I have been doing some research regarding how to plan your future or career. Generally, we plan our career or future based on time, situations, economic factors etc. Most of us plan our careers based on time only. I have developed a certain process to plan careers properly and I call it the Rating-based Enhancement Technique for Career Assessment and Planning (RETCAP).
So, this blog will be mainly based
on career planning, career assessment, career objectives and the description of
how to use RETCAP to design your careers easily without any hotch poach and
dilemmas. This rating enhancement of career planning and assessment involves
certain steps to be followed. The steps are: -
1.
Choose your goals and a deadline:
Take a piece of paper and a pen and write five career goals you want to see in your life by 2030.
Note: Here I have taken 2030 as my deadline. You can take whatever you want at your convenience but it must not be more than 10 years from the current year. I prefer taking 5 career goals in general. You can add up more if you want to.
For example, I am choosing
1.
An established author
2.
A bank balance of 50 lakhs or more
3.
A renowned designer
4.
Physical fitness
5.
Owning a garden or a farmhouse
6.
Writer of 3 books at least
7.
A renowned poet
8.
ABC
9.
XYZ
2.
Shortlisting and ranking the goals:
You need to shortlist your list of goals to the best five or less. You need to find and fuse two similar goals to make it more precise and shorter. The best five goals must be ranked in the descending order of priority in your life. This priority value may change in the coming future and subsequently, you can replace the old ranking with the new one if needed.
For example: In my example, 3 similar points are pointing out a common objective. i.e., 1. A renowned author, 6. writer of 3 books at least and 7. a renowned poet. I can club them into a single point per se, “An established author” and this step will omit many such similar points. Your Goals will be more precise and sharper. I can change the rank of “a renowned designer" to 2nd and reduce the “bank balance of 20 lakhs" to 3rd as per my priority.
So, my new list after shortlisting and ranking them will be:
1.
An Established author
2.
A renowned designer
3.
A bank balance of 50 lakhs
4.
Physical fitness
5. A garden owner
3.
Giving rating to your goals:
Rate your goals based on the current progress. You can rate each of your goals from 10. Let’s say 4/10 or 5/10
For example, in
my case:
1.
An Established Author - 3/10
2.
A renowned designer - 4/10
3. A bank balance of 20 lakhs- 2/10
4.
Physical fitness -5/10
5. A garden owner - 1/10
4.
Steps to improve the ratings:
Assign specific tasks and steps to improve the ratings of each of the goals you selected. The steps of improvement may be short or illustrative based on your preferences but they should rank in ascending order of their future occurrence. Beside each step, mention the improvised rating so that you can track hold of your tasks or steps.
5.
Deadlines to each rating:
Render a deadline and a thorough road map to each rating which will further simplify your goals and how to achieve them.
For example, in
my case:
1.
An Established Author - 3/10- 2021
a.
Publishing my 1st novel- 4/10 - 2022
b.
Publishing my 2nd novel- 5/10 -2024
c.
Publishing my poetry book- 6/10 - 2024
d.
Xyz- 7/10 - 2026
e. Abc-8/10 – 2028
2.
A renowned designer - 4/10
a.
xyz - 2022
b.
xyz- 5/10 -2024
c.
xyz- 6/10 - 2024
d.
Xyz- 7/10 - 2026
e. xyz – 9/10 - 2028
3.
The bank balance of 50 lakhs- 2/10
a.
xyz - 2022
b.
xyz- 5/10 -2024
c.
xyz- 6/10 - 2024
d.
Xyz- 7/10 - 2026
e. xyz – 9/10 - 2028
4.
Physical fitness -5/10
a.
xyz - 2022
b.
xyz- 5/10 -2024
c.
xyz- 6/10 - 2024
d.
Xyz- 7/10 - 2026
e. XYZ – 9/10 - 2028
5.
A garden owner - 1/10
6.
Remember looking at the list from time to time.
Write it somewhere, where you can check it out from time to time. Most of us might have made such a to-do list in a diary or a notebook but after few days we don't even look at it. To avoid such conditions write it on a whiteboard if available or just write it on plain paper and paste it behind your door or on your wall.
7.
Share it with your mentor:
Discuss this method with
your mentor or parent and share the updates regularly with him or her.
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