“It’s not the plan that is
important, it’s the planning.”
—Graeme Edwards
Tips and Tools for Your 5-Year Career Plan
Carry out a career review
Excel timeline template
For each position:
- Reasons for taking the job
- What you most enjoyed
- What you enjoyed least, and the major frustrations you experienced
- Reasons for moving on
www.job-search-mentoring.com/career-development-plan.html
How to start a 5-Year Plan
- Start at where you want to end
- Does it fit your life plan?
- Assess where you are now and how you got here
- Plan your next steps
http://www.educause.edu/E2011/Program/Online/OL10
www.educause.edu/pdopportunities
www.resumup.com
http://www.careers-advice-online.com/support-files/sample-career-development-plan-worksheet.pdf
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/MWRC10_202068.pdf
The Importance of a 5-Year Plan
Factors that influence your 5-Year Plan
Career Planning is an essential skill for the 21st Century
http://www.educause.edu/SERC12/Program/SESS32
- Less job security
- Up is not the only way
- Technical knowledge and skills obsolescence
- Your Life Plan
- The state of higher education
- Your institution's strategic plan
- Your department's goals
- Your personal performance review
Where do you start?
5-Year Career Plan
1 Year Plan
Tactics and
Opportunities
How do I put a Life Plan together?
Why have a Life Plan?
Prevent you
from "shoulding"
all over yourself
www.michaelhyatt.com
- Visualization exercise for clarity on what matters most.
- A five-step program for identifying where you are NOW and how to get to where you want to be.
- A weekly and quarterly process for keeping your life on-plan and in the direction of your highest priorities.
- Planning templates to support your plan.
www.thinkyourmoney.com/goal-setting-worksheet.html