Goal Setting - Road Map to Success
Goal Setting & Research
You can only set informed career goals if you acquire plenty of
information about the career choices open to you. This will
require research which can be conducted online or through a
local library. You can also visit professional career planning
offices to find out about the services they offer.
While goal setting, you should consider all possible
alternatives available to you
Maybe some career that you never thought of before, will appear
as the right choice for you.
Goal setting can give you the direction that ultimately leads
you to achieving your desired career goals.
Job seekers looking for a transition into a new career need to
take time to begin their goal setting process.
Types Of Goals
There are two types of goal setting, short term and long term.
Short term goals are the things you want to accomplish before
three years. Long term goals are the things you will be working
to accomplish through many years.
Besides your professional goals, you should also take into
account the personal goals you want to accomplish over a period
of time .
Your personal goals may involve your family, relationships,
travel, education you want to complete and leisure time you want
to set aside. Your personal and professional goals are
intertwined and are an important part of the goal setting
process.
Decision Time...
After your research, you will have to make a decision. The
decision should take into account not only the end goal but your
path towards achieving that goal. You should write down the
goals so you can map your way to achieving them.
Your goal setting exercises should help develop well defined
goals, instead of general and imprecise ones
It is important that you realize your commitment to the goals
you have set for yourself. You will be highly committed if the
goals you set are something you really want to accomplish.
Make Your Goals Realistic
If your goals are too hard to accomplish, you will be constantly
falling short.
You probably want to become CEO the first year you start working
for a company. The goal might be highly tempting but probably
not realistic.
You also need to set you goals to be fairly challenging, rather
than just sticking to simple and easy to attain goals