Write about the knowledge and skills you’re expected to have as professionals in your specific field, proposed field, or as a worker. Draw on your research into career resources to show how you’re addressing the knowledge and skills expected of you as a professional. Refer to all of your reading to review the types of questions to answer in your discussion of professional expectations, as well as to the page Writing about Professional Expectations, which summarizes information that can be addressed.
Questions to Consider
You might consider the following: What type of degree and background experience are professionals in your field expected to have?
My degree is in Psychology
What are the legal requirements, examinations, or certifications, if any, expected for entry into or advancement in your chosen profession?
If your profession requires a graduate degree, what studies are expected in the undergraduate degree to prepare for graduate work in the profession?
What kind of undergraduate degree do you need (e.g., psychology, human services, any type of concentration)?
If you plan to remain in your current workplace, how has your workplace changed in the last five years? How is the field expected to develop in the future?
What knowledge and skills will you need to stay current?
What courses seem to offer the most preparation for advancement in the field, given the field’s proposed future direction?
