Problem
Purpose: To evaluate one's own performance for the purpose of professional growth.
Task: You will make a goal setting guide for yourself.
Instructions:
This writing assignment guides you through the process of creating goals. Use the SMART test when writing goals to make them realistic, attainable, important, and measurable. Identify and make five-year and one-year career goals. Be specific: Identify what kind of job (Hospital Unit Clerk) and what title you want (Clerk) in what city you want to work (Banff, Alberta Canada) whom you want to work for, and why you chose this goal. The following are guidelines; Do your paper in report format.
Part 1) Five-Year Goal
Paragraph 1: In five years, I want to be...
Part 2) One-Year Goals
Paragraph 2: In order to reach my five-year goal, I need to set the following short-term goals...
• Identify the necessary steps to reach your five-year goal.
Paragraph 3: I know I have reached these goals when...
• Make your goals measurable. How will you know when you have reached each short-term goal?
Paragraph 4: I am currently . . .
• What are you currently doing to reach these short-term goals?
Paragraph 5: I need the following resources to reach my goal:
• Identify physical, financial, emotional, and social resources and where they will come from.
Paragraph 6: My priorities for reaching my goals are...; My trade-offs include...; I must be flexible...
• Have priorities set for reaching your goals. Include your trade-offs and the areas where you may need to be flexible.
• Be specific with activities, resources, and time frames with all goals.