What is Career Planning? Career Planning involves the following steps
- Making Career Choices
- Targeting the right jobs
The career you choose will dominate 80% of your life. It means that you will be involved in activities related to the career of your choice most of your life.This is usually the most time you will spend on any activity so it should be something that you enjoy. Let us what a job is exactly. A job is nothing but a collection of tasks. For example let’s take an accountant’s job What are some tasks an accountant does? any involve tasks such as :
- Analysing
- Calculating
- Reporting
- Presenting
So the bulk of the activities that an account will have to do can be categorized as above.
So to have a job that is comprised of the tasks that involve the above it is inevitable that at least 80% of your tasks you should enjoy.
If you do not then your job become a miserable chore and can zap the joy out of your life.
Choose a job that interests you, that keeps you happy and curious.
This can decide to a great degree the level of happiness you experience in your daily life.
If you want help in identifying the right career please go to our section on Discover your potential
To prepare for the career that you have chosen here are the 5 steps to follow
Research
Once you have decided on a career you need to engage in research to understand the scope, eligibility, monetary returns, qualifications and possible locations where you possibly can find such jobs related to this career.
Get Experience
It is now important to get experience in the job related to your carer. An entry-level experience is possible initially which will help you learn the ropes.
While doing that job you will get the real taste of what it is like and then find out possible opportunities for growth areas where one with you skills should focus on.
You will also know the best employers,locations and niches that can be tapped into for faster progress and greater development.ow it may happen that you may not get a job fast enough or sometimes there are barriers that make the employers refuse you a job.
In that case you could also look at entry through internships or voluntary work as well.
Get Connected
Build your connections with other professionals, similar career aspirants, and prospective employers while you are working.
Constantly be on the lookout to making new connections. This can be crucial to getting on the fast track as you will be aware of the latest opportunities and trends in your profession.
Find a Mentor
A mentor is someone who guides us in a specific activity/task etc. It is usually someone who has already done that before and has specific insights that can be helpful when you face problems or obstacles. It is necessary to have a few mentors if you are really serious about excelling at your career.
Get necessary qualifications
Keep learning and get your qualifications upgraded whenever possible. The Japanese motto of continuous improvement ‘KAIZEN’ can be slightly modified to ‘continuous learning’ which essentially keeps your focus on getting your knowledge and skills constantly renewed and improved.
With online learning opportunities, this is now possible for anyone.
Go to our Online learning section to find possible courses you can enroll for.