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Preparing for a career
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Preparation for a career has vital place to reach the desired career goal. Actually a career is defined as a goal that you aspire to reach in a chosen ground or profession with a well prepared plan to reach in that position. |
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A Career target |
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A career goal assists you to focus and make decisions on what you want to do for a living. It may help you discover your talent, skills and abilities and possibilities that you wouldn't have thought of. It directs you, motivates you and helps you to accomplish what you want. Once you choose a career, then think systematically about the steps you need to take to accomplish your target. |
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Our dreams keep us motivated. When we realize our goal, we often feel joy and satisfaction. All of us have expectations and disappointments. And so be prepared to face disappointments too. |
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Career planning is setting goals for jobs and career. However, the only career planning you need is the one that is for you and your target. Career planning is making a goal with the available information, and then planning the steps needed to obtain that goal. |
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The more we know how our plan works, the better one can achieve those goals by utilizing the processes that will give you the advantage. Career planning is simply goal planning with the intention of setting goals for jobs and career. And it should be systematic too. |
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You must be flexible as far as you can to increase your skills. Some immediate preparations you can do are: schooling, taking workshops or seminars, keeping up with trade journals and talk to people who are knowledgeable in the field. Today, it’s almost mandatory for us to take some form of training all through our career to keep up with the times. |
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The importance of career planning |
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Career planning is a continuing process, after all a lifetime process. We always learn and grow, and so our interests and needs also alter accordingly. Career planning is not just making plans to obtain your “perfect” job or career, but to help you make the many adjustments thereafter. |
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Career planning is estimating, predicting and calculating all the steps necessary to achieving your goals. When you choose one alternative over another, this is called an opportunity cost. An opportunity cost is the cost of passing up your next best choice when making a decision. |
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We need to be mindful of our opportunity costs and take into consideration all that will come our way. Those who have successful careers understand how the game of work is played. Career planning is more than just looking at jobs and positions and working hard. |
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There are few steps for career planning process. They are: |
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Career Preparation, Marketing Yourself, Career Management, Self-Assessment, Career Exploration and Targeting. |
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It is a process and is always ongoing and often runs in cycles. When you desire change in your career, the process can be repeated many times. Try to find the people who can be mentors for you and assist you along the way. The difference between career planning and any goal setting and planning is that you are specifically separating your career and job goals from all other goals you may have. |
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There are many reasons why people don’t make goals for themselves. The biggest reason is they don’t understand that the process of goal setting is a skill. All of us have made some goals in our life and achieved them. But most of these were not large or life changing goals like going into business, changing careers, becoming wealthy, writing a novel, going from office clerk to a top executive or becoming an expert in your field. |
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But the successful people set goals; they plan and follow the plan. Goal setting is a process and a learned skill with many parts to it. Simple, short-term goals may be done in your head, but more complex, long-term goals, should be written, evaluated and monitored frequently. The longer it takes to achieve your goal, the more you will encounter problems, changes and disappointment. |
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Conclusion |
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Goal seeking is growth building. Goal planning is life planning. As you define your goal, it will define you. However, a well thought out goal can anticipate many otherwise barriers that would stop you. Barriers that come up often cause a person to abandon a goal. It’s like running into a wall, and then you run away from it.
Career planning will give you confidence that you are responsible for your career and life and you have the power to decide, act, and do what you want to accomplish your goals. Therefore go forward with confidence and the bright future is at your hand.
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