Career Planner

Activity 1 : Explore careers

https://www.seek.com.au/career-advice/explore-careers

Please find “explore careers” on the tool bar and play in this area to identify your careers of interest  


Activity 2 : Complete Career Planner below

Using your research from the SEEK website
Fill out the questions below to form your career planner

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* 1. On completion of the “explore careers” option what two careers are you interested in?

CAREER PLANNER
SELF REFLECTION
Self-reflection is a great place to start when it comes to your career. Think about what motivates
you, what you like and what you're good at.

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* 2. What are you passionate about?

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* 3. What are three things you're good at?

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* 4. What are your top five strengths?
e.g. creative, a good leader.

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* 5. Picture what your perfect work environment
would be like and then describe it:

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* 6. If money wasn’t a barrier, what would you like to do?

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* 7. What industries interest you? Choose as many or as few as you like:

EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES
Now that you’ve done some self-reflection it’s time to have a think about career pathways. You don’t
need to limit yourself to only one role or industry. On average people will change careers three times
in their lifetime, so have a think about all the options available to you.
OPTION 1

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* 8. I'd love to be.......

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* 9. The prerequisites and requirements are:

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* 10. To achieve this, I would need to:

OPTION 2

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* 11. I'd love to be.......

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* 12. To achieve this, I would need to:

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* 13. The prerequisites and requirements are:

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* 14. Bounce your ideas in a brainstorming session:
A problem shared is a problem halved. Now that you’ve mapped out a few
career pathway options, go and seek a second opinion. Tick off as many of
these as you can after you have asked for their input.

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* 15. Feedback from Brainstorming session

WEIGH UP YOUR OPTIONS
So, you’ve explored a variety of career pathways and sought advice from others, now it’s time to
weigh up the key considerations for each of your options.

EXAMPLE
I’d love to be: A PILOT
PROs:

Pursuing my passion
Career satisfaction
Long-term income prospects
Travel opportunities

CONs:
Training requirements
Cost of training
Work-life balance in the short term

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* 16. Option 1- I'd love to be a.................

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* 17. List the PROs and CONs

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* 18. Option 2- I'd love to be a.................

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* 19. List the PROs and CONs

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* 20. Which option inspires you the most?
Once you’ve given each option some serious thought, choose the one
that feels like it’s the best fit for you.
The option that I’m going to pursue is…

SET YOUR GOAL
Congratulations, you've got a vision! Now you need to start setting those all-important goals.
Once you have your long term goal to strive towards, you can start to break it down into the
bite-sized steps required to get there.
S: Specific (or Significant)
M: Measurable (or Meaningful)
A: Attainable (or Action-Oriented)
R: Relevant (or Rewarding)
T: Time-bound (or Trackable)
When setting your goals, we encourage you to employ the
S.M.A.R.T technique.
All of your goals should be:
Example! If your five year overarching goal is to open your own bakery, your
three-month goal might be to have enrolled in a bakery course at
your local TAFE and to have successfully completed the first unit.

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* 21. My longterm goal is....

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* 22. I will achieve this by...

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* 23. Goal Number 1

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* 24. Start and End date

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* 25. Actions

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* 26. Goal Number 2

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* 27. Start and End date

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* 28. Actions

SHARE YOUR GOAL
Once you’ve set your goals, share them with all the people you consulted earlier. Telling people
what your goals are increases the likelihood that you’ll stick to them and it also means that you
have some people on board who can support you to get there.

REVIEW
Just as important as making the time to create your career plan, is making the time to review it. Set
regular dates to revisit your plan to assess where you're at and remember to make changes as you
need and celebrate your achievements.

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* 29. How did you find the career planner : in 100 words did you find this exercise useful and why?

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* 30. Student Details

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