List of 37 career goals samples

I. List of career goals

1. Design career around a personal passion
2. Change jobs
3. Get a promotion
4. Identify or increase personal standards and boundaries at work (such as leaving for lunch each day, versus working like a maniac!)
5. Communicate more effectively
6. Feel happier at work
7. Develop more friendships at work, less competitive with others.
8. Become a manager
9. Double sales or productivity
10. Learn a new skill
11. Go for a specific award.
12. Be more organized with daily goals
13. De-clutter the work space
14. Start a new business
15. Partner with another person
16. Find a mentor or BE a mentor
17. Become known as an expert
18. Manage clients better
19. Create a website or promotional materials for my business
20. Improve profitability of my company by _____%
21. Delegate more effectively
22. Be more personal, send thank you notes to staff and clients
23. Eliminate tolerations or problems at work
24. Create a long term career plan or strategy.
25. Stop working and take a sabattical for _____ months.
26. Become a better networker, attend networking events regularly
27. Work less, vacation more
28. Reduce work hours without compromising productivity.
29. Learn new sales skills to sell with less effort.
30. Find a career that doesn't feel like work
31. React less and work and respond more
32. Stop micromanaging my staff
33. Bring in ___new clients or prospects a month
34. Reduce business expenses by ___%
35. Join Toastmasters to improve presentation skills
36. Delete old emails and old files from computer
37. Say "NO" at work more.

II. Types of career goals:

EFFECTIVE GOAL-SETTING

Make an inventory of your strengths and interests. Think about the aspects of previous jobs you've enjoyed the most, such as training other people or working in a team, and add them to your list. Include interests you have outside of work, such as canoeing and photography. This information provides a starting point for goal-setting. When you create your goals, keep the SMART acronym in mind. Instead of writing, "Learn how to fix things," write "Next semester, enroll in an appliance repair class at the community college."

SHORT-TERM GOALS

Setting a major goal without creating a road map to that point can be an exercise in frustration. You are unlikely to meet such goals without a series of short-term and intermediate goals along the way. Some short-term career goals may be, "Within the next month, apply to five colleges that have a strong education program" or "Sign up to take the GMAT by next month."

INTERMEDIATE GOALS

Intermediate goals typically take three to five years to accomplish, according to Nadine Katz, a medical professor quoted in Forbes magazine. Examples of an intermediate goal might be, "Enroll in an MBA program and complete it" or "Participate in two significant architectural digs."

LONG-TERM GOALS

Long-term goals are the grand prize of your career -- at least until you set new ones. Like the previous goals, they should be specific and achievable in a set period of time. A long-term goal might be, "Within six years, become the manager of a large car dealership."