Exploring Careers

Chapter 5: Planning Your Career

Chapter Summaries in English

In Chapter 5, you took your first step toward developing your own career plan. You learned how planning helps you reach your career goals. You learned about education and training alternatives and how education and training increases your earning potential and career opportunities.

You learned that it is important for you to write down your goals and career plans because a written plan seems more concrete and attainable. You also came to understand that a career plan is not etched in stone. It must be flexible enough to change as you gain experience and see new opportunities.