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Running head: FIVE YEAR CAREER DEVELOPMENT PLAN 1 Five Year Career Development Plan Dennis Skinner University of Phoenix MGT/431 Dr. Alvin Steward III February 07, 2012
FIVE YEAR CAREER DEVELOPMENT PLAN Five Year Career Development Plan After contemplating the next five years of my career, I realized that my career, finances, physical/body, social, and personal life must all fit together for me to be truly happy and content with my life. I have multiple choices available to me through life experience, work experience, and continuing my education.   Within this paper, I will describe my five year plan and how I plan to achieve those goals beginning with where I currently am and continuing on through the first year and onto the fifth year. Introduction After retiring from the United States Navy in 2004, I have worked as a systems engineer for two contract companies for the federal government in the Washington, DC metro area. The first job was for Lockheed Martin, Enterprise Integration Group (EIG) in Chantilly, Va. as a Systems Engineer and the most recently as a Staff Systems Engineer for “The SI” Organization, Inc. in Springfield, Va. Both positions allowed me the opportunity to lead small projects for the team which allowed me to grow, and become more effective as a systems engineer and leader. Each job since the first has been more technical and required more leadership to efficiently run the project for the team, allowing me to continue my growth in the systems engineering field. During this time, I have been exposed to the new techniques and functions to efficiently run projects as part of the Configuration Management Team (CMT) and the Operational Engineer and Transition (OE&T) team leading several projects. Career This five year plan will review my past experience and help me lay out my future by examining my past job, performance and responsibilities. This career plan will 2
FIVE YEAR CAREER DEVELOPMENT PLAN provide me insight into the best ways to develop my skills to prepare me for a management position with my company. This five-year plan will facilitate not only my career growth, but provide guidance in personal development. The key to a successful career is to be ready at any time to assume a position with greater responsibility and learn how to use past experience to ensure development is based on the changes in my interests, job and the industry. Goals and Objectives My current plan is to move into the management area of my company. First as a manager on my current program and then as a manager at a higher level within the company. Currently working as a senior systems engineer while assisting my team lead with leadership issues will allow me the insight into the programmatic issues involved in the management of a system engineering team for the company and help me move toward meeting future goals of becoming a program manager for the SI with a future goal to be the Director of a functional area of the SI. Short Term Goals (1 Year) Over the next year to reach my first goal will be to complete my Bachelor’s Degree in Organizational Security and Management. By completing my degree I will have increased my ability to manage, and organize while giving me the confidence I need to succeed. The classes I’m currently attending for this degree has exposed me to others working toward their degree and brought some real life scenarios for all of us to encounter together as I move toward my first goal of becoming a manager. The support of my family is of vital in helping me reach my goal in this bachelor’s program. My family understands this will means less time doing family activities, which they have stated they support and understand. 3
FIVE YEAR CAREER DEVELOPMENT PLAN Business Competencies Understanding how my company does business in part will help with my overall success and being able to relate the common business practices and techniques will help me understand the business competencies but also help with the development of my personal goals. The creativity needed in understanding the financial management aspect of my program will allow me to provide guidance and awareness in helping the program meet contractual obligations. Thinking strategically about human capital management and realizing how the goals of each individual can work with the accomplishment of the companies’ goals will allow me to grow in offering flexibility to the employees as part of my contract. Professional Competencies Managing conflict and leveraging diversity will help with the development of the employees working for and with me will be important in achieving the goals related to my five year plan, and being able to relate the professional competencies to each project will provide guidance on how leading people towards meeting the company’s vision, mission, and goals will contribute significantly to the skills needed to perform the job. These competencies will with the creation of an inclusive workplace that will foster not only my growth, but the development of others, facilitate cooperation and teamwork, and support communications and mentoring that will inherently lead to the development of problem solving and leadership skills needed to succeed in the future. Technical Competencies Learning to use the validated analysis methodology toolset the SI has developed will help improve the analysis and support needed for effective decision making. This methodology will 4
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