Setting Career Goals

Now that you know where you want to go, you have to figure out how you’re going to get there.

The process by which you achieve your ultimate career goal can be divided into a series of stepping stones or goals that move you along in the right direction.

Goals can be short-, medium- or long-range in nature and should be linked to a time frame.

Goals should focus on and point to overall career success rather than just meeting one’s material needs. Some examples are:

a. Education
b. Internships and part-time jobs
c. Landing that first job in one’s chosen field

Goals are milestones on the road towards an ultimate aim. As such they should be seen as tools towards achieving an end and not as an end in themselves.

You should feel free to modify your goals based on any new information you acquire. Your Personal Vision can likewise be adjusted or revised based on new knowledge or changing circumstances. You should always feel more comfortable, not less, with the changes compared to where things stood before.