Career Development Plan

Name: Katlyn Martinez Date: 21-08-2016

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 conjunction with the Career Navigation at UBC website, which provides you with links to resources, tools and websites
within UBC that may be helpful in planning your career.

Completion of this plan will follow a 4 step process. Each step will address specific career related questions:

1. What skills do you already possess? (Where are you now?)

2. What do you want for your career? (Where do you want to go?)
3. How might you get there? (What steps do you need to take to get there?)
4. Who can help? (What resources might I use?)

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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 – do
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?

Answering the questions below will assist you in determining your starting point. There are several tools & resources that can assist you with
this. Please refer to the navigating your career at UBC website

Question
Where am I now in regards to my career?
What is my view of current situation?
Notes.
I am now finish with my school and this it allows that this to doors of university
for the start of my career. Practically i am researching for know in that consist
the career and whit this it would in the start of my career.

What have been my experiences to date?
What do I enjoy most?
What skills come to me naturally?
My experiencies to date have been the power have competed with the group of
dance of school in where we won , other when i had the chance of work with the
persons old, is something fantastic because are persons that in much cases
the grandfathers are alone because the families not will visit to yours. Other
experience and is the that more i liked is when i go to mission every december
because share with the families that are in the rural zone and have not in some
cases the oportunity of study or work.
I like the most is dance because is the perfect form for to express emotions
and feelings and desmostrate that dance it is a means to happiness. Also i like
help people who need more.

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What do I think my strengths/assets are? (Skills,
knowledge, talents, interests)?
What are some things people ask me to help
with?
What do I do well?
What appeals to me?
What are my values? (work/life)
Do I like to lead, work with people as a team or
work alone (with data or text)?
Do I like working face to face with customers or
back office work?
How do I feel when I think about my ideal job
(excited, motivated, fear)?
Is there anything getting in my way of achieving
Dancing comes to me naturally
.
I think my good fortalezasson as I achievement that every defect is a strength to
get it better and turn it into a virtue more . My knowledge is broad and that
throughout my life I have had the opportunity to study and go learning more and
more.
People sometimes ask me if I can help you record something when it is in the
doctor as it is to type on a computer, also when you need something happens
or to be cared for anything.
I do well my work, my work, dance and also do well when also help try to make
things right.
You can say I attract things difficult because they are one reason to work harder
and do what you can to achieve more.
Be work together and help those in need. Be leading a team and achieving hits
proposal. I work well on the math portion then it would be fundamental in a
group.
I would say that I am a person who can work both alone and as a team, but
when working alone , I probably perform better since the work alone requires
more concentration and more work. I think that both data and texts are
important and necessary for a job because everything is based from this
The work -to-face with clients or in an office, it is somewhat complicated . But if I
touched choose I think it would be better in an office , you'd know what I should
do and I would do , I would facilitate more .
How I think of my work I feel excited and scared because the work is somehow
something different from what until now I'm starting to do. While emotion is
better as an experience more serious .
study hard and commit to what I do and want to be , in order to fulfill the vision
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what I want? as to the way I want it comes to achieve different both psychological aspects
and experimental.

2. Where do you want to go?

What you'll do next is:

 Consider your career goals

 Explore your career options.
 Develop concise written statements related to your goals and add them to the table below.

Knowing where you want to go makes the next steps in determining your future career move much easier.

There are several tools & resources that can assist you with this. Please refer to the navigating your career at UBC website

Question Notes
What does my ideal job look like? My dream job is focused on helping and make change from the social to be
achieved and have an equity value people , all this based on my work.

If I could do any job in the world what might it

be and why? My dream job is focused on helping and make change from the social to be
achieved and have an equity value people , all this based on my work.

What are my goals (short/long term)? One of my long-term goals is to start a foundation for grandparents and for dogs
that do not have a roof, this with the help of some expert in these oficiones as

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Question
What energizes me?
Where do I want to be (in 1 yr, in 5 yrs)
Are there any specific challenges I want to face?
Why is this important to me?
What normally gets in the way of achieving my
goals?
What kind of work environment suits me best?
Do I feel I have a calling in life?
Notes
lame experience and a short-term goal is to finish my studies and be better
these .
in a year and I want to be working and paying my career so my parents do not
have to worry about that and I can start managing my own income and in 5
years I see already with my foundation and putting my career
yes , that puts me mainly people who say they do not will achieve my dreams
and not above exceeds my expectations , I would believe that's my biggest
challenge
It is important because I know I can get ahead with effort, poque for me to
achieve my dreams meet is very important in life and that is why it is important
for me
I doubt if I'll make it or not and the fear of what they 'll face
Cheerful and collaborator as well sepuede maintain a better working
environment and compñerismo for it. And not a false environment and that
I feel the vocation to help people and make them happy as possible. I have no
vocation really feel I'm good .
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3. How might I get there?
By answering questions 1 & 2, you should now have a clearer idea of what you want & where you want to go. The next step is figuring out how
you might get there. What do you need to do? Below are some questions you may consider in deciding what resources may be useful.

There are several tools & resources that can assist you with this. Please refer to the navigating your career at UBC website

Question Notes
How can I prepare myself and my environment
to achieve my goals? I prepare I can studying and researching more about what I need for my
profession and my life.

What resources and tools/resources do I need?

Need disposition , books, want to achieve what propong me and study.

What steps do I need to take to get from where

I am now to where I want to be?
Maths, Accounting, Administration, Computing, General culture

What new skills, knowledge do I need to

possess? Oral and written communication, Handle numerical data, Leaning by the order
and organized labor, Teamwork, Adapt to different environments synthesizes
What new skills do I want to learn?
The teamwork as it is very important in a career and work

How can I commit to achieving my goals?

I can commit myself improving and learning more and more , to have more
knowledge of things and achieve my goal.

What barriers do I need to remove to make this

happen? I need to remove barriers such as fear , insecurity and jealousy that people can
have towards me.

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Question Notes

How will I know I have been successful?

when you already have achieved a stable future and my goals if made , so I
know if I'm happy.

4. Who can help (resources)?

Knowing who can assist you and what resources you need to achieve your career goals can greatly assist you in staying focused on your goals.
The navigating your career at UBC website contains a list of excellent resources that can help you.

Question Notes
What new relationships might I build help me
attain my career goals? labor relations and family would believe they are the most acertivas for this.

Who do I know who can support me attain my

career goals? My family and because the fibula that throughout my career know , besides
those already known and are professionals in the profession I want.

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Who have I lost touch with who might be able to
support me in my career goals? no one has lost me the phone who cooperation could help .

What role can my friends and family take in

encouraging me to stay focused? support my family and friends offers me both emotionally and financially

What communities of practice currently exist that I

can tap into? the drive and desire to succeed and to exert a change in the community.

Setting Goals
Now that you have a clearer picture of where you are now and where you want to go , it is now time to set some goals for yourself and create
your Career Development Plan – goal summary.

When deciding on your career development goals it is imperative that you set yourself up for success. Using the SMART goal setting process is a
good way to achieve this. SMART

Specific (so you know exactly what you are trying to achieve)

Measurable (so you know when you have achieved it!)

Action-oriented (so you can DO something about it!)

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 Realistic (so it IS achievable) and

Time-Bound (has a deadline)

Focusing on the Outcome:

1. What is it that you REALLY want to achieve? …

2. What is the SPECIFIC OUTCOME that you are looking for?
3. How will you know you have achieved it?

Personal Career Plan – Goal Summary

Once you have your goals in a SMART format – add them to the Personal Career Plan – Goal Summary below:

Goal Specific knowledge, How will I achieve the What resources do I By when (timeline) Success criteria – how
skills achieved goal? need (people, will I know I have
material etc) been successful?
main goal, to
graduate Maths, Accounting,
Administration,
Computing, General
culture, Oral and
written
communication,
Handle numerical
data , Lean for
order and work ,

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organized,
Teamwork, Adapt to
different
environments ,
Synthesize .

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