subject: A Thought-out Career Plan Helps Make A Splendid Career. [print this page] Sometimes it may seem that working hard is the best way to reach the top of ones career. However, it is not enough. A highly thought-out and well-done career plan allows managing ones career development properly. In this respect it is necessary to make a good detailed plan and follow it carefully throughout ones career.
Try to stick to the following procedure:
1.First, set a career goal. It can be:
A definite profession;
A field of activity.
2.Second, analyze highs and lows. It is very important to understand what one can do and what one want to do. Taking a job that is beyond ones depth leads to frustration and feeling of discontent. Underestimating ones abilities serves a bad purpose as well. Balancing ones current and prospective abilities and practical skills is inevitable in career planning;
3.Third, think about the kind of preferable work. Is it more desirable to work in close environment with the colleagues? Or would it be better to socialize with clients or deal with paper work? Is travelling more suitable? Or is research work at the office is more appealing? What about day and night shifts?
4.The next step is collecting information. There is no better way that to immerse oneself in the sphere one wants to work at. Speaking to acclaimed professionals can give an invaluable insight into profession. Take into account all advantages and disadvantages of the professional experience of people involved in this field. Besides, meeting people means establishing new necessary contacts;
5.The concluding step presupposes action. It is never better than to see the job from inside. Get some professional practice. Volunteer. The more experience a person gets the more appealing his/her CV presents to the potential employer.
Finally, when a career plan is ready one only needs to send CV and wait for feedback.
