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My Development & Career Plan

Build a clear picture of what matters to you, what you already bring and the practical steps that can move you forward.

AssessRecognise what matters and what you bring

LearnChoose what will help you develop

ApplyTurn intention into purposeful action

ReviewNotice progress and decide what comes next

Build a plan that belongs to you

There is no single right kind of potential and no single right pathway. Practical, creative, technical, digital, analytical, organisational, academic and people-related capabilities all deserve equal respect. Use short notes, take your time and return whenever you are ready.

Prefer a shorter start? Open My Potential Starting Point →

The Plan brings your development together.Carry forward the insights that matter from Wellness & Advancement, Skill Checks, careers support, other learning and your own experience. You do not need to repeat course exercises here.

Three equal routes. This full-plan route, the shorter starting-point route and the supported-conversation route all use the same six planning areas. Choose the format that helps you now. You can change routes at any time.

Start with what mattersInterest, enjoyment and purpose can provide the first spark.

Recognise what you bringLife, learning, responsibilities and effort can all reveal potential.

Take one realistic stepProgress can begin before confidence feels complete.

My plan details

My name (optional) Date started Work area or possibility I am exploring Next review date

Assess

What matters to me and what do I enjoy?

Begin with the things that give you interest, satisfaction, energy or purpose.

Motivation does not have to begin with confidence or a fixed career choice. It can begin by noticing what makes you want to take part, learn, help, make, solve or improve something.

What makes me feel happy, interested, useful, proud or absorbed? What would I like to change or achieve in the next three to six months? Why would that matter to me?

Assess

What strengths and potential might I have?

Look beyond qualifications and job titles to what you can do, learn and contribute.

These are starting clues, not permanent labels. Potential can appear in many forms and can grow through opportunity, practice, support and experience.

What do I believe I do well or learn quickly? What have other people noticed or encouraged in me?

Which kinds of activity might be worth exploring? Choose any that interest you. This does not sort you into a type, and you can change your mind.

Practical and hands-on activity Creative work, design and making Technical, digital and computer-based work Analysing and solving problems Organising, planning and keeping things on track Communicating and working with people Caring, helping and supporting others Physical, environmental and outdoor activity Other possibilities I want to explore

What strengths or potential would I like to understand better?

Assess

What have I already done or experienced?

Recognise evidence from life, learning, interests and responsibility.

Paid work is only one source of experience. Think about education, projects, caring, sport, hobbies, volunteering, community activity, making or repairing things, online learning, helping at home and overcoming setbacks.

What have I done, made, helped with, organised, learned or dealt with?

Example 1

The situation or activity What I did or contributed What this may show, or what I learned

Example 2

The situation or activity What I did or contributed What this may show, or what I learned

What responsibilities have I already been trusted with?

Assess

What possibilities would I like to explore?

Turn curiosity into options without forcing an early or permanent choice.

What kind of work, contribution or opportunity makes me curious? What kind of setting might suit me?

Possibility 1

The possibility Why it interests me What I need to find out or try

Possibility 2

The possibility Why it interests me What I need to find out or try

What is one low-risk way I could explore a possibility?

Learn

What support and development might help me?

Choose priorities and identify the learning, people and practical help that could support progress.

Development can include the free Wellness & Advancement course, a PERFORM Skill Check, another course, careers advice, observation, practice, volunteering or a constructive conversation. Skill Checks indicate knowledge and understanding; they do not by themselves prove workplace competence.

Which Human-Centric capabilities could help me move forward?If useful, explore the Human-Centric Skill Checks → Who could encourage, guide or open a useful conversation?

My development priorities

Priority 1

What will I develop? Why will this help? Learning or experience Target date

Priority 2

What will I develop? Why will this help? Learning or experience Target date

Priority 3

What will I develop? Why will this help? Learning or experience Target date

What practical help, encouragement or adjustment could make my next step easier? How will I ask for the support I need?

Apply + Review

What realistic action will I take next?

Begin with manageable steps, keep useful evidence and review what you learn.

Choose actions that are within your reach now. Progress may be a conversation, an application, a practice task, a visit, a course, a new responsibility or asking for help. Small steps count when they move you forward.

My next actions

Action 1

What will I do? My first small step By when? Evidence I will keep

Action 2

What will I do? My first small step By when? Evidence I will keep

Action 3

What will I do? My first small step By when? Evidence I will keep

What might make progress difficult, and what could I do if that happens? How will I recognise that I am making progress?

My review

Return on your review date. Record what changed, what you learned and what you will do next.

What did I do, learn or use? What feedback or evidence do I now have? What will I continue, change or do next?

Prepare my development story

Use this to begin a confident, constructive conversation with an employer, educator or adviser. Let it sound like you. Describe your initiative honestly rather than claiming experience or competence you have not yet demonstrated.

I am interested in…
I already bring…
I want to develop…
I have taken the initiative to…
I plan to apply this by…
My next step is…

My short development story

Building towards My PERFORM Development Record. The actions, learning, evidence and reflections you record here can later be carried into your continuing Development Record.