Career aspirations

[wednesdaynewbie]

Hi

Any HR people out there (or anyone who can help?) It's appraissal time again at work and one of our questions is about what our career aspirations are.

I have a toddler and a 6 month old baby. I only work part time (they agreed to reduce my hours from full time after my 1st was born, which I am very grateful for). In return I have been demoted to a rather mundane admin job helping out in different departments, wherever help is needed. I am fine with this though - it allows me part of the week at home with my children and part of the week with other 'adults'.

However, I don't have any career aspirations at present. Everyone there knows it - so, can I just put that on my self assessment form or will it be considered facaetious? Every year for the past 8 years (as long as I have worked there) has told me that I should be putting that I want to better myself and name a job I aspire to (within the company). At the moment I don't aspire to anything other than the good work/life balance I have!

Advice please

TIA

Do your career aspirations have to be progression based? Presumably there are ways you can improve in your current job eg new skills you could learn to perform your current role more effectively? I would put something like that.

Yes I agree with RockChick. Your aspirations are to maintain a good work-life balance and to continue to make an effective contribution to the work of the organisation. To do this you would like to (learn x skill/improve your knowledge of y/develop your experience of z)

Thanks both. I couldn't think how to write it without sounding like I don't care. But I do!