Career Planning: A Self-Assessment Guide for Aspiring Professionals, Schemes and Mind Maps of Training and Development

Download Career Planning: A Self-Assessment Guide for Aspiring Professionals and more Schemes and Mind Maps Training and Development in PDF only on Docsity! Career Plan Name: Current Position: Date: STEP 1: Knowing Yourself The first step in planning your career involves evaluating and understanding your aspirations; strengths; interests; values and personal influences. Complete a self-assessment (consult a career advisor or complete an on-line assessment) and record your strengths, interests, and competencies. My Strengths: ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ My Skills and Competencies: ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ My Interests: ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ My Values: ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Discuss your skills and strengths with friends, a career guidance advisor at the careers office or with a mentor to gain a better understanding of all the personal factors that influence your career options and write down additional information that may be important. ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ STEP 2: Gather information about the career options in your field of specialisation Look at job advertisements in your field and record the minimum and ideal job requirements and compare these requirements with your qualifications, skill set, and attributes. ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ STEP 3: Plan your future skills development Write down which skills or areas of knowledge you need to develop to comply with the job requirements of your chosen career or with different options in your field of study. Training and Development Opportunities: ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Option 1: (Eg., Postdoctoral fellowship or assistant researcher ) ______________________________________________________________ Prerequisites and requirements to qualify for this option: ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________