Create a career skills inventory and associated gap analysis

Read chapter attached;

In preparation for the Final Paper and having real-world applicability, this week’s assignment is a PowerPoint presentation that will allow you to create a career skills inventory and associated gap analysis. Using the article, The Challenge of Exceptional Communication as a guide, the goal for this assignment is to professionally present your current skills and identifiable gaps in existing skills to promote yourself as an ideal candidate for the career of your choice. The information derived from this assignment should accurately reflect your existing skills.

In your presentation,

Describe the skills you possess that make you an ideal candidate for your chosen career.
Identify any gaps in your existing skill set that an employer may require.
Explain how you plan on honing these gaps in your existing skill set.
Explain how you would effectively and persuasively communicate this gap in a manner that would still qualify you for your career choice.

The Making PowerPoint slides: Avoiding the pitfalls of bad slides PowerPoint is a good resource to use for tips and guidelines for creating an effective PowerPoint presentation.

The Skills Inventory and Gap Analysis presentation

must be five to six double-spaced slides in length (not including title and references slides and formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s How to make a PowerPoint Presentation resource.
must include a separate title slide with the following in title case:
- title of presentation project in bold font
  - Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
- student’s name
- name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)
- course name and number
- instructor’s name
- due date
must utilize academic voice. See the Academic voice resource for additional guidance.
must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
must use at least two scholarly sources in addition to the course text (three in total).
The scholarly, Peer-Reviewed (attached) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source.
must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: citing with your paper guide.
must include a separate references slide that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center.