Building your
career road map
Checking out the route
Start with you
What
makes
you,
you?
Skills
Tendencies
Drivers
Traits
Qualities
From job to
career – key
questions
What is the difference
between a job and a
career?
Can you be happy in a
job that is not your
dream career?
What if there is no
market for the career
you want?
What if all your skills are
in a closed or declining
industry?
What are you “born to
do” that you could do in
multiple industries and
jobs as long as you can
keep doing it?
How can you use an
existing job as a
stepping stone?
What’s your
ideal career?
 Describe a perfect career in
terms of what you would be:
 Doing
 Being
 Developing
 Describe people
 Describe your contribution
Drawyourcareer
journey
Findpatterns
fromthepast
Focuson the
futuregoal
Fill in the
blanks for your
career
“People who are successful (career goal)…
Are….
Do…
Meet…
Develop…”
What drives
you?
Let’s find out!
Drivers
Your drivers will affect your
career plans, decisions and
opportunities
What drives
you?
Sonia
Stringer’s
word
cluster
exercise
Accepted
Accomplish
Acknowledged
Be loved
Be right
Be cared for
Accepted
Be
approved
01
Be cool
02
Be
respected
03
Be
popular
04
Be
included
05
Be liked
06
Accomplish
Achieve
01
Attain
02
Be the best
03
Victory
04
Perform
05
Accomplish
06
Acknowledged
Be appreciated
01
Complimented
02
Be valued
03
Worthy
04
Be thanked
05
Acknowledged
06
Be loved
Cherished
01
Touched
02
Desired
03
Validated
04
Adored
05
Loved
06
Be right
Honest
01
Understood
02
Be
encouraged
03
Correct
04
Moral
05
Right
06
Be cared for
Get
attention
01
Be helped
02
Cared
about
03
Be
supported
04
Embraced
05
Saved
06
GetSonia’s full exercise
here:
https://docplayer.net/155175989-What-s-driving-you-discover-
the-invisible-forces-that-are-sabotaging-your-next-level-of-
success-balance-and-fulfillment.html
Buildinga
professional
network
Networking
from stories
1 - theirs
2 – yours
…what would
you want to
learn from me?
Networks
endure
Offer to help –
givers gain!
Recap!
Network Network with intent to help others, learn from them, learn about you
Identify Identify your drivers
Visualize Visualize what your career success looks like
Choose Choose a desired destination and work backwards
Map out Map out your journey
Clarify Know what you want from a career
Know Know yourself – descriptions and reflection on what makes you you
Want more
specific help?
Reach your
destination
faster!
Talk to me
about career
coaching!
Contact
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Building Your Career Road Map