Template for Career Development Plan

Introduction
In this section, you introduce yourself in terms of where you are from, what degree you will get, technical and professional background, and career goals such as becoming a license profession engineer in civil engineering, making a lot of money, and climbing the ladder to become a leader in your domain of technical expertise. If you are compelled to discuss personal goals, such as family and community service et al, that is fine as well.

Professional Background and Preparedness
In this section, you discuss in depth what training you have gone through, and whether you have passed the PE exam. If having passed the FE exam, you can present your experience in studying and taking the test, and plan for taking the PE test. If not yet, discuss your plans for FE and PE exams. This section is primarily about What skills you already possess, or where you are now.

Your Career Goals
In this section, you layout what you want to be professionally in the future. Additionally, you discuss your thinking about how to achieve your goals in several steps. An example would be passing FE, PE, becoming a team leader, setting up your own consulting company, being a world leader in bridge design in 20 years et al. It would be good if specific timelines and levels of achievements are presented either in texts or a diagram.

Seeking Help
In this section, you brainstorm what resources you may seek, and what assistance you would like to have. Professional mentors, family tradition/ties, school buddies, new technologies, domestic and international markets, fully using opportunities offered to minorities (female, Native American, et al) to advance career and set examples for others who are disadvantaged.

Conclusions

In this section, you summarize your discussions in the above sections in one paragraph.