe Photoshop.

3. Continuous learning of 3. Professional certificates 3. Knowledge of branding,

new technologies. related to marketing like Google pricing and contracts is
provide various certified mandatory.
programs to learn marketing.

Job Search Activities

Professional Associations

Name of the industry – Web Development

Name of the relevant association - Stack overflow

Name of the industry – Marketing

Name of the relevant association - Advertising and Marketing International Network

Name of the industry – Photography

Name of the relevant association -

Networking Events

Industry – Web development

Name of the event – Tech For Teens Club

Date of the event - Sat, June 24, 2023

Industry – Marketing

Name of the event – Entrepreneur Club of Toronto

 Date of the event - Friday, June 23,2023

Industry – Photography

Name of the event – CCPG - Street Photography Event

Date of the event - Sat, June 17, 2023

Salary Range
Using Glassdoor.ca– Salaries

1. Job title and salary range – Web Developer ($63,555/year)

2. Job title and salary range – Marketing ($76,000/year)
3. Job title and salary range - Photography ($46,000/year)

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Company Research
What 3 companies are you most interested in? What companies are in your industry(ies) and
geographical location(s)? Answer the following questions, and ensure you are citing company websites
for your summary.

Company Name What does the company do. Explain why the company fits
Research this information on within your location and
the company website (type of industry. Provide one reason for
company, products and the location, and two reasons
services)? for the industry.

Google 1.

2.

3.

Google 1.

2.

3.

Shutterstock Inc 1. We can do it remotely.

2. Provide images with a

valid copyright.

3.
*Create your reference page at the end of the assignment on a new page.
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Module 6: My Informational Interview

My Informational Interview
Assessment Instructions
You will conduct an informational interview with someone from your personal network. This meeting
can be done virtually or in person.

This section is broken down into three parts.

1) Selecting someone to conduct the informational interview with.

2) Planning your questions using the four-quadrant method of informational interviewing
3) Summarizing the results of the meeting.

Part 1: First plan out who you are going to conduct the informational interview with. You may select
someone in your personal network as long as the person selected is related to your career interest.

Name and Position Title Company How do you know this person or how did
you meet this person?

Navneet Kaur Saffron Chariot Web I knew this person because we were
Technologies working in the same company.

Why did you select this person to conduct the informational Interview (provide 3 reasons)?

I selected this person because she knows well about my professional field and she knows how and
what to said related to my field from beginners to advance level.

Part two: Plan out the questions you will ask the person you have selected. You must use the four-
quadrant method of informational interviewing to draft out your questions. Write 3 questions for each
category.

Identify the list of questions you chose to ask this person. Why did you select these questions?

Questions related to the person.

1. Could you please tell me about your educational and professional background and how it
relates with your current role.

2. What motivated you to think about this career?

 3. Challenges faced by you during pursuing this career?

Why did you select these questions for the person category?

Because it will give a basic overview of the person.

Questions related to the company.

1. How would you come to know about the company? And what are your expectations from this
company?

2. What are the company's mission, values and long term goals?

3. How would you describe the company’s culture and working environment?

Why did you select these questions for the company category?

These questions give the best idea whether she knows about the company and whether she is serious
about this role or not.

Questions related to the industry.

1. What thing related to industry attracts you more?

2. How do you see yourself in the next five to ten years?

3. What best advice would you give to a person who wants to pursue the same career?

Why did you select these questions for the industry category?

These questions show their interest in the field and what she will do for this role in future.

Questions related to next steps or advice.

1. After getting a job, what is your next move related to this field?

2. What skills or areas of expertise do you believe will be high in demand in coming years?

3. If you see that there are not that many opportunities in this field. Would you like to change
your field or try the same with a different point of view?

Why did you select these questions for the next steps/advice category?

Through this we know the long term goals of the person.

Part three: summarize the results of your meeting by answering the following questions.

What did you learn from the questions you asked that you could apply to your future career? Identify at
least 6 things you learnt from this process. Use the questions below and other responses from your
informational interview, to guide your answer when completing this section.

1. What is one interesting thing about this person’s career pathway that was surprising to you or
inspiring?
2. According to your interviewee, what does a typical day look like in their occupation?
3. What did your interviewee indicate were the pros and cons of working in this industry?
4. What is the educational path required to prepare for this career?
5. In what ways can you see yourself doing this type of work? Please be specific.

1. She wants to continue with the similar field and can give her best to introduce herself with
the new technologies coming everyday in the market.

2. Everyday has new challenges but she said it is life and we have to tackle it calmly.

3. Pros are that this field is in high demand and have new technologies at the same time this is
cons also because as an individual it is hard to learn every technology.

4. Having good knowledge of computer languages is key.

5. This industry needs a good coding level along with good creativity. How to set what and
where?

What relevant career advice did the person you How will you incorporate their advice into your
interview have to offer you? career going forward?

Continuous learning This is the best advice related to this career to

have a good future in this field.
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The Best Developer Communities to Join in 2022,
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Oetting, J (2014).
The Advertising Agency Networks and Associations you need to Know,
Retrieved from https://blog.hubspot.com/agency/advertising-agency-networks-associations-need-know