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Career Goals

The three-step process in career planning requires that you first make an informed career decision. Career decision-making is a dynamic and ongoing process where your knowledge of your values, interests, temperament, financial needs, and physical work requirements or limitations all intertwine with the effects of past experiences, new information, and changes in your life situation and environment. It requires constant review of decisions already made and consideration of decisions yet to be made. Good decision-making requires you to:

  • Examine and recognize personal values
  • Identify, gather, and use relevant information
  • Understand and use an effective strategy for converting information into action

The following selections will provide you with additional knowledge for successful career planning: