If you’re looking to make a career change or advance your current role, it’s important that you reflect on your development to constantly improve yourself. In order to stay up-to-date and improve your skills, it’s crucial that you do some form of reflection on where you stand in relation to where you want to be. This can be done through journaling, studying, and creating a personal development plan. Regardless of what type of reflection method works best for you, here are some helpful tips:
Keep a journal and reflect
A journal is a great way to reflect on and process your development. You can write about anything you want, but it’s important that the journal be private. Don’t feel pressure to share it with other people.
You can keep a journal in several ways:
- Handwritten on paper (if the format doesn’t matter)
- On an app like Google Keep or Evernote that syncs with your phone
- In text format on your computer, for example, using HorizonCPD journalling tool
Study and reflect on your accomplishments
- When you’re done with your studies and development, take time to reflect.
- Reflecting on your accomplishments is a powerful way of improving yourself and the way that you do things. It can help you improve in all aspects of life, from schoolwork to relationships with friends and family members to personal development through volunteering or other activities that are important for building strong self-esteem and confidence.
- If there aren’t any accomplishments yet (or even if there are), it’s still important to reflect so that we can see where our strengths lie so that they can guide us toward making them happen later on down the road when they’re needed most!
Create a personal development plan
- Create a personal development plan.
- Define your goals and objectives.
- Set deadlines for each goal, including how long it will take to achieve it (e.g., 1 year).
- Make sure you have the resources you need to achieve your goals—this may include money, time, equipment or support from others (e.g., family members).
- Review your plan regularly so that you can see how far along in achieving each objective before making adjustments as necessary based on new information or circumstances that arise during the execution of the plan.
Reflection is key for a successful career
Reflection is key for a successful career. It’s an essential part of learning and developing your skills. It is also beneficial if you want to improve as a professional.
Reflecting on your development can help you reflect on the changes in yourself, which can then inform your actions going forward. Reflecting with others is even more powerful because you have their feedback and perspective to draw from. It can also help when making decisions about what direction to take next.
It’s important that we all take time out of our day-to-day lives to reflect on how our careers. Identifying how things have changed over time, we can make informed choices about where we are headed next. This can ultimately mean changing jobs or continuing down a different path not considered previously.
Conclusion
As you can see, reflection is an important part of developing your career. In fact, it’s one of the most effective ways to help you reach your goals. It also helps make sure that you stay on track as you develop and progress in your professional life so that you can continue to succeed for years to come!
Horizon CPD helps you organise and plan your learning, development and support your personal and professional aspirations. Whether you are simply looking to develop your skills, or looking for a new career direction we have the perfect resource for you.