Locating Current Career Trends and Research

Assessment Instructions
Part I: Locating Current Career Trends and Research
• Decide on a career field you are interested in researching. This can be the same career field you used for the Job or Career Research assessment.
o Then, in your assessment, describe the career field of interest. Note reasons why the career field is of interest.
• Go to the Capella University Library and start to search for emerging trends and/or current research related to your chosen career field.
o For this assessment "emerging" and "current" should be resources that were published within the last 12 months. Select one library article.
o The article, "Search tips from a seasoned searcher", will be helpful in forming your search strategy.
o If you need more help on searching the library, explore the Skill Development Tutorials resources.
• Use the Internet to identify a resource that is related to emerging trends or current research related to your chosen career field.
• Identify two resources that address emerging trends or current research related to your chosen career field, one from the library and one from the Internet.
o Resources should be published within the last 12 months.
Part II: Discussing Current Career Trends and Research
For each of the resources you selected complete the following:
• Provide a citation for the resource you selected.
• Summarize the main points of the resource in a short paragraph.
o Specifically, note ways in which the main points are of personal interest within the context of the career field.
• Explain what was learned about an emerging trend or current research about a career field of interest within the context of the selected resource in a short paragraph.
o Cite specific details from the resource to support the explanation.
• Explain why the resource is a credible and relevant example of an emerging trend or current research in a short paragraph.
o Note the specific information literacy strategies applied to determine credibility and relevance.
• Explain how you will use this information to help prepare yourself for your professional journey in a short paragraph.
o Note specific details from the resources and how