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Career Development Plan

This career development plan can be used as a tool to guide your thought process and map your progress over a chosen period.

First, you need to identify the target group based on their different characteristics, such as age, gender, employment role and status, learning style, location, demographic and other factors.

- What careers development theories, models, or frameworks and strategies are applicable to the selected target group? (explain in at least 2 paragraphs)

- Description of regulatory requirements, policies, guidelines and standards applicable to selected target group:

- Identification of stakeholders:

- Career development Practitioner Profile:

Explain the detail, qualifications and experiences of the Career development Practitioner. How is he/she qualified to provide this service?

Completion of this plan will follow a 4 step process. Each step will address specific career related questions:
1. What skills do you already possess? (Where are you now?)
2. What do you want for your career? (Where do you want to go?)
3. How might you get there? (What steps do you need to take to get there?)
4. Who can help? (What resources might you use?)

1. Where are you now?

This process starts with taking a good look at where you are currently at. What are your skills, talents and interests? What are your values - do you like to lead, work with people or alone with data or text? Do you like working face to face with people or prefer independent work? Do you like to work inside or outside? Do you like working to deadlines? Which teams do you like working on, quiet or loud, small or large?

Question
Where are the target group now in regards to your career?
What is you view of current situation?
What have been your experiences to date?
What do you enjoy most?
What skills come to you naturally?
What do you think your strengths/assets are? (Skills, knowledge, talents, interests)?
What are some things people ask you to help with?
What do you do well?
What appeals to you?
What are your values? (work/life)
Do you like to lead, work with people as a team or work alone (with data or text)?
Do you like working face to face with customers or back office work?
How do you feel when I think about your ideal job (excited, motivated, fear)?
Is there anything getting in your way of achieving what I want?

2. Where do you want to go?
What you'll do next is:
• Consider your career goals
• Explore your career options.
• Develop concise written statements related to your goals and add them to the table below.
Knowing where you want to go makes the next steps in determining your futurecareer move much easier.

Question
What does your ideal job look like?

If you could do any job in the world what might it be and why?

What are your goals (short/long term)?

What energizes you?

Where do you want to be (in 1 yr, in 5 yrs)

Are there any specific challenges you want to face?

Why is this important to you?

What do you want to see/get/do more of?

What do you want to see/get/do less of?

What is your preferred balance between work and my personal life?

Who else does this affect?

What normally gets in the way of achieving your goals?

What kind of work environment suits you best?

Do you feel you have a calling in life?

3. How might I get there?

By answering questions 1 &2, you should now have a clearer idea of what you want & where you want to go. The next step is figuring out how you might get there. What do you need to do? Below are some questions you may consider in deciding what resources may be useful.

Question
How can you prepare yourself and your environment to achieve your goals?
What resources and tools/resources do you need?
What steps do you need to take to get from where you are now to where you want to be?

What new skills, knowledge do you need to possess?

What new skills do you want to learn?

What existing skills do you need to develop?

How can you commit to achieving your goals?

What barriers do you need to remove to make this happen?

How will you know you have been successful?

4. Who can help (resources)?
Knowing who can assist you and what resources you need to achieve your career goals can greatly assist you in staying focused on your goals. The navigating your career at UBC website contains a list of excellent resources that can help you.

Question
What new relationships might you build help you attain your career goals?

Who do you know who can support you attain your career goals?
Who have your lost touch with who might be able to support you in your career goals?
What role can your friends and family take in encouraging you to stay focused?
What role can your unit head/manager play in supporting your career aspirations?
What communities of practice currently exist that you can tap into?

Setting Goals
Now that you have a clearer picture of where you are now and where you want to go , it is now time to set some goals for yourself and create your Career Development Plan - goal summary.
When deciding on your career development goals it is imperative that you set yourself up for success. Using the SMART goal setting process is a good way to achieve this. SMART
Specific (so you know exactly what you are trying to achieve)
Measurable (so you know when you have achieved it!)
Action-oriented (so you can DO something about it!)
Realistic (so it IS achievable) and
Time-Bound (has a deadline)

Focusing on the Outcome:
1. Write your smart goals/objectives (they can be more than 3 items)
2. What is it that you REALLY want to achieve? ...
3. What is the SPECIFIC OUTCOME that you are looking for?
4. How will you know you have achieved it?
5. Answer to all questions Yes/No

Personal Career Plan - Goal Summary

Once you have your goals in a SMART format - add them to the Personal Career Plan - Goal Summary below:

Career plan review:
- Make questions in blue boxes to measure performance/success of the plan for next five weeks:

- Develop some strategies to improve the program for next time. How can you improve quality of career development services?

Attachment:- Career-Development-Plan.rar