Why should I develop personal career plans?

Developing your personal career plan reduces the likelihood of missing out on a chance to advance your career. It can help you cope better with the widening gap between your job requirements and the education and skills you have to apply to them. No set of job tasks remains the same for very long. Any shifts in technology and/or economic conditions that affect your job. If you do not develop skills to manage your own career, you will not be ready to adjust to change. Nor will you be able to respond to the pressures of your employment environment in ways that are in your best interests.

Thorough career planning is no guarantee. It does, however, increase your readiness to go where you want to go and improve your transition skills at a faster pace.

Career planning is worth undertaking unless by nature you have a preference for high-risk gambling. Once your career plans are formulated you will need to review and audit them regularly to reflect changing job conditions, career opportunities, or dangers.