Posted by Jack
You wouldn’t want to be driving in a new city without a map would you? Well, having a career management plan is exactly like having your map so you can move from what you are doing today to what you want to be doing tomorrow. A good career management plan helps you navigate your job or career change more effectively.
A good plan should help you understand:
1. where you want to be
2. where you are today
3. and what the main gaps are so you can develop an action plan to close them.
Your career management plan should also take into account your career interests and needs, your knowledge, skills and your work-life-balance needs.
Finally, if you are considering staying with your present employer as you change your career (which is a safe strategy) then you also need to understand if your new direction is something you can pursue within the same company and the best way to go about it.
A good place to start is by asking yourself where you want to be …in the future.