Plan: Me – a practical tool for career decision making

Abstract

Due to the realities of modern career service provision within most universities, clients attend short (often one-off) career interventions. Hence, practitioners require simple, adaptable tools that are underpinned by career theory and can be explained easily, and empower clients to progress through their career journey independently. This paper explains a tool that has been developed from theory and through practice, and is now positioned to become the subject of further research and formal evaluation. This tool, referred to in the article as ‘Plan: Me’, takes a holistic approach to career decision making, integrating goal setting and allowing clients to map out a process of how they move themselves forward.