Planning & Implementation:

Establish a Vision Statement for your Career.

$($It should be future oriented $($long term, the next $10$ years for instance$).$

Examples:

To become a recognized subject matter expert in $...($name a field or industry$)$

To be a leader in minimizing company's exposure to risks in supply chain.

To be known for my unique leadership abilities through developing effective and performing teams.

Establish a Mission Statement for your Career in line with the Vision Statement.

$($The format should be around what impact that you want to have on the world around you and how you are going to have that impact$).$

Examples:

$1)$ Saving cost for the organization that I work for through minimizing waste and continuously improving processes.

$2)$ Increasing customers' satisfaction by providing quality service and minimizing stockout.

Choose your Career Strategy that is in line with your Vision and Mission statements.

Examples:

Generating high income by offering technical expertise to multinational companies.

Having a flexible work life balance helping established businesses optimize their operations and grow.

Grow bigger helping startups to achieve their maximum potential.

Determine your Career Objectives to implement your Career Strategy.

Financial objective

Growth objective

Extrinsic objective

Intrinsic objective

Impact objective

etc..

For each objective, determine $2$ to $3$ SMART Goals.

S$.$M$.$A$.$R$.$T mean: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time.

Examples:

In relation to the financial objective; Land a job in my field that pays at least $$80000$ within $6$ months after my graduation.

In relation to the intrinsic objective; Exercise at least $3$ times a week to renew my energy starting from next week.

In relation to the extrinsic objective; Resolve $($add a number$)$ work related issues in the coming $6$ weeks.

In relation to the impact objective; Help at least one person to find a job in the coming $3$ months.

To realize each SMART Goal, think of a set $($serries$)$ of tactics to use.

How to implement those tactics?

Who can help you to implement those tactics.

Set metrics for each SMART Goal to measure whether you were able to achieve it or not.

Put a process together to evaluate and control whether you have achieved your Career goals.

Set a period of time to when would you stop:

To evaluate and reflect on your career journey and whether you have achieved your SMART goals, objectives, and are you still in line with your career strategy, mission and vision statements or not.

To check whether you are on track to hit the metrics.

To evaluate the market and industry conditions and withdraw with the appropriate conclusions.

To add new objectives and or SMART goals.

Set an evaluation and control method.

To determine the failures.

What are the root causes of those failures

How to deal with the failures.

How to deal with rejections?

What to do in case of burnouts?

How to maintain your mental health?

How to enhance your way to manage:

Work Stress

Anger

Depression because of the work routine.

Politics at work

Gossip at work

How would you keep testing your value in the employment market?