Goal Setting and Action Plan

In Module 6, activity 3, you pictured yourself as new graduate working in a job/career you aspired to achieve. You have the motivation and the drive to get there!

Let’s pause for a moment and take a closer look at the steps you need to take to reach your destination. Whatever your goals, whatever stage you are at in the decision making process, you are most likely to make good progress if you break down the tasks you have to do into small steps (short term goals), and then identify the actions you need to take for each step.

To realize your future job or career, you will need to set specific, realistic goals to create a workable action plan. But exactly how do you establish these goals, design this plan, and get the results you want?

1.View the brief PowerPoint on goals, action plans, and next steps:
Goal Setting and Action Plans [PDF file size 127 KB]
2. Read and review the handouts on goals and action plans:
SMART Goals [file size 16 KB]
What Is an action plan? [file size 20.8 KB]
What Is a Career Goal? [file size 22.3 KB]

3. Create your Action Plan: Based upon the readings, your previous research, and reflection use the Sample Action Plan and Template [file size 43 KB] (second page) to create your own action plan. Create this plan using the same occupation of interest you worked with in previous activities. Or, you may use another long term career goal of your choice, perhaps the completion of your college degree. You will need to identify at least one long term goal, and the steps that you would take to reach that goal.

4. Submit this to your instructor as an assignment via the drop box.

5. Now go to M7D1 Discussion questions and participate in this discussion.