As time goes by, due to circumstances or as we get to know ourselves better, a need may arise to redesign our professional career.
For this reason, at OnlinveCV we have compiled a series of tips to help you plan your professional career at any time in your life.
These are adaptable to people of office 365 database any age or situation , whether they are just starting their careers, or wish to give their professional life a change.
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1. Self-knowledge: the first step to redesign your future
They say that the only thing we don't see is ourselves. That's why the process of creating a professional career plan begins with an internal evaluation of who you are at this moment in your life and what you want for your future.
To do this, you must analyze your current priorities and values, what you like to do, your gifts, your knowledge and skills , as well as your work experience to date.
If you are not sure how to start, we recommend that you use skills tests or personality assessments such as the following:
IKIGAI
The popular IKIGAI methodology invites you to reflect on the following areas:
What do I like to do?
What am I good at?
What does the world need from me?
What can I get paid for?
Analyzing these 4 areas and finding the common denominator between them will be of great help when designing your professional path.
That is, it is about exploring the professional and personal contexts with which you identify and that you can exploit to your advantage.
Public identity
It involves asking 5 people around you to name 3 of your strengths and 3 areas for improvement . These external perspectives will help you discover positive and negative aspects of yourself that you are not seeing.
DISC Test
This tool assesses how you behave in the face of challenges , influences people, norms and changing things. Keep in mind that this is a payment.
All these pieces help us to know ourselves and evaluate our strengths , our points of improvement, which are the basis for later designing the objectives of our career plan.
For example, if you discover or are aware that you are a person with high communication skills, you could consider starting or changing into roles in marketing, public relations or sales.
If, on the other hand, you see that your strengths are in analysis, you could consider roles related to finance or data analysis.
2. Design objectives and set professional goals
Once you have investigated your interests, skills, current priorities and areas for improvement, it is time to start designing your future. The starting line of this career plan or change of professional direction is drawn by defining objectives .
They say that there is no favorable wind for those who do not know where they are going, so having clear and concise objectives gives us a feeling of well-being and tranquility , in addition to increasing our chances of success.
It is important to make the plan knowing that there is room to be flexible and change if necessary.
How to set goals and objectives efficiently
When designing objectives, we recommend that you use the well-known SMART methodology (acronym for “specific,” “measurable,” “attainable,” “relevant,” and “time-limited”).
This will help you set clear and achievable goals , making it easier to monitor and adjust your career plan.
Here's how to apply each of the SMART points . According to this approach, your goals should be:
Specific
Clearly define what you want to achieve. The more specific and concrete your definition of your goal is , the better.
