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Guide for Setting Goals and Planning

As part of the Mentor-Protege Contract the Team will establish career goal(s) they want to achieve.  When considering goals, check to see if your goals are SMART goals.

Goals Should Be:

  • Specific

  • Measurable

  • Achievable/Action Oriented

  • Relevant/Reachable

  • Time-Bound

Along with establishing a goal the Team will need to develop a plan to reach the goal. 

Plans Should Be:

  • Realistic and attainable

  • Concrete and measurable

  • Expressed in definite time segments

  • Flexible, allow for unexpected

  • Written and committed to

Career goals are overall goals reached by accomplishing a series of achievable intermediate goals called benchmarks.  Benchmarks provide order and direction for your energies and tell you where have been and where your are going.  The following list provides some examples of benchmarks that may be applicable to PHS engineers and architects.

  • Orientation to the Public Health Service and PHS engineering programs.

  • Engineer-in-Training registration.

  • Progressively more responsible work assignments in PHS engineering activities.

  • Technical publications.

  • Work assignments in PHS research and/or development activities.

  • Continuing education courses in a technical specialty and/or management.

  • Supervisory assignments in engineering research and/or development activities.

  • Awards and/or medals for work achievements.

  • Graduate training for Masters Degree and/or a PhD.

  • Work assignments in supervisory activities and/or positions of authority.

  • Professional registration.

  • Participation in professional organizations and seminars.

  • Assignments in charge of segments of program activities of increased responsibility, importance, and/or scope, e.g., Section chief, Branch Chief, Assistant to Division Chief, and more complex or significant research efforts.

  • Advanced professional certification in a technical specialty, e.g., Diplomate in American Academy of Environmental Engineers.

  • Publication in national and international journals of material significant to the promotion of national health and environmental programs.

  • Awards and/or medals in recognition of exceptional professional competence.

  • Postdoctoral education.

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