A Career Goal Planning Worksheet is an extremely important tool to influence and shape your career, rather than let is careen itself into the future aimlessly.

Most of us have vague aspirations as to what our career should be, “I want to be a big boss” or “I want to earn a lot of money.”  But those highfalutin aspirations will fall flat if you do not have a strategy and an action plan on how to get there. Don’t get us wrong, a vision is a great starting point, but the vision and the goals have to be a bit more concrete for them to be actionable and achievable.

A vision statement or goals/aspirations list should be short, succinct and conform to the SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-bound) principles.

Of course, having a desire to become a CEO is great but what are the skills and competencies necessary to achieve the position? What networking do you need to do and what relationships do you need to build? Which sponsors and mentors can help your journey? What are the potential obstacles and how to overcome them? And to achieve this long-term goal, what are your short-term and medium-term goals to pave the way to your eventual vision and aspirations?

This is where the Inspiware.com Career Goal Planning Worksheet helps you build a blueprint for career success.

What is the Career Goal Planning Worksheet?

The Career Goal Planning Worksheet is an online tool to document your career vision and goals and then identify the specific actions you will need to do across a variety of areas to achieve the goal.

After you enter your short-term, medium-term, and long-term career vision and goals, you will complete the following structured steps:

• Educational qualifications and functional skills:
  • Skills necessary to achieve your long-term goals
  • Which skills do you need to improve?
  • Next Steps
  • Target Dates for each step
• Competencies and Soft Skills:
  • Which additional skills do you need to work on?
  • Next Steps
  • Target Date for each next step
• Challenges and Obstacles
  • What challenges and obstacles you may face?
  • What strategies and ideas are necessary to overcome the obstacles?
  • Target Date for each strategy/idea

How does the Career Goal Planning Worksheet work?

Please purchase access to the worksheet for US $5 or 5 credits. (Please remember you can purchase credits as low as $0.50 per credit. Learn More.)

After login, you can enter information, save it, edit it in the future. You may also download, print, and email the career planning worksheet.