Plan Your Career Now!!!!!!!!

Before you set goals for your career sit with a paper and a pencil and do the SWOT analysis of your own self. Ask yourself the below mentioned questions because that will help you to find the right path to achieve success and will drive you straight towards success.


Strengths

What are the positive aspects of me and my present position?

• What qualifications have I got?
• What specialist knowledge have I got?
• What skills do I possess?
• What resources do I have?
• What are the strong points of my character and personality?
• Have I any strong, specific interests or beliefs, at work or outside?
• What are the sources of my motivation and drive?
• Under what circumstances have I felt happiest and most fulfilled?
• Under what circumstances have I made the most valuable contribution?
• What kind of work have I done, and for how long?
• Do I have any other strength that I have not listed?

Opportunities

What aspects of the present or foreseeable future situation could I use to my advantage?

• What all entrance exams of my interest area are there?
• Which all colleges I can apply for?
• What are the strengths and weaknesses of different colleges who provide courses in my interest area?
• Are there any opportunities for career counseling?
• Are any prizes, scholarships or bursaries available?
• Are there sponsorship opportunities?
• Are there inventions or ideas or new ways for preparing that I could put to use?


Weaknesses

What are the negative aspects of mine and my present position?

• What limits me?
• Are there important gaps in my qualification, experience or knowledge?
• Have I financial difficulties or pressures?
• What are the weak points of my character and personality?
• In so far as I have done less well than I would have liked, what has held me back?
• Under what circumstances have I felt most frustrated and unhappy?
• Am I vulnerable in any way; financially, legally, physically etc?
• Have I any other limitations that I have not listed?

Threats

What aspects of the present or foreseeable future may operate to my disadvantage?

• Potential financial problems.
• Rivalry or opposition from others.
• Physical deterioration of property or assets.
• Forthcoming eligibility or other rules & regulations.
• Unfavorable changes in national or local economic conditions.
• Inflation.
• Obsolescence of my skills or knowledge.