Want to achieve your career goals this year Create an action plan - Sterling Career Concepts

Want to achieve your career goals this year Create an action plan Want to achieve your career goals this year? Create an action plan Have you set your career goal for the year? Refer to my last post for tips and techniques to successfully achieve that step. Next, it’s important to take the time to prepare a game plan for how you will reach your goal, but don’t use planning as an excuse to procrastinate. Remember action creates momentum. Take each of your goals and write down the list of steps under each of them that you will need to take to make the goal happen. The more specific, actionable individual steps you can map out, the easier it will be for you to reach your goals. The steps should be practical tasks that will lead you to achieve the goal. As an example, the following are the steps necessary to make a career change from accounting to marketing: • Research job postings for entry-level marketing jobs. What are the skills, education, and experience required? • Join the American Marketing Association and attend one virtual event or in-person boot camp in the next 90-120 days. • Enroll in semester-long online marketing course focusing on marketing principles. • Identify a volunteer opportunity to put marketing skills into practice â€" either in current job or with a community organization. • Assess transferable skills from accounting that would be useful in marketing role (project management, analysis, financial management, client relations). • Work with a professional résumé writer to create a targeted marketing résumé. • Join three marketing-related groups on LinkedIn, and follow 5-6 Fortune 1000 companies in the area that have company profiles on LinkedIn. • Assemble people in network to act as references for marketing interview. • Connect with 2-3 contacts at Fortune 1000 companies in the area. • Identify possible employers and submit résumés. With so many steps, how will you know when you’re on the right track? Give yourself milestones to measure your progress, including specific dates and numbers. You’re almost there! The next and final post in this series will help you take action on the steps you outlined today. Need help with creating an action plan? We’re here to help! Contact us to collaborate and get you on track with your career goals.