Plan your next year of career growth and learning

You're not sure where your career is going next. Get a direction for the year, three goals, a learning plan that fits your week, and people to talk to.

Updated 17 Oct 2026

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The prompt · ChatGPT

Help me plan my next year of career growth.

Where I am now: [role, skills]
What I enjoy most and least: [details]
What I'd like next: [a promotion, a move, more of something, not sure]
Time I can give to learning: [e.g. 2 hours a week]
Budget: [e.g. none, some from my employer]

Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers.

Then:
1. A direction for the year in one sentence.
2. Three goals with first steps.
3. A learning plan: skills, how to learn each (on the job, free courses, a mentor), and when, fitting my time.
4. Five people to talk to, and what to ask them.
5. Quarterly check-in questions.

Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, dates or results. UK English.

Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.

A short example

Fill the blanks, then paste. role, skills: a short note you already have. details: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.

The prompt · Claude

Help me plan my next year of career growth.

Where I am now: [role, skills]
What I enjoy most and least: [details]
What I'd like next: [a promotion, a move, more of something, not sure]
Time I can give to learning: [e.g. 2 hours a week]
Budget: [e.g. none, some from my employer]

Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers.

Then:
1. A direction for the year in one sentence.
2. Three goals with first steps.
3. A learning plan: skills, how to learn each (on the job, free courses, a mentor), and when, fitting my time.
4. Five people to talk to, and what to ask them.
5. Quarterly check-in questions.

Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, dates or results. UK English.

Stay in this Claude chat. Do not use a connector, and do not open a project that already holds someone else's files.

A short example

Fill the blanks, then paste. role, skills: a short note you already have. details: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.

You type where you are now, what you enjoy and what you'd like next.

The assistant asks how much time and money you can give to learning.

You get a direction, three goals, a learning plan with free options and quarterly checks.

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Use Claude to plan your next year of career growth and learning

You're not sure where your career is going next. Get a direction for the year, three goals, a learning plan that fits your week, and people to talk to.

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