Career Planning Is Lifelong Today's world of work is much different from yesterday's. Change and uncertainty is the norm. It is most likely that you will be changing jobs six to eight times in your life. You may need to simultaneously pursue career education and employment. To expect a path of formal education, followed by one career in an established discipline, followed by retirement, is no longer realistic. Today, emphasis is on lifelong learning and multiple job/career transitions. The aim of career development is to help you understand your potential and to help you maximize this potential in the workforce today and in the future. From the start, you will need to have a clear idea of the kind of career path you would like to follow. Good career planning can lead to a satisfying career. People who do not plan usually get sick from stress working in fields they do not like, and students waste time and money pursuing educational areas in which they have no interest. The decisions we make about careers and leisure activities span are critical to our sense of well-being. Satisfaction in our work can be a key ingredient to our feelings of self-worth. In Planning Your Future you need to understand that career development is often a lifetime project and may require continuous learning. We must continually evaluate the options available to us and be able to adjust and adapt to the ever-changing conditions in the workplace. Given the dynamically changing labor market of the 21st century, you have to take responsibility for your own employment development.