Final Research Paper

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FORMULATING A CAREER PLAN

Formulating a Career Plan

Joshua Rodgers

HSM 101 Introduction to Homeland Security

Instructor: Raymond Edwards

04/22/2019

Formulating a career plan

Introduction

In this era where the rate of unemployment is continuing to grow at an alarming rate one need not to be informed the necessity of having a well laid out career plan. Many graduates and working population in the world today are employed in jobs they have no interest in while others are finding it hard to settle on jobs which they think don’t match their skills and interests. Coming up with a well-structured career plan provides a clear road map to one’s career as it clearly states the interests, skills or qualification and the job field within which one’s interests are found. In order to prepare a detailed career plan, some of the following steps like assessing the state of your current situation, brainstorming what your career goals are, identification and evaluation of additional skills has proven helpful in career plan formulation.

Q1. Identify your long-term goals

Establishing long term career goals helps in assessing whether you are headed in the right direction career wise, such goals acts like a guiding map to realizing job satisfactions. Some of my long term career goals include:

1) Achieve job promotion to the top in my field

2) Accumulate vast management skills

3) Equip and effect my leadership skills

4) Improve my results delivery in terms of projects

Q2. Identify the skills and qualifications related to this type of role

Consequently, establishing what my strengths and weaknesses are will help me determine the skills I would require like consciousness in decision making especially in investment, solving problem abilities, creativity especially in your work to produce quality results, proficiency in project management and leadership role in your career so that you can in future venture into jobs which are in direct path with the preset goals Hobin & Justement, L. B. (2014). For example, if one of my career goals is establishing a hospitality management firm or even building on your skills in that field I must have management skills if such objectives are to be realized. According to research done by a number of organizations many young and old forks don’t have career goals since they are more concern with the job security than achieving their full career objectives Antoniu, E. (2010).

Q3. Assess some of the qualifications you already possess

Once my career goals are well laid out I can dig deep within myself to find out if I possess any additional skills that might help me realize my career objectives. For instance, if I am a social person who gets along with people easily, managing people will become easy if managerial skills are needed in my line of work. Once I have assessed the qualifications I possess I will ask myself any additional certification or knowledge or even skills I can add or train myself in order to make me marketable in terms of being employed and if certain skills are necessary for me to realize career fulfillment but at the moment I don’t possess such skills, I can take additional course study in those areas to improve my scope of knowledge.

Finally using the information in my career plan you can make an informed decision as to whether a certain job opportunity meets your standards and satisfaction by comparing major aspects or elements of the job opportunity with your goals. If the job opportunity doesn’t help you climb the ladder of professionalism and career fulfillment, then it would only be prudent to let such opportunities slide. Consequently, attending conferences where your career goals are being discussed can provide a wider platform and exposure to the potential employer.

In conclusion developing a career plan is essential to those seeking career fulfillment for it highlights some of the key steps that if followed to the latter would enable one enjoy their work of choice without feeling being pushed to do something they don’t enjoy.

References

Antoniu, E. (2010). Career planning process and its role in human resource development. Annals of the University of Petroşani, Economics, 10(2), 13-22.

Hobin, J. A., Clifford, P. S., Dunn, B. M., Rich, S., & Justement, L. B. (2014). Putting PhDs to work: career planning for today's scientist. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 13(1), 49-53.