Steps for Career Planning for a Successful Future

Success in a career is synonymous with well-being. It takes the right knowledge and career planning in the future so that we can get the dreams we want. This is something important for employees. In the world of work, there are companies that like to develop the careers of their employees and there are other companies that only drain the workforce without understanding their future.

As an employee, you must be smart in choosing a company and if you have entered the company, you can analyze more about staying in the same company or moving if you cannot achieve your career dreams. If you move there are also two choices, you want to move to another company or start your own business. Regarding each of us, we must be able to live it with good planning.

Not everyone understands how to run a good career. They know they want success, but sometimes, understand how to achieve it. To facilitate career planning, here are 10 steps that can help you make and get a plan that can be done.

The future is a picture of what we plan and will do. Therefore, don't expect a bright future if this doesn't do good planning. Here are 10 practical steps that can help compile a future that is equipped with:

1. Develop a vision from now on that can begin with a dream.

If the company has a vision and mission, then the employee must also have a vision. This vision can begin with the dream you want to achieve. Referring to the Cambridge Dictionary review, vision is a view of the future. So if you want to create a vision, you must be able to imagine yourself in the future, the next 5 to 10 years.

If you are still confused about making a vision, try to follow the following methods:

• Ask yourself what you want in the future.
• Imagine what you will be in the next few years.
• If it's still difficult to imagine up to 5 years or 10 years, start with a vision of 2 to 3 years.

Vision is a guide where to move forward. You must be observant in creating a vision, not like choosing clothes to be used today that can change clothes. Vision must be specific, and need to test it, is it really what you want in the future. Vision can change, but not too often which results in unfocused or even failure to achieve it.

2. Start Recognizing Yourself, Don't Focus on Weakness, Continue to Be Strong!

Seeing these strengths and weaknesses is not easy. Sometimes other people understand more about us because of our ego towards desires that are not in the field where we are gifted. To be able to know the strengths and weaknesses that are owned but objectively can ask for opinions from some close friends. Write down the things they reveal about your strengths and weaknesses.

Even though the opinions of your friends asking for input are not in accordance with your beliefs, keep them all. You have to take on more roles to recognize strengths and weaknesses because you have to be the person who understands yourself the most.
3. Review Past Achievements, Run Successful Fields, Don't Focus on Failures
In work or activity, make success for success a proud habit. Every time there is a failure, evaluate for a moment and immediately forget, but if you have success, a comprehensive evaluation can be repeated in the future more brilliantly.

It's good to record every award or achievement that has been obtained while working. You can only find this achievement record useful when looking for a new job or career. In addition to making a resume or CV more interesting, achievement records are also useful for future career planning.

4. Focus and continually Improve the Skills Mastered!

Skills are usually in line with interests. There's nothing wrong with noting the skills you master to plan for the future better. Skills are not necessarily many, which is important experts in one area of ​​interest, for example writing skills for the work of reporters, in addition to the ability to observe, interview, investigate, write, edit, and so forth.

By recording and knowing the skills mastered, we can adjust the type of work related to the skill. Career planning is also easier to do because it is not limited to just one type of work.

5. Follow Passion because Passion Will Support Skills so You Can Become Professionals at Work

Working with passion will make you more productive, because with passion you will be willing to sacrifice anything including money, time and effort. Passion will give satisfaction and a sense of happiness that cannot be paid for with anything.

An example of passion is for example you are an employee in an IT company and are very interested in saying computer and gadget technology, if you already have passion in that field, then you will be willing to develop interest in that field after work. You may find new knowledge in the field of computer technology.

This is also the opposite if your position works in a field that you don't like. Instead of wasting time, it's good to find work that is in accordance with your passion so that the work results are also maximized.

6. Carefully Read Trends and Career Opportunities in the Future.

Rapid technological developments such as at this time are realized or not have closed several jobs while opening career opportunities in other fields. For example, only work or fields related to correspondence, photography and the like. Instead, the opportunity to work in the field of android applications and online-based transactions is wide open.

We must be smart in reading this future trend. Do not let us wrestle in a field that turns out that in the future there will be no more due to technological advances. If we cannot predict future trends, at least we can quickly adapt and adjust the skills we have with the current conditions.

7. Making a Measured Career Path with the "SMART" Method

SMART method that is Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-bound is widely used in career planning because it is more specific, achievable, realistic and has a deadline for achieving goals.

You can start the method by determining what will be done in the next few years. It can start with planning every year, every 6 months and even goals every month. Don't forget to be disciplined in evaluating, at least evaluating achievements every month or every 6 months to reach the career you desire.

8. Run a Career Plan that has been Made with Discipline and Responsibility

Many people fail because they are not disciplined in carrying out the plans that have been made. A careful planning and detail will mean nothing without execution. The SMART method will help provide guidance on how to make an appropriate career planning.

9. To Support the Goals You Want to Achieve, Continuously Increase Skills and Education Levels

Not infrequently the career plan that you want to achieve requires adequate skills and an equal level of education. Inevitably you have to do this. Improving skills and education can also be our media to broaden horizons, connections and better career or business opportunities in the future.

10. Conduct Periodic, Quarterly, Semester or Annual Career Planning Evaluations!

Routine evaluation is an important part of planning. This evaluation activity aims to control and correct things that have been done whether it is appropriate in the path of career planning or deviating. On the other hand, regular evaluations of career planning can also be used as effective methods to achieve career goals on a regular basis.

Understanding Self Potential and Periodic Evaluation as Keys to a Bright Future!

 The future is what we planned. In planning a career, often need to take the time to know yourself, and see opportunities outside ourselves. Early in planning a career will be better, the conditions must act according to plan and evaluate it regularly.

If needed, consult with the personnel department for better career planning. The steps above can help make a good “career path” in the future.