Career and Personal Development involves setting academic, career and wellness goals and striving to achieve them. Developing this competency includes identifying personal strengths and abilities and using them in various settings. Implementing strategies such as self-reflection, goal setting and goal meeting is also a fundamental aspect of career and personal development.
Each core competency is divided into three levels to support your growth and learning. Below are indicators and examples of the competency at each level.
Involved level Engaged level Leading level
Involved-level Competency
Students know the indicator or the criteria for demonstrating it. They can talk about it, write about it, describe it or explain it.
Competency indicators
How might someone demonstrate this competency?
- Explains the importance of setting academic, career and wellness goals.
- Recognizes the value of self-direction and self-awareness to make responsible choices.
- Describes what contributes to health and well-being.
- Lists support resources and explains the value of using them.
- Recognizes setbacks when working towards goals.
- Identifies feedback in a variety of forms.
What are some specific ways this competency might be demonstrated?
- Acknowledges to instructor that setting goals is a good idea.
- Reads a time management handout from the Learning Café.
- Tells a friend their New Year’s resolution is to eat better and get more sleep.
- Refers a friend to campus learning and health support services.
- Feels concerned that a poor mark on a test may affect their grade in a course.
- Checks cover letter and resume for career advisor’s comments.
Engaged-level Competency
Students can perform or demonstrate the indicator or criteria; that is, they can do it.
Competency Indicators
How might someone demonstrate this competency?
- Sets academic, career and wellness goals.
- Applies self-direction and self-awareness to making responsible personal choices.
- Employs strategies that contribute to health and well-being.
- Uses support services related to academic, career, physical, emotional and mental resiliency.
- Analyzes and reflects on setbacks when working towards goals.
- Recognizes that feedback provides opportunities for change and redirection.
What are some specific ways this competency might be demonstrated?
- Sets a goal to be in bed by 10 p.m. each night.
- Knows a due date is approaching and chooses to work on assignment rather than socialize.
- Enrols in an exercise class at the gym.
- Completes an employment skills workshop.
- Reviews an exam to see where mistakes were made and plans to get tutored in those areas.
- Changes part of their project after feedback from a peer.
Leading-level Competency
Students are innovating, extending, transforming, showing initiative, integrating, or collaborating.
Competency Indicators
How might someone demonstrate this competency?
- Engages in ongoing learning to achieve academic, career and wellness goals.
- Evaluates self-direction and self-awareness-based decisions to improve personal choices.
- Appraises emotional, intellectual, physical, spiritual and social well-being.
- Advocates for and promotes support services related to academic, physical, emotional and mental resiliency.
- Sees setbacks and challenges as opportunities for change and growth.
- Responds thoughtfully to feedback and considers how to apply this information in a variety of areas.
What are some specific ways this competency might be demonstrated?
- Watches a video on LinkedIn Learning to learn video editing.
- Takes exercise breaks when studying and maintains progress in other courses while working on a major assignment.
- Attends a time management workshop to learn how to use time better.
- Speaks to the Learning Café staff about adding an evening study skills session for mature students.
- Seeks research support from library staff after receiving a poor grade on a research paper.
- Meets with Learning Café staff after completing the first draft of their paper, incorporates suggestions for improvement and uses those strategies on future assignments.