By DeVry University
July 30, 2020
10 min read
July 30, 2020
10 min read
Many of us have heard about and know what it means to climb the career ladder, but have you ever heard about taking a side approach in your career planning? Should you take a lateral move to gain the skills you need to move along in your plan for success? Hear from Dave Barnett, Vice President of Human Resources and University Relations, on five steps to developing your career plan, including writing your career story both past and future.
Document your career journey line
Where have you been to date? What are the tangibles and intangibles?
[Conduct a Reverse Career Interview]
Find a trusted colleague or friend to conduct a reverse career interview, to ask you the questions about how you've aligned to your values, how you filled your batteries, and how you've added value for organizations. In turn, have them ask the opposite question. Where have your batteries been drained? Where have you felt misalignment, and where have you struggled to add value? So that you can understand the full picture of your career to date and use that to build your story.
[Capture Your Career Story]
Build your story out for where you've been and where you're going.
[Evaluate Where You are in Your Story]
And then evaluate where you stand in that journey. Drop the pin on the map of, "You are here."
[Plan One to Two Deliberate Next Steps]
And then choose one to two deliberate next steps so that you're always moving yourself forward.
Trust that you can get there, strive to do things to improve your career situation, and know that ultimately you own the success of your career.
Thank you so much for listening today. It was a pleasure sharing my point of view with you on all of this, and I hope that you have a fantastic day. Take care.
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