Whether you are a junior, senior or a recent graduate, its time for your 2010 goal planning.  If you’ve never made set New Year Goals try to make it an annual ritual. Your life goals should be balanced. Even though your focus is on starting your career, your happiness and success won’t be maximized if your life is out of balance.

Typically annual goals should be split into categories. Zig Ziglar’s “Wheel of Life” uses mental, personal, physical, family, personal and career.  Remember when you are meeting new people and interviewing your appearance, attitude and even health are just as important as your skills and experience.

In terms of career or job search goals you may want to review the JobTutors contract which includes;

• Maintain a positive and can do attitude during this entire process
• Surround myself with positive people who want to help me achieve my goals
• Commit to working a minimum of 2 hours each day on my job search;
  • Checking for new openings
  • Following-up on old openings
  • Making at least 5 new networking calls per day
  • Sending out at least 5 resumes per day
  • Reviewing alerts daily from target companies
  • Targeting a minimum of 2 informational or networking meetings per week
  • Reading industry magazines and newsletters

Once you have completed your goals for 2010, don’t forget to review the goals and your progress monthly and make adjustments. This puts you in more control of your life during a period of uncertainty of not knowing how your immediate future will unfold.

Here’s a link to a good article from the National Career Development Association,

http://associationdatabase.com/aws/NCDA/pt/sd/news_article/24868/_PARENT/layout_details/false