Your Personal Goal Setting Exercises

If you don’t know where you’re going, how can you possibly get there? 

Taking advantage of formal goal-setting exercises, like the ones you will find on the following pages, is paramount to your job search success. 

These exercises were originally developed with the assistance of an industrial psychologist to help the job seekers at CMS reflect on their past experiences, on what was important to them today, on what was realistic for the next stage of their careers, and on what they envisioned as their ultimate career goals. 

This is an important exercise because it’s about you, your future, and your family’s future. We want to make sure you set up your job-search goals properly before you implement the resources to get there. 

These exercises need time, so don’t rush them. Let your mind percolate on the answers over a day or two so that you are confident your next job-search objective is realistic and is the logical next step in reaching your ultimate career goal.