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You r F u t u r e s Ac t i on P l an .
Writing an action plan is a good way to focus your ideas and
decide on what steps you need to take to move towards your
career and life goals. What kind of career do you want to have?
What kind of lifestyle do you want to live? These aren’t always
easy questions to answer, but writing your Futures Plan is a
way to get you thinking about this.
Where am I now?
Use this section to summarise the things you are doing at the
minute. What are you you studying at school? What subjects
are you enjoying? What interests do you have outside of school?
What makes you different to others around you? Can you talk
about the qualities and skills you have?
Where I want to be?
What are your dreams for the future? Do you have some ideas of
of the type of career you want to do? What jobs or industries have
you read or seen that interest you? What do you wan tot accomplish
in life? Have you thought about the implications of your career?
Will that mean staying on at 6th form, going to college, getting an
apprenticeship or studying at university? Perhaps you are not sure
on some of this. Write down your thoughts so far.
How I plan to get there?
This is the par t where you need to detail the steps you need to
take. What actions do you need to take between now and the future
you have planned out. What advice might you need and from whom?
What qualifications do you need to achieve, what skills do you think
you need to develop. Would any work experience help? Or building
a por tfolio of work. Do you need to attend a career event or get an
interview with your careers advisor. Try and state the action and
timescales by which you need to accomplish these tasks. What could
be a short term goal, medium term and what are you long term goals?
What happens next?
Once you have completed the plan you can submit it to the careers
team to have a look at. They will then get back to you with some
suggestions on things you could add.
How long will it take to complete?
It all depends on you. You should spend at least 20-30minutes on this.
Ready to go?
Star t my Plan