5. Planning your career
Below are three steps for making a plan for developing your career. There is also a simple career planning guide, which you can download and complete.
Career planning steps
Step 1 – Reflection
Think back on what you have completed so far.
In Section 2, you thought about how your life has developed so far and how this has influenced your career or the kind of career you want.
In Section 3, you thought about the life–work balance you need to achieve.
In Section 4, you thought about the kind of work you enjoy and what your interests are.
Put all these thoughts together and ask yourself: what would you like to be doing in two years’ time?
Step 2 – Prepare a plan for your career.
Use our simple career planning guide to put together your own plan which will help you to achieve the goal/s you set in step 1.
The plan requires you to write a date, a career goal, why your chosen career is right for you, steps to take to achieve your career goal, and dates to look back at the plan and see how much you have achieved.
Step 3 – Now move forward!
Take your first step towards achieving your career goal as soon as possible, today if you can. Best of luck!
Career planning guide [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)]
4. Getting to know yourself better