Mini essays

Articulate your 5 year goal, including what goals you need to achieve next year (1 year) to get on that path. Develop your 5-year career action plan.

• Articulate 2 important learning experiences, 2 necessary work experiences, and 2 professional experiences needed to achieve your 5-year goal. For each, write a paragraph discussing how you will get those experiences. Bullet point specific action steps and deadlines to get make these a reality for you.
• Explain why and how you need to enhance your network and contacts in order to meet your 5-year goal. Bullet point specific action steps and deadlines to get make these a reality.
• Work/life balance: describe how you will achieve balance (family, friends, exercise/health, hobbies, involvement, interests, service or volunteer activities)
• Craft an executive summary to summarize your overall 5-year career goals. Put that at the top of the plan.