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Goal-setting worksheet

From the lesson Goal Setting for Yourself & Your Career

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Work through each step on paper or on screen. Use a real business, a project of your own or a friend’s idea. Keep this page for your portfolio.

1Write one six-month career goal.

2Make it specific, measurable and dated.

3Break it into three monthly milestones and this week's first action.

Worked example to compare with: Turning a wish into a plan

  • Wish: "Get into marketing."
  • Goal: "Start a paid or unpaid marketing apprenticeship by 30 September."
  • Milestones: month 1, finish two courses and build a portfolio piece. Month 2, send 20 applications and hold 6 conversations. Month 3, interview and decide.
  • Weekly actions: 5 applications, 2 conversations, one lesson.
  • Check: each Friday, mark done or not done and adjust the next week.

Check yourself

  • I can explain "Goal Setting for Yourself & Your Career" in one sentence.
  • I used a real business or project, not just an idea.
  • I know what I will do next, and by when.

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