Career Goals That You Need to Succeed

Career goals can be specific or broad, ranging from, “I want to teach Math to high-school students” to “I want to work at a place that drives me to outperform every single day”. Identifying them is the first and foremost step in career planning and will lead you towards your goals. You might have to ask yourself what level you want to reach in your career and will you set career goal that requires you to change careers? It is also likely that your goals require you to add to your existing qualification.

Performance Expectation is Key

Hard working, positive individuals realise the value of performance expectation. It is important to have a clear picture of your professional expectations and if required even sit down with your peers and superiors to fully understand it. Depending on the parameters that will help measure your performance over the year, you will know if you have met expectations at the end of the year.

Learn Something New

There is no doubt that we have to move ahead professionally in order to thrive. Without doing that, your career is likely to wither. And the best means to continuously move forward is to learn something new and apply it to your professional role. From soft, technical to management skills, there are a number of courses which professionals can avail to enhance their existing skill set and positively impact how they do their job. Distance education courses are the answer to a busy professional’s time and commitment-related problems, which prevents them from taking up a full-time course.

Reflect on Your Lifetime Goals

Take time out to reflect on your lifetime goals and find out how they are helping you accomplish your career goals. You can use the helpful approach to set realistic yet challenging goals by aiming for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-Based or SMART goals.

USTM believes in all round development of the students by providing ample opportunities towards their physical and emotional well-being. It helps the students to develop their career goals by making them realize the value of their own performance. At Ustm, Professors helps them to see a clear picture of their career goals by making them learn something new every day.

Thank you for visiting our blog.

http://ustm.ac.in/

International Youth Day celebrated at USTM

The University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya (USTM) celebrated the International Youth Day  with a daylong programme on 12^th August, 2016. The students of the Department of English performed a Skit to present the theme of 2016 International Youth Day- “The Road to 2030: Eradicating Poverty and Achieving Sustainable Consumption and Production”.  The title of the skit was ‘Today's Youth: A Harbinger of Change’. The programme was attended by Nilima Bhagabati, Dean, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, USTM, Junali Chetia, a senior Professor and other faculty members of USTM. 

        

The programme was conceived and coordinated by Pramasa Saikia, Assistant Professor, Department of English, USTM. The performance of the Skit was the result of a united effort of all the students of the Department of English under the guidance of the faculty members. The main motive of the skit performance was to show a step forward by the Youths of our region to eradicate poverty through proper use of sustainable consumption and production. Nilima Bhagabati, while addressing to the gathering, delivered a motivated speech to the students about the responsibility of the young people to take part in eradicating poverty and achieving sustainable development. The Skit concluded with a pledge to work together for a change to strive to work for the eradication of poverty.

http://ustm.ac.in/