Career Planning in the 21st Century Requires New Approach

What worked years ago in planning and managing your career will not work for your career development in the 21st Century. Managing your career in the 21st Century requires preparation, career goal planning and career guidance and ensuring that your time is directed meaningfully.

(PRWEB) September 14, 2006 -- What worked years ago in planning and managing your career will not work for your career development in the 21st Century. Managing your career in the 21st Century requires preparation, career goal planning and career guidance and ensuring that your time is directed meaningfully.

Just like athletes who prepare for the "big game" or a marathon, designing your career requires goals, planning, work, and above all, commitment. Career/Life Coach Cecile Peterkin, founder of Cosmic Coaching Centre http://www.CosmicCoachingCentre.com has developed a four phase training program she calls “ The Career Athlete Plan”.

Phase I: Preparation. This phase is crucial in providing you with a firm base. What skills/strengths are fundamental to your success?

Phase II: Pre-competitive. What is the motivation behind what you want to do? Have you connected it to your value system?

Phase III: Competitive Peaking. The point at which everything you have been working toward comes together.

Phase IV: Active Rest. This is the phase of transition. A time when you are under no pressure. Use this time to have fun and celebrate the completion of phases I - III. This is also a good time for self-reflection, self-evaluation and future goal setting.

“Shape your career, don't let it shape you! Decide what you want and create your opportunities accordingly. Positioning yourself in your career will happen a step at a time with planning”, says Cecile Peterkin, author of The Career Athlete e-book. Peterkin firmly believes that success and happiness are not accidents - they are created by a certain way of thinking, planning and acting.

Cecile now offers The Career Guidance Teleclass Series that will provide the tools necessary to strategically develop and manage your career. The series begins Thursday, September 14th 2006 and is delivered via telephone. Sign up at: www.CosmicCoachingCentre.com/teleclass.html.

About Cecile Peterkin

Cecile Peterkin is a Certified Career and Life Coach. She publishes "Recipes for Success", a Free monthly e-zine on how to achieve success and live your best life, personally and professionally. Cecile is also author of The Career Athlete, an e-book on managing your career. Visit her website for more information and to sign up for The Career Guidance Teleclass Series: www.CosmicCoachingCentre.com/teleclass.html

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