Career Development - Applied Educational Systems module

What is a short-term goal?

• A short-term goal should be longer than 10 year.

• a goal should be accomplished in long future.

• a goal should be accomplished in the near future, meaning in a few days, weeks or months. A short-term goal should be no longer than a year.

• A short-term goal should be longer than 20 year.

What is a long-term goal?

• a goal should be accomplished in the near future, meaning in a few days, weeks or months.

• a short term goal

• should be no longer than a year.

• is a goal that you want to accomplish further-off in the future, such as one, two, or three or more years off

What do you need before you can define your long-term goals?

• a boyfriend or girlfriend.

• A vision of where you want to be in the future.

• A vision of where you want to be in the past.

• A vision of where you want your friends to be in the future.

What does the acronym S.M.A.R.T. stand for when creating well-defined goals?

• S – Smart, M – Memorable A – Attendance R – Rational T – Time-bound

• S – Silly M – Measurable A – Attainable R – Reasonable T – Telling

• S – Sure M – Missing A – Actionable R – Relevant T – Time-bound

• S – Specific M – Measurable A – Attainable R – Relevant T – Time-bound

What is an Action Plan?

• is a list of non-specific steps that need to be done to reach a goal. It will not give you something to reach for each day.

• is a list of specific steps that need to be done to reach a goal. It will give you something to reach for each day.

• is not specific.

• will not give you something to reach for each day.

What is a job?

• broad term used to group related jobs.

• a position at a specific company where you volunteer your time and do not earn money.

• a position at a specific company where you do no work for pay.

• a position at a specific company where you do work for pay. It is what you do to earn money.

What is an occupation?

• is a specific term used to group unrelated jobs

• is a broad term used to group related jobs

• is a position at a specific company where you do work for pay.

• is a position at a specific company where you volunteer for work and earn no pay.

What is a career?

• is a position at a specific company where you do work for pay.

• is a position at a specific company where you volunteer for work and get no pay.

• is the continuous process of building your skills, knowledge and experiences related to your professional life.

• is the not a continuous process. It builds no skills, knowledge and or experiences.

What is a career plan?

• a position at a specific company where you do work for pay.

• a position at a specific company where you do work for no pay.

• is an idea or thought on how you will progress along your working life, hopefully toward your ideal job.

• is a guide on how you will progress along your working life, hopefully toward your ideal job.

Why is it a good idea to develop a career plan?

• because it gives you no road map to follow.

• gives you a road map to follow, which is much better blindly hoping things just work out.

• gives you a sandwich, which is much better cornflakes and hoping things just work out.

• gives you a ice cream, which is much better peanut butter and hoping things just work out.