Writing Work Goals
- In any job, there is a way it can be done better.
- Develop creative ways for your company to be more efficient.
- Discuss these with your supervisor.
- Communicate with your job supervisor. Be ready and willing to carry out changes he/she may have in mind to improve the fulfillment of productivity with which you are both involved.
- Have a plan for goal accomplishment and stick with it.
Brainstorm
- What job functions must be learned to prepare me for promotion to a higher job classification?
- What jobs now being handled by my supervisor could I learn and perform in a few months, freeing my supervisor for more important tasks?
- What functions or responsibilities now being accomplished by a co-worker could I learn so ·that, in the absence of the co-worker, I could fill that job for limited periods?
- How can I do my current job better? Do you have an idea that can increase your or your company's, efficiency?
- Looking two to five years down the road, what on-the-job learning must be acquired to fulfill your intermediate or long-range goals?
- Are merit-pay raises based upon individual output or productivity? If so, you might consider improving your work output by a reasonable percentage during the semester.
Sample:
SMART Goal: I will earn a promotion to a senior customer service representative by completing the required training modules in three months and applying for the role at the end of the next quarter.
- Specific: The goal setter has clearly set the objective to be promoted to senior customer services rep.
- Measurable: Success can be measured by training module completion, filing the application and earning the promotion.
- Achievable: The goal setter will complete the training necessary to earn the promotion.
- Relevant: The goal setter is planning to apply for the promotion after finishing their training modules.
- Time-Based: The goal setter has set a deadline to achieve their objective at the end of the following business quarter.
ACTION WORD LIST (Possible terms to start your SMART Learning Goals)
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Clerical |
Communications |
Creative |
Critical |
Financial |
Human |
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Thinking |
Resources |
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Arrange |
Address |
Adapt |
Analyze |
Allocate |
Advise |
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Automate |
Arbitrate |
Author |
Apply |
Analyze |
Assess |
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Budget |
Arrange |
Blend |
Appraise |
Appraise |
Assist |
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Catalog |
Articulate |
Change |
Arrange |
Audit |
Clarify |
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Calculate |
Lecture |
Conceive |
Evaluate |
Transfer |
Coach |
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Collect |
Author |
Create |
Assemble |
Balance |
Collaborate |
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Complete |
Convince |
Design |
Assess |
Budget |
Consult |
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Compute |
Correspond |
Develop |
Calculate |
Calculate |
Counsel |
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Copy |
Define |
Devise |
Categorize |
Compute |
Diagnose |
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Define |
Develop |
Direct |
Choose |
Forecast |
Educate |
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Dispatch |
Direct |
Enhance |
Collect |
Increase |
Employ |
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Decrease |
Draft |
Establish |
Compare |
List |
Group |
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Distribute |
Edit |
Formulate |
Compose |
Manage |
Guide |
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Evaluate |
Enlist |
Illustrate |
Construct |
Market |
Hire |
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Examine |
Formulate |
Improve |
Create |
Plan |
Integrate |
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File |
Influence |
Introduce |
Design |
Project |
Handle |
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Generate |
Interpret |
Invent |
Diagram |
Research |
Mediate |
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Identify |
Interview |
Initiate |
Estimate |
Tabulate |
Monitor |
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Inspect |
Meet |
Launch |
Examine |
Update |
Motivate |
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Interview |
Moderate |
Market |
Formulate |
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Negotiate |
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Monitor |
Negotiate |
Originate |
Inspect |
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Recruit |
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Operate |
Participate |
Plan |
Justify |
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Represent |
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Organize |
Persuade |
Prepare |
Learn |
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Select |
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Prepare |
Present |
Produce |
Measure |
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Sponsor |
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Process |
Preside |
Propose |
Organize |
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Strengthen |
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Purchase |
Promote |
Publish |
Plan |
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Train |
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Record |
Publicize |
Setup |
Prepare |
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Retrieve |
Recommend |
Structure |
Rate |
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Review |
Recruit |
Write |
Revise |
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Separate |
Represent |
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Score |
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Schedule |
Sell |
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Select |
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Screen |
Speak |
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Setup |
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Summarize |
Translate |
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Solve |
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Survey |
Write |
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Summarize |
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Systematize |
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Test |
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Transcribe |
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Update |
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Verify |
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Management & |
Management & |
Research |
Teaching |
Technical |
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Leadership |
Leadership (cont.) |
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Administer |
Propose |
Arrange |
Advise |
Assemble |
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Analyze |
Recommend |
Automate |
Clarify |
Build |
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Approve |
Reduce |
Catalog |
Coach |
Calculate |
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Assign |
Regulate |
Categorize |
Communicate |
Change |
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Attain |
Remove |
Calculate |
Control |
Complete |
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Authorize |
Reorganize |
Classify |
Design |
Compute |
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Chair |
Replace |
Collect |
Develop |
Convert |
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Collaborate |
Reposition |
Compare |
Encourage |
Construct |
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Conduct |
Reproduce |
Compile |
Evaluate |
Design |
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Consolidate |
Retain |
Complete |
Explain |
Engineer |
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Contract |
Review |
Compute |
Guide |
Install |
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Control |
Revise |
Critique |
Influence |
Operate |
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Coordinator |
Schedule |
Define |
Inform |
Overhaul |
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Delegate |
Simplify |
Diagnose |
Instruct |
Modify |
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Develop |
Strengthen |
Decrease |
Interpret |
Program |
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Direct |
Standardize |
Distribute |
Motivate |
Remodel |
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Enact |
Supervise |
Evaluate |
Persuade |
Repair |
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Establish |
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Examine |
Present |
Restructure |
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Evaluate |
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Formulate |
Rewrite |
Service |
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Execute |
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Generate |
Stimulate |
Solve |
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Expand |
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Identify |
Test |
Sort |
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Guide |
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Inspect |
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Upgrade |
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Head |
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Interview |
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Implement |
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Investigate |
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Improve |
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Monitor |
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Incorporate |
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Operate |
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Increase |
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Organize |
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Initiate |
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Prepare |
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Institute |
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Process |
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Investigate |
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Record |
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Launch |
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Retrieve |
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Lead |
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Review |
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Maintain |
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Separate |
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Mediate |
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Schedule |
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Negotiate |
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Screen |
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Organize |
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Summarize |
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Oversee |
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Survey |
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Perform |
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Systematize |
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Prioritize |
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Tabulate |
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Plan |
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Update |
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Preside |
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Validate |
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Produce |
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Verify |
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LEARNING PROCESSES WORD LIST- Possible terms or ways to describe How you learn, change or improve your SMART Learning Goals.
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Adapting classroom knowledge |
Seeking information |
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Applying new/current skills |
Seeking input |
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Asking |
Studying |
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Assisting |
Surveying |
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Attending |
Using a journal or report |
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Demonstrating |
Testing |
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Experiencing |
Training |
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Follow policies and procedures |
Trial and error |
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Gathering information or data |
Updating |
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Increasing communication |
Visiting |
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Increasing product knowledge |
Using necessary materials |
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Installing |
Working with co-workers |
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Investigating |
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Meeting with |
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Memorizing |
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Observing |
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Obtaining feedback |
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One-to-group-sessions |
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One-to-one-group-sessions |
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On-the job training |
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Operating |
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Organizing information or products |
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Planning |
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Reading |
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Receiving |
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Recording |
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Researching |
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Reviewing |
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MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION WORD LIST - Possible terms or ways of measuring or evaluation SMART Learning Goals.
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Accuracy |
Observation |
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Client/customer feedback |
Participants review |
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Company evaluation |
Product development |
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Compare |
Project completion |
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Co-worker feedback |
Program review |
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Control process |
Progress report |
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Critique |
Quiz |
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Cross-check |
Sales receipts |
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Display |
Supervisor review |
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Demonstrate |
Surveying |
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Improved communications |
Tally |
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Improved resource usage |
Test |
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Improved organization |
Verification |
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Improved time management |
Written report |
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Increased accuracy |
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Increased efficiency |
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Increased knowledge |
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Increased productivity |
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Increased safety |
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Inventory checks |
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Invoice review |
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Journal |
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Meet standards |
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