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A Strategic Plan for Your Career

A Strategic Plan For Your Career

Goals & Objectives: To perform an analysis of yourself and

your career aspirations To realize your professional abilities -

where you are / where you want to be To develop your own professional

strategic plan for your career

A Strategic Plan For Your Career Where Are You? Mission and Vision Goals, Objectives and Action Items Self /SWOT Analysis Critical Success Factors Your Personalized Plan Executive Summary

Where Are You?

“You’ve got to be careful if you don’t know where you’re going because you might not get there.” Yogi Berra

Where Are You?

What are your future career aspirations?within your current positionwithin your current institution / companytotally new career

Do you know?How do you start?

Where Are You?

Several factors go into this decision: family / friends finances / income personal life

Making a decision impacts those factors Life is not compartmentalized - “It takes a village”

Ryan, Robin. What To Do With The Rest Of Your Life. New York: Fireside, 2002.

Where Are You?Exercise #1: Bubble Chart

complete the bubble chartplace yourself in the centerlist all those individuals that are

impacted by any career decision you make

Where Are You?Exercise #1: Bubble Chart

You

Where Are You?Every decision we make should come from a

plancontractors have plans before buildingfootball players have a plan before meeting

their opponentspersonal budgeting needs a plan for

investments, children’s education, retirement

Where Are You?We need a plan for our career!

What are our opportunities now and in the future?What are our short- and long-term goals?How can I grow personally and professionally?

Alessandra, A., Cathcart, J. The Business of Selling. New York: 1998.Tiffany, P., Peterson, S. Business Plans for Dummies. New York: Hungry Minds, Inc., 1997.

Strategic Career Plan

Your strategic career plan should include the following items: Executive Summary Mission & Vision Statements Goals, Objectives and Action Items Self / SWOT Analysis Critical Success Factors Your Resume

Mission Statement

Should paint a picture of what you are all about and what you want to accomplish

Should be filled with action, passion and a commitment

Jones, L. The Path: Creating Your Mission Statement For Work And For Your Life. New York: Hyperion, 1996.

Poore, C. Building Your Career Portfolio. Franklin Lakes, NJ: Career Press, Inc., 2001.

Mission Statement Your mission should contain the following aspects:

the accomplishments you wish to achieve the cause or group you wish to serve (it could be yourself or

your family) it should be supportive of your current employer’s mission if

you decide to advance from within it should be clear, concise and informative

Jones, L. The Path: Creating Your Mission Statement For Work And For Your Life. New York: Hyperion, 1996.Poore, C. Building Your Career Portfolio. Franklin Lakes, NJ: Career Press, Inc., 2001.

Mission Statement

List 3 action verbs and form the verbiage around it to develop a mission

Example: improve, explore, implementSample mission: “My mission is to improve

my clinical and technical skills, explore educational opportunities and implement that learning in my current position”.

Mission StatementExercise #2: Identify 3 action verbs

and develop a mission statement.

Action Verbs:•________________•________________•________________

Mission Statement:

Vision Statement

The vision statement is an extension of the mission because it:states where you want to go in your careerstates what you want to become

The vision should always point to the future

Jones, L. The Path: Creating Your Mission Statement For Work And For Your Life. New York: Hyperion, 1996.

Maxwell, J. Your Roadmap For Success. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2002.

Vision Statement

Your vision should include the following aspects:it describes where you want to go and what you want

to becomeit should be achievable and grounded in realityit should last for at least a decade to allow ample time

for successJones, L. The Path: Creating Your Mission Statement For Work And For Your Life. New York: Hyperion, 1996.

Maxwell, J. Your Roadmap For Success. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2002.

Vision StatementFollowing the sample mission statement, a

sample vision may be:“My vision is to advance within the nuclear

medicine profession, either clinically, academically or within industry, with a focus in skill enhancement for myself and others and ultimately leading to a management position”.

Vision StatementExercise #3: Develop your own vision

which states where you want to go and what you want to become.

Vision Statement:

Goals, Objectives and Action Items

Goals are the broad results that you are committed to achieving

Goals dictate your decisions and choices in making your dreams come true

Short-term goals: 1- 5 years Long-term goals: 5 - 10 years

Alessandra, A., Cathcart, J. The Business of Selling. New York: 1998.Tiffany, P., Peterson, S. Business Plans for Dummies. New York: Hungry Minds, Inc., 1997.Maxwell, J. Your Roadmap For Success. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2002.

Goals, Objectives and Action Items

Objectives are the roadmap or set of milestones that can be achieved at certain time intervals

Objectives relate to your action plan - items that will help you achieve your goal

Alessandra, A., Cathcart, J. The Business of Selling. New York: 1998.Tiffany, P., Peterson, S. Business Plans for Dummies. New York: Hungry Minds, Inc., 1997.Maxwell, J. Your Roadmap For Success. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2002.

Goals, Objectives and Action Items

Exercise #4: Link your goals/objectives/action items to your overall career plan.

Goals Objectives Action Items Time FrameExample:

Financial security Higher education Take courses 0 - 5 years

Self / SWOT AnalysisS - StrengthsW - WeaknessesO - OpportunitiesT - Threats

SWOT is your self analysisPoore, C. Building Your Career Portfolio. Franklin Lakes, NJ: Career Press, Inc., 2001.Bangs, D. The Business Planning Guide: Creating A Winning Plan For Success. Chicago, IL: Dearborn

Trade Publishing, 2002.

Self / SWOT AnalysisStrengths and weaknesses are internal factors:

they reflect who you arethey state all that you have accomplishedthey define all that you need to overcome

Poore, C. Building Your Career Portfolio. Franklin Lakes, NJ: Career Press, Inc., 2001.Bangs, D. The Business Planning Guide: Creating A Winning Plan For Success. Chicago, IL:

Dearborn Trade Publishing, 2002.

Self / SWOT AnalysisOpportunities and threats are external factors:

they determine the obstacles you must overcome

they demonstrate the possibilities that are available for success

Poore, C. Building Your Career Portfolio. Franklin Lakes, NJ: Career Press, Inc., 2001.Bangs, D. The Business Planning Guide: Creating A Winning Plan For Success. Chicago, IL:

Dearborn Trade Publishing, 2002.

Self / SWOT AnalysisSWOT allows you to stay focused and motivated by

monitoring your progressSWOT allows you to see the “big picture” in keeping

your goals in focusSWOT is a living document that should be referenced

frequently and updated as more skill sets are gained

Poore, C. Building Your Career Portfolio. Franklin Lakes, NJ: Career Press, Inc., 2001Bangs, D. The Business Planning Guide: Creating A Winning Plan For Success. Chicago, IL: Dearborn

Trade Publishing, 2002.

Self / SWOT AnalysisExercise #5: Complete your Self /

SWOT analysis chart.

WeaknessesStrengths

Opportunities Threats

Critical Success Factors Critical success factors are the skills and resources that you

must have to win they may be key people in your life who are willing to help

you they may be a function of the professional societies that you

participate in they may be some peripheral activity that could play a major

role in your success

Tiffany, P. Business Plans for Dummies. New York: Hungry Minds, Inc., 1997.

Critical Success Factors

Critical success factors are specific to youthey should be updated as you progress

along the development continuum and get closer to achieving your final destination

Tiffany, P. Business Plans for Dummies. New York: Hungry Minds, Inc., 1997.

Critical Success FactorsExercise #6: List your critical success

factors.

Management Courses

BookstoreManagement Textbooks

American ManagementAssociation

Skills Resources Organizations

Your Personalized Plan

Your career plan should tell a story about you

Your personalized plan is your resumeThis plan states where you are and

where you want to be

Your Personalized Plan

Your personalized plan should include:your educational achievementsyour professional accomplishmentsyour goals and objectivesyour professional skills and talentsyour ability to be an asset to any

organization

Executive SummaryThe executive summary is an overview of your planIt describes your plan in an informative, yet concise

mannerIt allows you to capture the reader into wanting to

learn more about you

Tiffany, P. Business Plans for Dummies. New York: Hungry Minds, Inc., 1997.Bangs, D. The Business Planning Guide: Creating A Winning Plan For Success. Chicago, IL:

Dearborn Trade Publishing, 2002.

Executive Summary

The executive summary should be written after you have completed your career plan so you can extract the key points and describe all of your accomplishments

However, the executive summary should be positioned first in your overall plan

Tiffany, P. Business Plans for Dummies. New York: Hungry Minds, Inc., 1997.Bangs, D. The Business Planning Guide: Creating A Winning Plan For Success. Chicago, IL:

Dearborn Trade Publishing, 2002.

Conclusion

Your career plan is a powerful document for professional growth and development

It should be designed to keep you focused and motivated on reaching your ultimate goals

ConclusionAs you interview for your “dream position”, bring

your career plan it will impress the interviewerit will demonstrate your commitment and

dedicationit will show that you are the ideal candidate for

the positionsell yourself!