The Career Planning Process Self Assessment Career Assessment Links Determining Your Interests Determining Your Values Career Exploration Planning Your Career Career planning is a process that occurs over the course of one's lifetime.
People grow, develop, and change vocationally throughout their lives.
In fact, your career will probably change several times within your lifetime. Determining the career that is right for you requires a lot of self-reflection. It may help you to know that the decisions you make now need not determine the entire course of your life. Although career planning may at times seem puzzling, if you take it step by step, the pieces will eventually fall into place and you will be on the road to career discovery. Research has shown that people most satisfied with their jobs are those individuals who are working in fields that closely match their interests, skills, values, and goals.