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Step 3: Decision Making

The Third Step to Career Success!

This section will help you:

  • Establish objectives in the areas of career, personal, community service and lifelong learning
  • Make decisions, set goals and write a career action plan
6 LifeWork Planning
5 Work
4 Networks & Contacts
3 Decision Making
Career Objectives Personal Objectives Lifelong Learning Goal Setting
2 Research
1 Self-Assessment
 

"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"

"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to", said the cat.

"I don’t much care where", said Alice.

"Then it doesn’t matter which way you go", said the cat.

Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll

The Decision-Making Process

Did you know that most people spend much more time deciding what car to buy than they do choosing a career? The decision-making process becomes much less onerous the more focused you are overall. Because of the importance of making the right choices for you, all the steps outlined in this Manual are critical elements in the decision-making process. Assuming you have completed Steps 1 and 2 and feel comfortable moving on, please continue now in the process of decision-making and planning.

This decision-making model can by used for making many types of career-related decisions. For example, you can use the model to determine:

  • Which occupational field to enter

  • Whether to start a small business

  • Which training/educational program to take

  • Whether to change jobs

  • Whether to change an occupation

To continue with the next section, Step 3.1, click here.