Reflecting on General Education and Career [WLOs: 2, 3, 4] [CLOs: 2, 3, 4]Prepare: Start by reviewing…

Reflecting on General Education and Career [WLOs: 2, 3, 4] [CLOs: 2, 3, 4]Prepare: Start by reviewing General Education Curriculum found inGeneral Academic Information and Policies (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. in the Ashford University Catalog, which addresses the core competencies that the general education courses must cover: Applied Ethics, Communication, Information Technology, Critical Thinking, and Quantitative Reasoning. Review Week 5 Resources that are applicable toward career success.Reflect: Think about the core competencies as previously mentioned, and ponder your time taking general education courses. Reflect on the specific courses not associated with your college major and determine the level of new information you have acquired that relates to the core competencies. You must also think about a potential job you might apply to once you graduate and determine what skills you developed through general education courses that make you qualified for a specific job.Write: For this discussion, you will address the following prompts: Review a job description through a job website (e.g., Career Builder (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.,Monster (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., etc.) in your desired career field. Please provide the job title and the link to the job description. Identify at least five skills you have obtained through your general education courses that will make you successful at this job. Demonstrate with at least two examples how your newly acquired knowledge and skills have shaped both your personal and professional development. Describe your plans for putting your education to use within your community.Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length, which should include a thorough response to each prompt. You are required to provide in-text citations of applicable required reading materials and/or any other outside sources you use to support your claims. Provide full reference entries of all sources cited at the end of your response. Please use correct APA format when writing in-text citations (see In-Text Citation Helper (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.) and references (see Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.).Some Background about myself is that I’m attending Ashford for EArly Childhood Education and I looking to be a Director in a childcare center.  Anything related to children is the job you should choose.  Please don’t forget to provide the link to which job website you went to.

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