Career Development Plan
Name: ____Abdirahman Ismail_________________
Date: __10/10/22
This career development plan template can be used as a tool to guide your thought process and map your progress over a chosen period. It is
intended to be used in a way to set up your future. I chose this template because it asks specific question that make you rethink your decisions.
These questions really bring out the real reasons I am choosing to go down this path. It really had me thinking.
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1. Where are you now?
This process starts with taking a good look at where you are currently at. What are your skills, talents and interests? What are your values $o
you like to lead, work with people or alone with data or text? Do you like working face to face with people or prefer independent work? Do you
like to work inside or outside? Do you like working to deadlines? Which teams do you like working on, quiet or loud, small or large?
Question
Where am I now in regards to my career?
Notes.
In school
What is my view of current situation?
Working towards my goal
What have been my experiences to date?
Getting my Associates and Finishing the Year UP program
What do I enjoy most?
Getting my work done, it gives me a sense of fulfillment
What skills come to me naturally?
Thinking positively
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What do I think my strengths/assets are? (Skills,
knowledge, talents, interests)?
Adaptability and Great feedback
What are some things people ask me to help
with?
To give them feedback on various projects
What do I do well?
Work in groups well
What appeals to me?
Comfortability
What are my values? (work/life)
Work hard play hard
Do I like to lead, work with people as a team or
work alone (with data or text)?
I work with people as a team
Do I like working face to face with customers or
back office work?
I like back-office work
How do I feel when I think about my ideal job
(excited, motivated, fear)?
Motivated
Is there anything getting in my way of achieving
what I want?
Nothing is getting in my way of achieving
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2. Where do you want to go?
What you’ll do next is:
ƒonsider your career goals
…xplore your career options.
„evelop concise written statements related to your goals and add them to the table below.
Question
What does my ideal job look like?
Notes
Calling the shots
If I could do any job in the world what might it
be and why?
Something with giving input after collecting data like a performance analyst
What are my goals (short/long term)?
Short term graduate long term buy a house
What energizes me?
Thinking of my potential
Where do I want to be (in 1 yr, in 5 yrs)
In 5yrs I want to be completely independent and working somewhere in the CIA
Are there any specific challenges I want to face?
I enjoy proving people wrong
Why is this important to me?
Because I never thought I would get there
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Question
Notes
What do I want to see/get/do more of?
I want to be more productive with some work I have
What do I want to see/get/do less of?
Procrastinate
What is my preferred balance between work
and my personal life?
60/40 split
Who else does this affect?
Everyone on in my future and past
What normally gets in the way of achieving my
goals?
Myself
What kind of work environment suits me best?
A inspiring team work environment
Do I feel I have a calling in life?
I feel like my calling in life is what ever I work towards I will achieve
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Citations
Career Retention, navigation and transition. Career retention, navigation and transition | UBC Human Resources. (n.d.). Retrieved
October 10, 2022, from https://hr.ubc.ca/career-development/career-retention-navigation-and-transition
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