Career planning: Attitude determines everything

Introduction: Career Planning is the first step to career success. Career planning is never too late, so what do you need to do to develop a career development plan?

Career planning is the first step to career success. Unfortunately, many professionals do not have a good grasp of their careers. They do not know how to achieve their career goals or what goals they want to achieve. Career planning is never too late. IT administrators, professionals, trainees, new IT users, or CIOs all need to think about their future. By taking the "I don't care" or "everything is done" attitude, you cannot realize your inner potential. You and other professionals have a choice. You can make career plans and make informed decisions based on these plans so that you can master your career. Don't let your career develop at will, but let your career develop as planned! Obviously, you need to know what kind of person you want to be and how to motivate yourself.

Many people are concerned about the existence of certificates and other professional tools, but do not consider their career growth needs. Training, certificates, and work experience are only part of your career development plan. The certificate issue should be considered only after you have an appropriate career development plan. So what do we need to do to develop a career development plan?

　　Evaluation

Developing a career development plan requires self-assessment and career status evaluation. What is the purpose of my use of professional self-evaluation? Career self-evaluation requires you to ask questions related to your career expectations and answer these questions. You must ask yourself: what kind of work and life do you want? What kind of work or activity will make you feel happy? What are your career goals? What kind of lofty aspirations do you have, personal or life preferences? What is the most important thing for you in terms of career satisfaction? These are all questions about how you want your life to develop.

Generally, you need to consider the following aspects: job nature, work hobbies, public awareness, security, income (salary and allowance), personal/family life, opportunities for promotion, and responsibilities. Which of the above aspects will make you satisfied with your career, which are the top priorities, and which are not important to you? What do you don't care about? Through this analysis, you can find out the IT work/environment you are interested in. You can also use other reliable resources to help you understand your interests.

You may need to write down your short-term and long-term career goals. These career goals should be described with predictions, and you should constantly modify these goals until you determine that these are what you want.

A valuable career self-assessment must be faithful. You can't lie to yourself for any help. You need to understand and be very happy with the profession you want to engage in.

The next step is to evaluate your career status. What is your current career status? What stage is your career? What is your current job or professional situation? Is your current job in line with your ideal situation? If you don't talk about work, what background do you have? Are you the boss yourself? Or are you a student? You must evaluate your current career status using the criteria of your career self-assessment. Does your current job nature, security, income (salary and allowance), personal/family life, growth opportunities, and responsibilities meet your expectations? This requires you to first evaluate your current skills and experience, and then determine what knowledge you must learn, or what experience you need is excellent. What practical knowledge do you have? What is the correlation between your current skills and experience and your goals? What improvements are needed? It should be noted that certificates and training cannot solve all your career defects. As long as you know your career goals, you will easily find out your career gap.

　　Make up for the occupation gap

What you need to do next is to identify your career gaps or deficiencies.

How will you achieve your career goals? You need to pay close attention to this. Determining a job or job is only half done. Now we need to develop the plan step by step. As mentioned above, the essence of career planning is to know what you want and determine how to implement it.

I suggest you consider the following career planning issues:

1. Select the measures you will take to achieve your career goals (that is, decisions and actions ). What measures will be taken by others to enter or enter the specific IT field you choose? Your career plan should be the accumulation of a series of measures required to achieve the final result. There may be more than one way to achieve your goal, but which one is correct for you?

These behaviors and decisions should include training, certificates, formal education, work experience or internship experience. In some cases, you may need to change your work attitude, position, address, or work environment. Consider these measures carefully to find a path that you think is suitable for you. You may also choose some measures that are only suitable for you, but you only need to confirm these measures to achieve your goals. You must recognize these measures, develop a route, and stick to them constantly.

2. In many cases, we only focus on opportunities and needs for IT professionals. In fact, if you want to succeed, you have to consider the challenges and obstacles you will encounter when trying to achieve your career goals. Do not avoid challenges. But what resources can you gather to overcome these obstacles?

3. The time required to achieve the goal is a matter that must be carefully considered. You have a way to estimate your process. Since career planning is made step by step, you need to determine how long it takes to complete each step.

4. It is not enough to determine the steps you want to take. You also need to determine each step of the process to achieve the ultimate career goal. In what order do you plan your career? Find the steps to be completed first. The order of your plans is usually determined by the resources and opportunities you get.

5. Implement your career development plan. Listing only the plans you want to execute is not enough. Follow the principles of (1)-(4) to implement your career plan.

These five points emphasize that you must realize that career planning includes detailed industry/career analysis based on your career requirements, which is very important. It is not just a decision-making, but also a wise and purposeful way to collect career information.

Remember these points. When you talk to employees in the human resources department, career planners, academic/career consultants, and career intermediaries that hire people in the IT field you want to enter, these points will help you. Talk to people who are already or are working in the IT industry you are considering. Find out as many professional knowledge and skills as possible. Find out the challenges you will encounter and try to overcome them.

You can also discuss your career goals with your manager, Consultant, teacher, or instructor. For example, if you have to perform training, you can ask the training school or instructor about the training required to achieve your goals.

You can also visit some websites and online career guides of the IT industry to get industry introductions, current articles, and news related to your selected career. You can also browse the recruitment advertisements on newspapers, Career centers, and it Career presentations (formal or informal) for more information.

　　Continuous evaluation

Career planning should be dynamic rather than static. What do you like after you implement these plans? Are there any problems with your assumptions? You need to be very sensitive to these changes. As a fast-growing and changing industry, the IT industry provides opportunities to all people who want to engage in it and succeed. You must constantly pay attention to the changes in this industry. To maintain your current computer skills, you must constantly learn new technologies. It is your responsibility to constantly invest in yourself. You need to constantly seek ways to increase your professional skills. You can participate in work-or career-related training/seminars, read related articles, learn online courses, or receive further education. In the IT industry, managing your career-constantly focusing on your career-related development conditions is essential. From this perspective, when you plan your career, do not "lock yourself" and be indifferent to your career environment and the changes you pursue.

　　Fate depends on yourself

I hope the ideas in this article will be helpful to you. But in general, Attitude determines everything. Destiny is in your hands. If you want the best and no practical actions in your mind with an unplanned and indifferent attitude, you will not succeed even if you have a career plan. "People who want to fall in the sky will never be able to wait ." Use your sincerity and wisdom to implement career planning. If you do well, career planning is neither difficult nor time-consuming. In William Henry's words, "no matter how narrow the door I will pass through, no matter how much I will shoulder the penalty. I am the lord of fate, and I am the commander of the soul ."