Plan and develop your Career

Essentially there are four steps that will assist you in planning your career:

1. Self Assessment:Gather honest information on yourself - strengths, weaknesses, values, motivations, drives, technical expertise, sector/customer knowledge, skills. Speak to other people - they may tell you something you don't know!

2. Set Goals:What do you want to accomplish by the move? What new skills do you want to acquire? What new responsibilities do you want to have?

3. Explore Opportunities:Get information on potential employers - use the media, newspapers, radio, the Internet and other people. What markets are growing? Do you have the necessary skills to enter that market? What can you offer the potential employer?

4. Find the vacancy: Find out how the company recruits and when they plan to. Watch the newspaper recruitment sections or speak to a specialist recruitment agency that recruits in that market and will represent you best.