Essay - A Plan for Achieving My Career Goals Outline I. Lifetime...

A Plan for Achieving My Career Goals

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I. Lifetime goals

A. Career goals

1. Pay and job security

*****. Professional fulfillment and satisfaction

B. Financial goals

*****. ***** security/savings

2. Financial Independence

3. Funds to educate children

4. Money to travel before retirement

5. Retirement savings

II. What I will need to get there 1. Degree

*****. Entry-level ***** experience

3. Good credit

4. Good financial planning

III. Getting there 1. Where to be in 5 years

2. Where ***** be ***** ********** *****

3. Where to ***** in 25 years

It is hard to tell, when you are still ***** school, everything that you are going ***** want and need in life. I thought one way to put together my career goals and lay out a plan for achieving them would be to decide first what I ***** to accompl*****h in *****, and then figure out what I will ***** to achieve along the ***** and where ***** will need to be at different times of ***** life.

A started by trying to ***** what I want from my career. First, of course, I want to earn a good s*****lary. ***** also want to work in a field where I can enjoy as much job security as it is possible ***** have in the modern world. In add*****ion to pay, I want a life's work that is interesting and satisfying.

I have chosen to study to ***** a computer support technici*****n because, looking at job market projections, I believe this ***** will provide ***** best chance ***** achieving my goals given my own skills and experience. Computer technicians are in demand, and there is every reason th***** will continue ***** be the case into the *****eseeable future. Computer ***** are paid well and enjoy the kind of job security I am looking for. Additionally, ***** ***** helping people solve their problems, and as a support technici*****n I can do the ***** of hands-on work I enjoy, and get ***** ***** ***** helping ***** solve ***** problems.

In terms of finances, I ***** financial security and some measure of independence. I never want to be in a position where ***** ***** to ***** for ye*****rs on end at a comp*****ny I do not like, and I may want to ***** self-employed and work as a consult*****nt at some point. I also ***** probably marry, and want to save money for my *****'s education. I definitely want to own a home, ***** if ***** I w*****nt a small vacation home by the time I am in ***** forties. ***** want ***** ***** while I am still *****ng and ***** want to retire ***** some measure of comfort.

***** have this kind ***** financial security ***** independence, I will have to begin saving early in my *****. I ********** ***** meet with a fin*****ncial advisor within six months of getting my first job, and begin saving and investing at least a modest ********** before I have finished ***** first year of