Job Description
Introduction to Career Planning
When it comes to shaping your career, there are two broad paths you can follow: a planned approach and an organic approach. Neither is right nor wrong, rather each suits different personalities and stages of life. Understanding these approaches, and knowing when to use which, can help you make confident, well-informed decisions about your future.
The Planned Approach
The planned approach involves setting an objective (a job title, financial target, set of responsibilities or skills etc) and plotting a route to get there from where you are now.
Planning works better for individuals who:
- have a clear vision of where they want to be at some future stage of their life/career;
- feel unsettled as to whether or not they are doing the right things if there isn’t a clear route ahead; or
- feel stuck in a rut or are looking for a career change.
The Organic Approach
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