Professional Development Plan
a. 10-year individual professional development plan – with annual career milestones
b. Detailed strategy to enter industry of your choosing
a. Overview of industry – description, size, trends, outlook (e.g. cyber security industry, marketing analytics industry, biotech industry) footnote all sources
b. Overview of key players in the industry – 3 companies and 3 executives
c. Overview of your preferred functional area in your target industry (s) (e.g. marketing) and description of likely entry job and job title for you (e.g. marketing assistant in your target industry or company)
d. Brief biographies of 3 key executives in your target function (e.g. marketing, sales, etc.) in your industry/company
c. Create and describe Your Own Professional Mentor Panel: 3 – 4 executives in your function or industry (NOT from among MSEI program faculty, executive guests, or hosting executives from class visits, etc. However, you may ask for referrals to other executives from program faculty and guests). Recommend one mentor be from your home region who knows you well and at least one mentor from Silicon Valley Region and at least one mentor in your target functional area (e.g. marketing) and/or your target industry (bio-tech). (Mentors are expected to provide frequent guidance, feedback [e.g. bi-weekly email correspondence and monthly conversations] and referrals on your professional development through your MSEI graduation and launch of your post-graduation professional career or launch of your venture.)
d. Identify, describe, and confirm internship and functional role or project in following semester.
e. Describe possible new venture (brief description) to launch in final semester.
In this assignment. I am interested the game design industry. The role I want to be is related to the marketing research and sales manager. Also, I want an outline for this assignment before the Wednesday, please. Thank you.
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This paper is a career development plan for the next ten years. The plan reflects on the career goals during and after completion of the master of entrepreneur and innovation program. My interests are to join the game design industry in marketing research and sales function. The current education program provides me with the insight needed to apply innovative ideas into practice, both as an employee and individual contractor in the future. To be successful in the game industry, I need first to acquire some basic skills on how to design a game. I will enroll for an internship in a videogame company…
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