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Part I:
Setting concrete goals for your career can have a profound impact on the trajectory of your professional development. By clarifying your near and long term objectives, you can weigh decisions and take actions that will bring you closer to achieving your ambitions. In order for the class as a whole and you as an individual to better understand your professional ambitions, formalize your goals into a thoroughly considered and strategically composed written document.
The primary objectives of this assignment are to help you navigate your career path and to establish a framework upon which your efforts in the class can be directed and evaluated.
Approach:
Begin by reading the following articles:
http://www.mindtools.com/page6.html
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newHTE_87.htm
Using the S.M.A.R.T. (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, time-bound) principles, write your goals for the next 10 years with specific milestones outlined for this semester, this year, 2 years from now, 5 years from now and 10 years from now. Consider how your near term goals relate to your long terms goals. Write your goals as positive statements; state the desired outcome and not the situation to be avoided. For example: “I want to be wealthy” is a positive statement, as opposed to, “I do not want to be poor.” It may be that you will have fewer goals the farther out into time you project, and you are likewise not expected to detail a day-by-day schedule for this semester. What is expected is a realistic, clear, comprehensive, and actionable plan for your future.
Some realms of achievement to consider as you compile your goals:
Part II:
Create a list of professionals and organizations (companies, collaboratives, etc) whose careers you admire. Include a brief explanation for each item in the list. Your list can draw from any field, but should include some entries that are directly related to the areas indicated by your goals.
Part III:
Set up your profile for the class website.
Deliverables:
Welcome to the website of Professional Practice, a class in the Department of Furniture Design at RISD. The Course Objectives and Schedule can be viewed on this site, from the navigation found at the bottom of all pages, under the heading “resources”.
FURN-2582-01
Department of Furniture Design
Rhode Island School of Design
Mondays, 6:20pm - 9:20 pm
Prov-Wash, 237A
Instructor: Christopher Specce
Teaching Assistant: Taylor McKenzie-Veal
