Before you think about strategic planning make sure that your present career is the one you wanted and the one you want for life. If not then which has been your dream career? Can you change to this career? Write down the requirements of your favourite career(s) and see if you can work for it? When you are decided on your life career, whether the present or another one, then you are ready for a strategic plan.
In order to draw a strategic plan, ask yourself the following questions:
1. What level of professionalism do you want to achieve in this career within a period of 5 - 10 years?
2. What are the requirements of achieving such level?
3. How much of those requirements do you possess now?
4. What are the remaining requirements? List them under the following titles:
Certification Rxperience/Skills Training Professional bodies to join
At this stage you are ready to draft your strategic plan. List the above requirements in a priority order. You will try to achieve the easiest ones first or may be a certain qualification is a pre-requisite for starting this career. Using such information prioritize the requirements and plan for achieving them. Give each requirement a suitable period of time (the shortest possible of course). Remember you want to achieve these in a maximum of ten years.
Then it is how hard you can work in order to make your dream come true.
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