Step 1: Write down your primary career interest.

Step 2: Identify long-term professional goals (including positions desired within the company).

Step 3:Identify the short-term goals that will contribute to long-term interests.

Step 4:List 2-3 activities that will help you reach each goal. Be sure to specify how you will accomplish the activity, including any resources you might need, and when you will start and finish it.

Step 5:Describe tasks in your current job that are contributing to long-term goals and that you would like to emphasize or perform more frequently.

Step 6:Describe tasks in your current job that are not contributing to your long-term goals. Suggest ways to minimize, eliminate, or delegate them to others.

Step 7: Write down any additional skills, knowledge or experience you would like to acquire that may directly or indirectly help you in your current or future positions.

Step 8:Describe when and how progress checkpoints will occur (e.g., memos, phone calls, meetings, etc.) and what developmental activities will be completed or discussed at these times.

Step 9: What are some potential barriers that can prevent you from meeting your career plan?