SWOT Analysis

One tool that can be useful to help you plan and achieve your career goal is to do a SWOT analysis. This simple tool helps you identify your:

Strengths; what they are and how you can make the best of themWeaknesses; what they are and how you can overcome themOpportunities; what they are and how you can make the most of themThreats or obstacles that you need to overcome to achieve your Career goal

Strengths (and how you’ll make the most of them)

Weaknesses (and how you’ll overcome them)

Opportunities (to use your strengths and overcome weaknesses)

Threats (to developing your strengths and overcoming weaknesses)

The `Weaknesses’ we usually identify are those things that we aren’t able to do at the moment but that we need to be able to do in order to move on with our career. This could be a new skill, a qualification or some experience in a relevant field. Personal development planning is a positive and constructive process that helps you plan how to convert your `weaknesses’ into `strengths’. View the Personal Development Planning section on this website.