Chapter 4: Self-improvement for future careers essay.
1. Career goal
1.1 What were your major responsibilities in the practicum company ?
• Calls with customers, check information of traveling such as flight number and no passport. I wrote Thai Immigration Bureau and check contract rate of the hotel.
1.2 What experience have you gained both during your time at university and in the practicum program in terms of office
• Language skills
- At university I have learned about speaking, writing, reading English. At company I have learned about working on office and I procedure of office.
• Social skills
- At university, I met many people and sometime I speak English with teachers and my friends. At company, I met and contact foreign customers such as calls with them or when they are into at office.
• Office skills
- At university, I have learned about office management and general knowledge about business. At company, I have learned deal with company procedure.
1.3 What position would you like to apply for after you graduate? Why?
• I would like to be tourist police and tour guide because I want to practice in side of language and I would like to meet foreign.
2. Self-improvement plan
2.1 What is a typical job description for the position you would like?
• I want help and accommodate with tourist and I want to meet foreign.
2.2 What are the essential qualifications of this post in terms of language, office and interpersonal skills?
• In side of language, I little speak English. In part of office and interpersonal skills, I have learned about work procedure on company. I have learned to work with people.
2.3 What are your strengths and weaknesses related to this position?
• My strengths for this position, I have knowledge about office procedure and language skills. My weaknesses for this position, I little speak English and I shy when I meet people.
2.4 How will you plan to improve yourself in order to get ready for this position?
• I will try practice speak and write.
3. Career development
3.1 How would you apply your business and language skills in improving the efficiency of this post beyond your employer’s expectations?
• In side of my business, I apply knowledge from internship at company to bring in proving the efficiency of this position. In side of language skills, I apply knowledge from study at university and internship to bring in this position.
3.2 How might English language skills benefit your chosen career?
I think this career will be to give me get more English lang