“Without goals
and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no
destination.”
---
Fitzhugh Dodson
Where do you figure yourself after
five years?
Where
did you figure yourself today five years back?
What
is that you like and detest about your present job?
What
is your appreciation of an ideal job, to include the responsibilities you would
like to shoulder, the setup you like to serve in and the remuneration you
expect to receive that you think you are cut out for?
Having
answered the above questions, what do you think are your eventual and
definitive career goals? Imagine yourself at the zenith of your career and then
ponder over the organization or field that you would like to be in, the
appointment that you would like to hold and the pay packet that should ideally
be given to you.
If
you can find responses to the above, then you are heading in the right
direction. You need to keep them at the back of your mind and move ahead with
all the zeal at your command. This will help you to give a distinct shape to
your career and become and achieve whatever you have been aspiring for.
It
is essential that you take stock of where you stood in the past before you
figuring out where you want to be. Glancing at your career and the times gone
by will provide you a jump board to get to your career goals. You will thus be
able to carve out a mosaic of your goals and discern their configuration
vis-à-vis your present or future panoramas. You also need to reflect on what
your immediate and long-term goals. If you have none, you will waste time and
efforts; and resultantly suffer from perennial exasperation.
In the light of the above, you must set goals
for yourself and start making endeavours to realize them. In the
centre of all the confusion and
mess, away from all the impediments, out-of-the-way from all the inertia will
be your goals. There will various issues that will impact your career goals and
their realization. But you have to put your head down, do the best job
possible, let all the hassles go by and work towards them.
There are five aspects that you ought to invariably
mull over; they are:
· Progress: What is the
type of professional advancement that you are looking for? Depending upon your
answer, you will also need to identify the wherewithal that will be required to
facilitate that.
· Funds: At the end of the day, besides job satisfaction, it
is the salary that you get that also matters. What is the pay package that you
are seeking? If significant perks and privileges are offered to you, will you
settle for anything less? These are significant questions, the answers to which
will determine your goals.
· Contentment: A successful
career implies derivation of a high degree of job satisfaction. Contentment is
essential for attaining long-term objectives and is relevant in the context of
everything related to your work and workplace. You should know various aspects
that bring about contentment in you.
· Familiarity
& skills: What is your disposition towards gaining new
experiences and facing new confrontations? You need to be convinced about the
type of experiences and skills that you want to seek and contribute.
· Atmosphere: Workplaces
are an assortment of people with diverse backgrounds and inclinations. What are
the types of people that you feel comfortable working with? What is the working
environment that you are seeking so that you acquit yourself well?
Irrespective of the type of job you get into,
your career goals have to be selected on the basis of your likes and dislikes;
they have to be in harmony with your preferences. You should bear in mind that
your career goals may change on account of the options you exercise and the
advancement that you clock. This calls for a periodic evaluation of your career
goals. You must set them high and should not come to a standstill till you
achieve them. But remember that your goals are dreams with deadlines
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