Questions

Asking yourself these questions can help you understand your priorities and how to stay focused on them. To help your thinking, focus on what you want your priority for your employability journey to be over the next semester.    

• What have I done over the last semester to develop my employability journey?

• Did I have a plan for last semester, or did I have a more flexible approach?

• How did this go? Would I prefer to have more of a plan or to be more flexible this upcoming semester?

• Did I face any challenges in staying focused on my employability journey?

• What are my next steps in developing my employability next semester?

• Do I need any support in achieving this?

• Are there any experiences/opportunities that I want to have next semester?

• How can I make sure I focus on gaining these experiences/opportunities?

• Are there any skills I want to develop? 

• How can I make sure I focus on developing these skills?

• Do I think there could be any barriers to staying focused on gaining/developing these experiences/opportunities and skills?

Considering all your answers to the questions:

What is your priority for your employability journey next semester?

How will you stay focused on this priority? 

When will you re-evaluate your priorities?

You could now use the Creating Goals for Yourself Guide to use your priorities to break down this focus into a goal for you to achieve. 

Useful Links

https://careerconnect.sheffield.ac.uk/student/home.html?currentUserLocale=en_GB

https://sites.google.com/sheffield.ac.uk/arts-humanities-employability/home?pli=1&authuser=2

https://students.sheffield.ac.uk/careers