JobSeekers - A Key Tenet of Success - Approach to Career Planning...

We all want to be successful, however, shy away from committing ourselves to a documented plan. In this article, let me touch upon on the importance of career planning in achieving progressive realisation of our worthy goals.

Career planning is not an activity that should be done one time - in school/college - and then left behind as we move ahead in our jobs and careers. Career planning is not a tough activity, not something to be postponed, but rather an activity that should be beneficial and satisfying, providing goals to achieve in your current career or plans for beginning a transition to a new career. Career planning if executed flawlessly is certainly a rewarding and fulfilling experience. 

Most of us are not sure of what career planning is? For every professional it would be different as every one has different aim / aspiration to grow in their chosen field. The baby step towards career planning is to have your SWOT analysis (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity and Threat) in place. Look for a Coach/Mentor- who can help you in achieving the desired professional goals. Coach can be your Friend; Philosopher & Guide. Speak with your friends, colleagues, peers-they will help you identify developmental needs for yourself. 

Once the analysis is done, you need to continue to strengthen your strengths while working on your weaknesses. Do not loose focus from OPPORTUNITIES, leverage them.Timelines are extremely important to track the changes in our own persona. You need to have 10% of inspiration Vis a Vis 90% of perspiration to achieve the targeted goal in future. 

There is no short cut to success. Somebody shared with me a wonderfully story on this. One of young manager went for an interview with CEO of X company. CEO asked during the interview, how much you want to grow in life. He replied "just couple of feet". CEO said, what do you mean, can you please elaborate? Yeah, the young manager said, "I want to come across the Table". The CEO asked there are 2 ways to get their. One short cut and another long. Which one you want to go for. He said,"of course, short cut". CEO said, there are 2 ways when you want to be successful through short cut i.e. either become in-law like me or become an out-law. THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO SHORT CUT. Click Here to read full post.

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