Assess Yourself: Create career goals
Career goals help you focus on the accomplishments that matter most to you. There is no limit to the number and types of career goals you can have. And it's likely that you will change career goals often.
- Think about your interests and skills. Complete some assessments to get more detailed information. Consider goals
that expose and enhance your interests and skills.
- Think about occupations that you might like and research them by creating customized occupation profiles.
- Think about goals that might involve raises, promotions, and increased responsibility.
- Try new experiences before making them part of your career goals. Take classes, volunteer, intern, and job shadow.
- Think short- and long-term. Make a list of all possible goals and then prioritize.
- Take a photography class
- Write an article for a journal in my field
- Find a job in New Mexico
- Get pay raises every year
- Get a promotion that includes supervisory responsibilities
- Get a GED
- Complete 6 job applications each week
- Establish a network
- Note: If you have trouble creating job goals, talk to counselors at your high school, trade and vocational school, college, university, or at a local One-Stop Career Center.