CAREER SWOT TEMPLATE: SAMPLE CAREER GOAL: Gain employment as a career counsellor in an education setting in the next 5 years. STRENGTHS - personal realities that will help you achieve your goal · Currently studying teaching qualification with a minor in psychology · Strong interpersonal skills - 3 years customer service employment · Ability to communicate with and motivate others - 1.5 years working as a student mentor INTERNAL · Some knowledge of career development theories - successfully completed Future Work Skills · Enjoy learning about different careers - enjoyed researching different career options for myself and for friends OPPORTUNITIES - outside events, conditions or plans that might create opportunities for your goal . Access to Swinburne Careers Service o Qualified staff · Industry and career events and workshops o Online career resources · Aunt works in human resources in a large firm and has direct experience recruiting staff · Current employment regularly recruits new staff EXTERNAL · Access to Lifeline Counselling courses · Swinburne Toast Masters Group · Swinburne Emerging Leader program where I can gain formal recognition for employability development activities · Master of Teaching options . Train the Trainer Cert IV options · 7 different Australian institutions offering CICA career qualifications · Career Education Association of Victoria - standard membership (no qualifications required) WEAKNESSES - personal realities that will make it more difficult to achieve your goal (current gaps) · Do not have necessary Career Industry Council of Australia (CICA) recognised qualification · Do not have counselling experience · Have not had coaching or teaching experience . Do not have a Working With Children Clearance · Lack direct experience with industry recruiters and their methods THREATS - outside events, conditions or plans that might threaten your goal · Financing post graduate studies · Tertiary education sector currently shedding staff with uncertainty about future COVID implications · Need to maintain a credit or better average for some post graduate study options PLANNED ACTIONS: How will you capitalise on your Strengths and Opportunities to overcome some of your Weaknesses? What strategies could you adopt to overcome or minimise the Threats? · Ask to gain experience recruiting casual staff (applications and interviews) in my current workplace next week. · Conduct an occupational interview with one of the career counsellors on campus during the semester break this year. . Do further research into Masters of Teaching qualifications as a back-up for work in high schools as well as universities and TAFEs by the end of this year. . Use my experience as a mentor to apply to become a Student Learning Assistant or Study Leader for 2022 . Organise a work shadowing experience with my Aunt in her HR job at a time that is mutually convenient. · Investigate scholarship options for the different post-graduate courses I am considering.