Chapter 10: Making a Career Plan

What is the first step of the career planning process?

• Examining Career Interests

• Identify Your Resources

• Setting Career Related Goals

• Exploring Interests

What are examples of nonhuman resources that can help you reach your career goals?

• Money for career training and library resources

• Family and friends

• Guidance counselor

• Community members

What are examples of personal goals?

• Graduate at the top of your college program to receive an internship

• To practice your specific sport during the summer break

• To have a management position within 3 years of working for the company

• To begin a college program in accounting next month

What are long-term goals?

• Those that will take more than 6 months to accomplish

• Those that can usually be accomplished within several days or weeks

• Those that are tied to your education

• Those that are related to your career

What is a career plan?

• A list of resources available in your community

• A list of steps you need to take to reach your career goal

• A list of potential career interests

• A list of personal and professional goals

What is the importance of planning in career development?

• It makes you feel overwhelmed and stressed

• It keeps you organized and on track

• It helps you wait for things to happen to you

• It keeps you disorganized and off track

What are examples of nonhuman resources?

• Money for career training and library resources

• Community members

• Family and friends

• Guidance counselor

What are short-term goals?

• Those that will take more than 6 months to accomplish

• Those that can usually be accomplished within several days or weeks

• Those that are tied to your education

• Those that are related to your career

What are the steps you need to take after setting your career goals?

• Write the steps down on paper and then forget about them

• Decide what steps you will need to take to reach each goal

• Give up on reaching your goal if it seems too difficult

• Don't consider adjusting your goals if you can't reach them

What are the questions to consider when setting career-related goals?

• What do you want to achieve? How can you realistically achieve it? What is an unrealistic period to accomplish what you want?

• What do you want to achieve? How can you realistically achieve it? What is a realistic period to accomplish what you want?

• What do you want to achieve? What can you realistically achieve? What is an unrealistic period to accomplish what you want?

• What do you want to achieve? What can you realistically achieve? What is a difficult period to accomplish what you want?