Assignment: Career Goal Setting
This writing assignment guides you through the process of
creating goals. Remember that these goals must be realistic, attainable,
important to you, and measurable. Be as specific as possible in every
paragraph.
Identify and write your 5-year and 1-year career goals there.
Identify what kind of job and what title you want, in what city you want to
work, whom you want to work for, and why you chose this goal.
FIVE-YEAR GOAL
Paragraph 1: Identify
and write your five-year career goal here. Be specific: Identify what kind of
job and what title you want, in what city you want to work, whom you want to
work for, and why you chose this goal.
In five years, I want to be…
ONE-YEAR GOALS
Paragraph 2: Identify
necessary steps to reach your five-year goal. Be specific with activities,
resources, and time frames.
In order to reach my five-year goal I need to set the
following short-term goals.
Paragraph 3: What
are you currently doing to reach these short-term goals? Be specific with activities,
resources, and time frames.
I am currently…
Paragraph 4: Goals
must be measurable. How will you know when you have reached each short-term
goal? Be specific with activities, resources, and time frames.
I will know I have reached these goals when…
Paragraph 5: Identify
physical, financial, emotional, and social resources and where they will come
from.
I need the following resources to reach my goal…
Paragraph 6: Have
priorities set for reaching your goals. Include your trade-offs and the areas
where you may need to be flexible.
My priorities for reaching my goals are....My trade-offs
include.... I must be flexible...