SMART[1]: Careers Beyond Academia S.M.A.R.T. is a mnemonic acronym, listing five criteria while setting career goals and objectives (Duran, 1981) and it will help SGS grad students with coming up with short to medium term career development goals as they move through the SMART program.
- Specific-target a specific area for improvement.
- Measurable-quantify or at least suggest an indicator of progress.
- Assignable-specify who will do it. And, map available resources.
- Realistic-state what results can realistically be achieved, given available resources.
- Time-related-specify when the result(s) can be achieved.