Students don't plan to fail, they fail to plan. The use of coherent individual career plans will add significantly to the total career planning process and provide a practical method for students to document and plan their future career and life direction. As Frank Parson once said, “It is better to sail with compass and chart than to drift into an occupation haphazard or by chance, proximity, or uninformed selection; and drift on through it without reaching any port worthy of the voyage” (p. 101). A coherent career plan can be that “compass and chart” young people need as they move along their career journey.