Infographic – Worth 5%  1-    Prepare an infographic for the final research repo

Infographic – Worth 5% 
1-    Prepare an infographic for the final research report and submit it with the final research paper. 
 
2-    This infographic will represent your presentation component of this assignment. 
 
 
3-    Please visit Week 7 learning materials to understand how to put an infographic together. You can create info graphs through this link https://www.canva.com/
 
4-    You do not need to present in details. It should be concise but long and clear enough to understand the main idea of your report. 
  
Final Informal Research Report
In this assignment, you are going to be writing a final research report that discusses one of the following topics:
1-    Progress report: Present your ideal job, discuss the steps to get there and provide research to back up your steps. Option A – Progress Report
In this report, you are going to describe your ideal job or your dream job. Then you will need to conduct research on how to get to that dream job. Hence it is called a progress report as it describes where you are at in your career and the up coming steps to reach your ultimate career job. In other words, this progress report represents your career plan. 
The process to putting this progress report together:
1-    First, you need to research job postings related to that dream job, and carefully read and analyze all the job requirements, experiences, and qualifications. 
2-    Then, you need to explore people who are already in the dream position that you have so that you look into their resumes, qualifications, experiences and education. This way you can have a clear picture of the dream job that you hope to get one day. 
3-    After this, you need to reflect on your current career status and where you are at so you can think of what you need to acquire and over come to be able to fill the gaps in your current resume to be able to apply to your dream job. 
4-    Then, you will need to discuss and list all the missing elements that you need to work on and achieve to get that particular job.
5-    Such elements include furthering your education, expanding your work experiences, expanding your network, and gaining certificates and attending training programs. 
6-    You must provide 4-6 resources to back up your progress report
 
Organization and Format:
Introduction: 
In this section, introduce yourself and the program that you are enrolled in. Then briefly explain your current job and your dream job and why it is your career goal. Accordingly, this section should clearly state that this is a progress report that discusses the progress and path that you need to go through to reach your career goal.
Job Description: 
·      Part A: You need to research various job postings related to that job in different institutions. This way you can compare different postings and develop a comprehensive overview of the requirements and qualifications of this job from different perspectives. This will present to a clear picture of the requirements and qualifications needed in a candidate to secure such a job. The goal of this research is to be able to compare where you are at to where you want to be in the future. 
·      Part B: Additionally, you need to explore people who are already in the dream position that you want so that you look into their resumes, qualifications, experiences and education. This is important because it allows you to develop a deeper comprehension of the job you want to be involved in the future. 
Current Career Status:
·      In this section, you will reflect on your current qualifications and skills, and compare your skills to the dream job that you want to recognize the gaps that you have in your career, education, and experience. 
·      Based on this analysis, you will develop the steps you need to pursue and obstacles you need to overcome to get where you want to be.
The steps and obstacles:
·      You need to present a timeline that showcases the process of getting to your dream job and how each step and obstacle falls into this timeline. Therefore, this section focuses on the steps you need to pursue and obstacles you need to overcome. 
·      Please keep in mind that you need to explain 
o   why pursuing each step is important to your career?
o   and what will you need to do to achieve it. 
·      With regards to obstacles, you need to explain why a requirement, skill, training, or degree is an obstacle and how you will overcome it.
Other steps and solutions:
If there is a step that you think will be very hard to achieve or an obstacle that you think you might not overcome, what will be your plan to overcome this problem? In other words, what solution or alternatives routes that you can explore to get to your dream job. (use evidence and research)
Alternative job:
If you could not achieve this dream job, what is another alternative job for you? And why? 
Closing:
Briefly restate your current career state and an overview of your dream job with an expected date when you think that this career goal will be achieved.
 
Important Notes:
1-    Your progress report should be between 3-4 pages.
2-    Use proper APA format (4-6 resources):
a.     Intext citation and references.
b.    Double space
c.     12 Pt. font – Arial or Times New Romans