Five-Year Career Plan Template

The Five-Year Career Plan is designed to help you develop skills in your current job or
to prepare for your next job. Your five-year plan is very much an individual and
personal plan, and is designed to facilitate your growth, development and advancement.
Always use the SMART model when setting goals: Specific, Measurable, Attainable,
Realistic and within a specific Timeframe.

Plan Period: From - now To - 2024

My Current Position: In education studying level 3 business

My Long-Term Goal: Accountancy and Finance

Intermediate Steps Over the Next Five Years to Reach My Goal

Try to set two or three short term goals (i.e. those in the next 2 years) and
the remainder for the medium term (following 3 years)

Year One within my first year, I have came up with the short term goal of making
sure that I successfully complete my college course. I am in the last year
of this course and have a few smaller goals which includes handing my
assignments in on time (meeting deadlines) and getting distinctions in all
my upcoming units. I also have the goal of applying for university.
I am hoping that by this time I will have reached University and made it
Year Two onto a Finance Degree. If this isn’t the case, then I know that it would be a
good alternative to do an apprenticeship in accountancy. Hopefully, I will
also have a pat time job that will help me gain experience.
I would like to find some work experience that relates closely to finance at
Year Three this stage. This will help me to act more professional, and have a better
and more clear idea of what finance is about so that I have a better
understanding of what it is going to be like if I ever become an
accountant.
I will be in my final year of University at this point, so I would need to
Year Four make sure that I am concentrating a lot on my degree and education so
that I can secure a good grade at the end of it all. I would like to have
gained some more knowledge from my whole University experience and
become a more mature adult.
in the fifth year I would need to find a job within finance so I can finally get
Year Five into working in the real world. I would definitely need to be working on my
budgeting skills because I would need to be making sure that as an
accountant, I am watching whatI am spending. I will hopefully be able to
buy a house and car at this stage.

Personal Development Objectives to Meet My Goals

(what do I need to do to get where I want to be?)
To get to where I need to be i need to get assignments on time and attempt distinctions
to get a DDD for my overall grade.
 How can others help me accomplish these objectives?
Others can help me accomplish these objectives by guiding me and motivating me to
become the best I can possibly be.

What are some educational activities that will help me reach my goals?
Dates
Training or Course Scheduled Completed
i could do online courses for AAT
Apply for university and get a degree
Apply for an apprenticeship in accounts

What are my development areas and my plan to address these areas?

Development Area:
time keeping skills Dates
Plan: Scheduled Completed
I plan to do all the work as soon as possible so I am not
stressing last minute
leave irrelevant things out of my mind
concentrate on what matters

What are my development areas and my plan to address these areas?

Development Area:
Confidence Dates
Plan: Scheduled Completed
Talk to people
Get more experience
Have some self belief

What are my development areas and my plan to address these areas?

Development Area:
Punctuality Dates
Plan: Scheduled Completed
Plan out my day
Stop procrastinating
Stop being so relaxed about everything

Plan to revisit your plan often to make sure you stay on track and that your goals remain relevant to your
career plan.