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Personal Goals and Career Planning

Personal Goals and Career Planning. Basic Concepts. Personal Goals and Career Planning. Establishing Goals: Goal The purpose of any plan or action. Short-Term Goal One of a series of accomplishments that add up to a specific achievement. Long-Term Goal

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Personal Goals and Career Planning

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  1. Personal Goals and Career Planning Basic Concepts

  2. Personal Goals and Career Planning • Establishing Goals: • Goal • The purpose of any plan or action. • Short-Term Goal • One of a series of accomplishments that add up to a specific achievement. • Long-Term Goal • A goal that has existed over an extended period of time. • Strategy • The decision of how to accomplish an objective.

  3. Personal Goals and Career Planning • Establishing Goals: • Planning Goals • The small steps you must take to get from where you are now to where you want to be. • Self Assessment • Profile of your talents, interests, abilities, aptitudes, and experiences.

  4. Personal Goals and Career Planning • Why Set Goals? • Goals allow you to arrange a life with a clear purpose and/or destination. • Goals turn dreams into desires so that, with work, you can accomplish something. • Goals allow you to prioritize the responsibilities and obligations in your life and spend your time wisely. • Goals help you set a plan of action that will guide you into a brighter future.

  5. Personal Goals and Career Planning • The Process of Establishing a Goal: • Plan • Self-assessment • Develop personal action plan • Research • Career exploration • Review

  6. Personal Goals and Career Planning • Benefits of Short-Term Goals: • Divide a long term goal into manageable pieces • Focus energy on smaller, specific steps to achieve a long term goal • Better manage your time • Setting and achieving short-term goals enables you to reach long-term goals • Specific ways to evaluate progress toward a long-term goal

  7. Personal Goals and Career Planning • Benefits of Short-Term Goals: • In the evaluation process, if one short-term goal does not work, another can be set without losing sight of the long-term goal

  8. Personal Goals and Career Planning • Characteristics of an Effective Goal: • Stated in clear terms • Realistic and believable • You must believe that you can reach the goal • Attainable and Reliable • Must have interests, skills, abilities and strengths to make it happen

  9. Personal Goals and Career Planning • Characteristics of an Effective Goal: • Measurable • Goals can be accomplished within a certain time or in a quantity that can be calculated • Desirable

  10. Personal Goals and Career Planning • Career Planning: • A process in which a student learns about himself/herself, the world of work, and the relationship between the two • Should begin as early as possible • Could change a numerous amount of times

  11. Personal Goals and Career Planning • Career Decision Making: • Life-long process • Beliefs, values, skills, aptitudes, interests • Involves your past, present, and future work role • Career plan may change when significant new information, interests, or desires appear

  12. Personal Goals and Career Planning • Career Planning: • Identify long-range goal • Set short-term goals • Develop a career plan • Update information from earlier career plans • Create a career portfolio • Collection of information that demonstrates your talents, interests, abilities, achievements, and experiences

  13. Personal Goals and Career Planning • Steps for Career Planning: • Self-assessment • Honestly determine talents, interests, skills, values, personality • Career Exploration • Investigate all career choices, options, and opportunities of interest

  14. Personal Goals and Career Planning • Steps for Career Planning: • Goal setting • Establish intermediate short-range and long-range goals • Evaluation • Periodically evaluate your plan using a time log

  15. Personal Goals and Career Planning • Researching a Career: • The best way to learn about a career is by working in it • The more careers you are aware of, the better your chances of finding one that is right for you • Libraries and the Internet are two good places to research careers

  16. Personal Goals and Career Planning • Researching a Career: • Consider Working Environment • Indoor vs. outdoor • Sitting vs. standing • Extreme hot vs. cold environment • Consider Desired Lifestyle • Family • Friends • Leisure activities • Spiritual well-being • Career

  17. Personal Goals and Career Planning • Job Search Sources: • Internet • Trade Magazines • Friends and family • School counselors and teachers • Private employment agencies • Newspaper advertisements/want ads

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