Smart Goals

SMART Goals

Part A: Reflect on your results from the Career Interest Profiler Activity and the Career Plan Building Activity: Competencies. Building on your strengths and weaknesses, create five SMART goals to help you with your personal academic and career journey.

Resource: University of Phoenix Material: Goal Setting

Example: Take a writing workshop in the next 2 to 3 weeks to help me improve my writing skills in order to successfully communicate with others.

1. Earn My Bachelor’s degree in 4 years
2. Start my career in 4 years or less
3. Maintain a 3.5 GPA
4. Stop procrastinating
5. Buy a new laptop for school when I save $300.00

Part B: Evaluate your SMART goals according to the SMART criteria. Provide support for your evaluation.

Goal S
Is the goal specific? M
Is the goal measurable? A
Is the goal attainable? R
Is the goal realistic? T
Is the goal timely?
Example: Take a writing workshop in the next 2 to 3 weeks to help me improve my writing skills in order to successfully communicate with others.

Yes

I will take a workshop to improve my writing skills. Yes

I will measure my goal by whether I complete the workshop. Yes

Writing workshops are offered on a weekly basis by University of Phoenix. Yes

I would have extra time to take the workshop. Yes

Two to three weeks is enough time to complete a writing workshop.
Goal 1:

Earn my Bachelor’s Degree in 4 years

Yes, the goal is specific.

I’ll earn my bachelor’s degree in 4 years. Yes, the goal is measurable.

It’s a 4 year degree program. Yes, this goal is attainable.

As long as I continue to apply myself, I can achieve it. Yes, this goal is realistic.

I’m already working towards it. Yes, the goal is timely.

I’m enrolled in a 4 year degree program.

Goal 2:

Start my career in 4 years or less

Yes, the goal is specific.

A lot of jobs that I’ve researched, I can actually start there with 2 years of college education. Yes, the