What Is Career Planning and Why Is It Important?
To get the most out of career planning, it’s important to understand
what exactly you are planning for. The word career pops up all over the
place and can mean different things to different people.
Career includes
all of the work, learning, and leisure activities that you are involved
in throughout your life. This means that planning your career isn’t
separate from planning the rest of life – your work is closely connected
to other life roles and skills you’ve developed in other life roles may
be useful at work.
Career planning is a lifelong process that
focuses on making choices to help you manage your work and personal
life. Good career planning requires information about you, the world of
work and commitment. The world of work is continually changing. The way
people work is changing with things like telecommuting, job sharing, and
other ways of working becoming more common. Advances in technology have made some jobs disappear and others very different from what they once were.
Career planning can help you to prepare to:
- enter the workforce
- plan for education
- deal with changing workplace demand
- anticipate trends or changes
- plan to upgrade or maintain your skillsplan for career advancement
Stages of Career Planning
There are five stages of career planning:
1. Evaluating Myself – learning about myself
Having a clear picture of your unique talents, interests, values and skills will be the base of your
career-planning journey. A great start to a brighter future.
2. Exploring Options – learning about available work opportunities
Once you have a clear idea of your interests, current skills and the things you value, you can start
exploring options. Gather information about occupations, education and training opportunities.
3. Making Decisions – deciding on my future path
Once you have explored your options, the next step is narrowing down the work and/or training
field on which you would like to focus. Take time to analyze the options you have explored and
make decisions about what path you want to travel.
4. Setting Goals– creating a plan
You have identified your career path; now identify the steps you need to take to start moving
towards your goal. Prepare an action plan and chart your course.
5. Implementing My Plan – putting my plan into action
Set your plan into action. Keep in mind you may have to make some changes to keep yourself on
track or set a new course when unexpected opportunities arise.
1. Evaluating Myself – learning about myself
Having a clear picture of your unique talents, interests, values and skills will be the base of your
career-planning journey. A great start to a brighter future.
2. Exploring Options – learning about available work opportunities
Once you have a clear idea of your interests, current skills and the things you value, you can start
exploring options. Gather information about occupations, education and training opportunities.
3. Making Decisions – deciding on my future path
Once you have explored your options, the next step is narrowing down the work and/or training
field on which you would like to focus. Take time to analyze the options you have explored and
make decisions about what path you want to travel.
4. Setting Goals– creating a plan
You have identified your career path; now identify the steps you need to take to start moving
towards your goal. Prepare an action plan and chart your course.
5. Implementing My Plan – putting my plan into action
Set your plan into action. Keep in mind you may have to make some changes to keep yourself on
track or set a new course when unexpected opportunities arise.
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