Your
career path is up to you. Don't delay your preparations
for advancement. Start by listing some of your immediate
short-term goals. If you have identified long-term
professional goals, list them as well. Set a timetable.
Be ambitious - define what success means to you.
A good rule to follow when you develop goals is
to make sure they are SMART Goals: |
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Specific
- avoid goals that are not well defined. |
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Measurable
- you need a method to assess your status
and measure your results. |
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Action
oriented - the goal must focus on your actions. |
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Realistic
- is the goal obtainable? |
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Time
and Resource constrained - have a completion
date and assess the needed resources. |
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start working toward your goals. From your goals
list, develop a list of actions that will lead towards
those goals. For example - a short-term goal might
be promotion from level Engineer I to level Engineer
II in two years or less. A long-term goal might
be to earn a Master's degree in engineering within
five years. Only you can make it happen. Below is
a Goal Action Form that you can use to assist your
planning. |
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