{"id":4534,"date":"2022-06-21T10:33:33","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T14:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/gradpd\/?page_id=4534"},"modified":"2025-07-11T10:28:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T14:28:50","slug":"idp-how-will-you-get-there","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/gradpd\/idp-how-will-you-get-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Question 3: How will you get there?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Question 3: How will you get there?\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>One-year action plan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Create a bullet list of the skills that you need to acquire or develop<\/strong> in order to be better positioned for careers in the fields you identified in Question 2. For each skill, specify a concrete action you can take sometime over the next year that will help you acquire or develop that skill. Be realistic about what you can accomplish, and remember that setting even two or three professional development goals per year is far better than ignoring your professional development entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep in mind that the courses in your program can be a source of professional development opportunities. Think about the skills you may be acquiring or developing in your required courses, and when you are choosing electives consider whether they might provide you with learning opportunities that could help you in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are also many professional development resources available to you at or through Carleton University. You can:<\/p>\n\n\n\n