A succinct, detailed career plan can be used to identify where you currently are, where you want to be and how to get there. No idea how to start? Here are five key steps to follow when creating your own career plan.
Think about what you want to do and how your personality, values, likes and dislikes might impact you career. Write down your answers to each of these to form your personal 'wish list':
Your current skillset can reveal a lot about where the next step in your career could be. Review your skills with these questions:
From the answers you can now start to formulate which direction you want to head in:
Now that you have established where you want to go, how will you get there? To help break down your goals to be more manageable for your career plan, ask yourself the following questions:
Every few months as required, it is important to monitor the progress of your career plan to ensure that you are meeting your goals, now that you have a clear path for moving forward.
Remember you won’t necessarily find the perfect career path when you first sit down to create a plan.
Hence, it is important to re-evaluate your career plan and goals to adjust to any changing economic and personal circumstances.
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