Make a copy of this doc and bookmark it. For the first session, ask your employee to spend some time filling out as much of this doc as they can. Ask them to complete it 24 hours before your meeting so you have time to review it. In the meeting, talk through each point, and make a note of action items at the end that you’ll commit to working on over the next 6 months.
While we call this a 6 month career development session, your employee can take notes continually over time. You can check in every 3 months, every 6 months, or however often you feel is needed to stay on track for your goals.
Your name/title:
Your manager’s name/title:
Effective date:
Last updated date:
About You
What do you love about what you do?
What are you doing that you don’t like?
What are you passionate about?
Whose career do you admire?
Your Target Career Path
Where do you want to be in your career in 6 months?
Where do you want to be in your career in 12 months?
Where do you want to be in your career in 2-5 years?
What’s your end goal for your career?
Personal SWOT Analysis
What are your strengths in pursuing your career path?
What are your weaknesses in pursuing your career path?
What are opportunities in pursuing your career path?
What are threats to pursuing your career path?
Skills, Competencies & Experiences to Develop
List all the skills, competencies, or experiences that you need to develop to pursue your career path. Rate your current skills from 1-5 with a X. Rate that same skill from 1-5 with a XX where you think you need to get to pursue your career path.
Note: Skills don’t need to be the highest rating of 5 in order to be successful in your current role or your future role.
Title
Title
Title
Title
Title
Title
Skill, competency, experience
1
2
3
4
5
Example: Contract negotiation
X
XX
Example: C/C++ knowledge
X
XX
Example: Project management
XXX
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Action Plan
Before completing your career session, make sure to have a few items in your action plan and a date when you will check in on progress to hold each other accountable.
What will you do to make progress on your career, by when?