People who plan their career years in advance and make efforts to make them happen achieve far more than those who do not have a long-term plan and make their career decisions dictated only by immediate benefits. It’s better to be proactive for an individual to assess his interests , strengths, weaknesses and realistically evaluate his options and make relevant plans , rather than be passive and end up in an employment situation where the individual’s true potentials are not realized for many different reasons. The existence of a career plan does not guarantee that our career will follow exactly the same direction as we have mapped. However, this fact should not diminish the importance of identifying a career plan in writing, because thinking about our next job, taking into account our interests , knowledge, skills and abilities will help us to identify positions where our talents will be in their best use and we will enjoy the job itself.