Step 3 - Developing A Learning Plan

This is the fourth post of a five part series on why career planning is important and how to go about doing it. The five sections are as follows

1. Introduction
2. Evaluating the competencies needed to perform successfully in the position you seek
3. Evaluating your competencies and performing a gap analysis
4. Developing a learning plan
5. Setting your goals and putting your plan into action.

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DEVELOPING A LEARNING PLAN

By now you should have a clear understanding of what you are lacking as well as what your strong points are. You've identified what you need to learn, now you need to identify how you are going to learn it. The options are numerous. You can get formal education, meaning get a degree not necessarily a brick-and-mortar school, you can take certification courses, you can get on-the-job experience, you may even teach yourself. The key is to identify how you are going to get what you need and WRITE IT DOWN.

The next and final post will address making an actual plan by setting goals and adding dates and times to achieving them.