It is Important to Have a Career Goal

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Firstly, the job interview aside, you should have a career goal simply because it’s beneficial to you. 

Not to impress the interviewer, your relatives, or your future Tinder date, but to improve yourself.

Having a career goal will keep you focused and keep you from getting stuck on a cycle where every day looks the same and you forget what you are working for in the first place. 

It gives you something to aim for, steps to follow, progress to make.

They can be short-term, like getting a promotion or certification, or they can be long-term, like running your own successful business or being an executive at your dream company. 

An alternative to the career goals question is “Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

SMART Goals

SMART is an acronym which stands for:

Specific

Measurable

Achievable

Realistic

Timely

Essentially, the idea is to break down large goals into smaller bite-size pieces that follow these notions. As you organize the steps and schedule out your intentions for each milestone, you’ll be amazed to see how much easier they are to reach.

Short-term

    1. Gain a New Skill / Learn a new skill
    2. Boost Your Networking Abilities/Improve networking skills
    3. Intern with a Large Company to Gain Experience
    4. Improve Your Sales or Productivity Numbers
    5. Increase work-life balance
    6. Build a personal website
    7. Become more efficient
    8. Learn to speak in public
    9. Learn a new language

Long-term

    1. Earn a Degree or Certification/ Earn a new degree
    2. Make a Career Switch / Change your career
    3. Become an Expert in Your Field
    4. Grow a social media following
    5. Start Your Own Business
    6. Land a promotion
    7. Change your career


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