What are some general career goals?

Some general career goals include making more money and getting promoted to a better position. Other examples of general goals are learning new skills that are applicable to work and completing a major project or publication.

In order to be effective, general career goals should be made specific by the individual trying to achieve them. For example, an employee who wants to be promoted at work should set her sites on a specific job or level of management and make a plan to achieve it. An employee who wants to further his work education should have specific skills in mind that he wants to learn.