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My Ultimate Career SMART Goal

This worksheet will help you develop your own SMART Goal for your ultimate career by using the information found on MyPACE about your Ultimate Career to ensure that your goal is SMART.

Name (First and Last) *

Your instructor *

Mr. Madison

Mr. Nguyen

Ms. Townsel

Write the name of the career your career and your basic goals in the box below. An example is provided for you to adapt and use as a model:

Example: My ultimate career goal is to be a nurse

1. Write your response in the space below. *

Now let’s modify this basic goal to make it SMART and change it from a dream to an actionable plan. Let’s change it letter by letter, starting with “S” by making it more “Specific.”

Specific: Add details about the requirement of your ultimate career to ensure you have answered all of these questions:

What is the exact title of the career?

If there are specialties within your chosen career field, what specialty do you want?

What is the entry level salary for the career you chose?

Example: My ultimate career is to be a Nurse Anesthetist and earn $82,470 a year.

2. SPECIFIC: Write your response in the space below. *

Measurable: Make sure your sentence or sentences have a way to track progress and measure your success:

How will you measure your progress?

What education is required for your ultimate career?

How long will that take?

How many years of experience are required?

How long will that take?

How will you know when you’ve met your goal?

Example: After my bachelors degree, I will work two years as a critical care nurse. Than I will go back to school to earn my masters degree as a Nurse Anesthetists. Finally, I will get my ultimate career and be a Nurse Anesthetist and earn $82,470 a year.

3. MEASURABLE: Write your response in the space below. *

Attainable: Modify your goal further to make sure it is realistic by making sure it answers these questions:

Is your goal realistic?

What skills are needed?

What resources are necessary?

Is the goal within your reach?

Are you in control of achieving this goal?

Example: I will use grant money and scholarships to go to college for a bachelors degree in nursing. Than I will use the skills I got in my CNA training and the degree to get a job and work two years as a critical care nurse. Than I will go back to school to earn my masters degree as a Nurse Anesthetists. Finally, I will get my ultimate career and be a Nurse Anesthetist and earn $82,470 a year.

4. ATTAINABLE: Write your response in the space below. *

Recorded / Relevant The first part should be pretty easy, since you are writing it down. Just double-check this item:

Are there grammatical or spelling errors that will make it hard to read?

The second part is the “why”.

Is it clear to your reader why this is important to you? You could earn the same salary in many professions – why did you choose this one?

Example: I will use grant money and scholarships to go to college for a bachelor’s degree in nursing. I will then use the skills and credentials gained in my CNA training to get a job as a critical care nurse. I will work for two years as a critical care nurse to attain valuable work experience and help people when they need someone the most. Following this, I will then go back to school to earn my master’s degree as a Nurse Anesthetist. Finally, I will attain my ultimate career goal as a Nurse Anesthetist and earn about$82,470 a year.

5. RECORDED / RELEVENT: Write your response in the space below. *

Time-based: In making sure your goal was Measurable, you make have already addressed this. Please make sure you have answered these questions:

What is the deadline?

Is the deadline realistic?

Example: Immediately after leaving Job Corps, I will use grant money and scholarships to go to college for a bachelor’s degree in nursing. This will take four years. I will then use the skills and credentials gained in my CNA training to get a job as a critical care nurse. I will work for two years as a critical care nurse to attain valuable work experience, and help people when they need someone the most. Following this, I will then go back to school to earn my master’s degree as a Nurse Anesthetist. This will take 3 more years. Finally, I will attain my ultimate career goal as a Nurse Anesthetist and earn about $82,470 a year.

5. TIME-BASED: Write your response in the space below. *

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