- What do you want to do with your life?
- What are your strong points? (Avoid placing too much importance to personal weaknesses, family background, etc.)
- Do you have any idea what kind of profession or career that has strong attraction to you? If so, what is it?
- What are the needs of the labor market? Where will the jobs be in the next five to ten years? (depending on the level of your education now.)
- Are you studying at high school or college?
- If you are in high school, do you think the subjects you are taking up will help you get enrolled for the diploma or degree that can help you enter the profession you like?
- If you are presently enrolled in a college or university, what course of study are you following?
- By getting this diploma or degree will you secure the job that you want?
The aim of the exercise is to find out your strengths and channeling them to your studies and all efforts in getting ready for the career or profession in which you will spend the major part of your life.
This will help map out the direction that you need to go. Having no plan whatsoever is like walking in the dark, having little idea which is the right direction. It has been stated that 'Failing to plan is planning to fail."
By answering these questions - and other relevant questions - there is a high possibility of getting into your preferred career, progressing in that profession, and making effective use of your skills, knowledge and all of your strong traits to get ahead and to help your organization succeed.
