Below are two examples of assignments with clear instructions and detailed, helpful rubrics to accompany them.

Example 1: Stephen Haslam—Career Interest Profile Reflection

One component of your Senior Exhibition is your Career Interest Profile and Reflection. You may have completed one during your Careers Class as a sophomore. Regardless, you should complete this profile before you begin your exhibition projects. This may play a huge part in deciding which career you want to research and where you would like to do your job shadow or volunteer work.

1. Log in to the Internet and visit: utahfeatures.org (click Assessment, then Interest Profiler).

2. Complete the profile by filling out the sixty-question survey.

3. Once completed, examine your scores on the following list:

Realistic: practical, physical, hands-on, tool-oriented
Investigative: analytical, intellectual, scientific, explorative
Artistic: creative, original, independent, chaotic
Social: cooperative, supporting, helping, healing/nurturing
Enterprising: competitive environments, leadership, persuading
Conventional: detail-oriented, organizing, clerical

4. Look over the careers listed for you and then choose the top three that sound most interesting to you. Now go to the Occupational Outlook Handbook website and do a search for your careers in the bottom left corner. Record some basic information about each career (Description, Qualifications, Education, Projection, Earnings, Future Outlook, etc.) Does this career interest you? Could you do it? Does it fit your personality and talents?

5. You will now write a 250-300 word reflection about your Career Interest Profile Results. Do you believe the scores depicted above accurately represent your talents, interests, and abilities? Why or why not? Explain. Which three careers did it say were a good fit for you? Describe each briefly. Do these careers interest you? Why or why not?

6. Once you have your reflection in final draft format, save it as:
Firstname_Last_Career_Interest_Reflect.pdf

7. Submit the document for grading to Canvas by December 19th.

8. Submit it to your Digital Portfolio by December 19th as well, or prior to leaving for the break.

Example 2: Raymond Bingham—Mass Media Interview

Assignment objectives:

Establish or enhance networking contact within the Mass Media industry.
Develop real world perspective for career opportunities and entry requirements.
Develop potential mentoring opportunities.

During the semester contact and do a Career Interview with a mass communications media professional.

Interview requirements

The interview must be:

Conducted with a person currently employed within a mass communication medium, in a management level position. (Someone with the power to hire you.)

2. With someone you have never met. (Noted exception—interview one of the mass media guests from either in-class presenters or class field trip medium hosts)

20-30 min. in length
An information gathering interview. It is not an employment Interview. The interview should focus on career opportunities within the medium, what it takes to achieve success, and how an aspirant should prepare for a career in that medium.

Assignment submission should contain:

Who you interviewed, position held within what medium, why you chose this person, and how you found this person (e.g. cold call or networking)
Your stated goal(s) for the interview
How you prepared for the interview — pre-interview research — what you did non-verbally to prepare for the interview
What topics you had planned to cover. Relate why you chose these topics.
Show your full question panel with questions arranged in the order you planned to ask. Group them under the topic heading to which that question or group of questions relates.
The three most important things you learned from the interview.
If you could do the interview over again or with another person in the media what would you do differently from your first interview?
A picture selfie with your interviewee.

Formatting your submission

The paper should be 3 pages min. to 4 pages max, not including cover/title page, double spaced in APA format. Submission should demonstrate logical, well developed, collegiate level writing. Points will be lost for formatting, composition, punctuation and spelling errors. You should critically review and proof your paper prior to submission.

Arrange the paper under the following topical headings (Each heading, with exception of Ref. Bibliography, should have a min. of two well developed paragraphs.)

1. Who I interviewed, why and goals
2. Pre-interview research
3. Nonverbal preparations
4. Planned interview topics, rationale and question panel
5. Reflection:
  1. What I learned
  2. What I would do differently
6. Reference Bibliography

Submit the assignment, including a picture selfie with you and the interviewee, to both Canvas and to your ePortfolio.

*Review attached grading rubric for criteria prior to submission.