30-60-90 career plan

Before you start

Write one outcome you can observe within 90 days, your starting point, required capabilities, and weekly time available. Collect real vacancy or practitioner examples so the plan is grounded in the target path.

• One specific 90-day outcome and the starting level.
• The highest-priority skill or evidence gaps and available weekly time.
• A reviewer, project, vacancy sample, or metric that can show progress.

How to use it

1. Define a measurable day-90 outcome and the evidence that will demonstrate it.
2. Assign foundation work to days 1–30, applied practice to 31–60, and external testing to 61–90.
3. Check the plan against weekly capacity and remove low-priority activity.
4. Schedule review dates and revise the next stage using completed outputs, not intentions.

Example and interpretation

During the first 30 days, an aspiring project coordinator maps market requirements and studies planning and risk basics. By day 60, they produce a small project plan and risk log; by day 90, they revise both after practitioner feedback and use them as evidence.

A stage is complete when its output can be reviewed, not when time passes. If the first project reveals a different gap, revise later stages instead of following an obsolete plan.

Limits

The plan cannot guarantee employment or promotion and may need to change when evidence, time, or opportunity changes. External feedback is required because the tool cannot judge the quality of learning or project work.

Privacy: The 30-60-90 career planner does not need identity numbers, passwords, bank details, medical records, private referee data, or confidential employer material. Replace names and restricted figures with neutral examples wherever possible.