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It is ok to be uncertain about your career choices, however it is sensible to start thinking about these early and to use different tools to help you.
It is ok to be uncertain about your career choices, however it is sensible to start thinking about these early and to use different tools to help you.
Know what you have to offer
Know what you have to offer
One of the first things you need is to develop a sense of self-awareness. You need to know what your strengths and areas for development are, what your interests and likes and dislikes are and what skills, qualities and characteristics you possess. This gives you clear areas to work on, but also helps you to understand what you are good at, which might lead to a potential career! The tools below might offer you an insight into these.
This is designed to be a fun way to start thinking about your strengths and characteristics. The results will liken you to a particular animal and then give you an overview of your characteristics, based on the answers you gave.
This goes through 10 key skills and asks you to rate how well you think you demonstrate each of these, or how important you think they are.
This asks you to read a series of statements and select the most important to you. Each statement links to a different employment sectors so by the end, you should have an indication of what type of jobs may match to your values and interests.
Important skills and how to improve them
Important skills and how to improve them
Skills and how to develop them (1).mp4Explore possible career paths
Explore possible career paths
This assessment from the National Careers Service asks you to think about the type of work you want. You will get a summary of job groups that might interest you based on your answers and can answer questions on specific job roles to get more information.
Prospects have lots of tailored information to help you investigate different employment sectors and then narrow down into specific job roles you may like. They do require you to register though (in order to save and support your preferences), so check with your parents that this is ok.
This is a great website for finding out information about different job sectors and roles. You can see lots of facts, from which parts of the UK are most popular for this job to average wage. The file below takes you through how to use it step-by-step.
Exploring Careers.pdfUnderstand the changing nature of work
Understand the changing nature of work
Where to get support
Where to get support
It is really helpful to use these tools to start thinking about what career you are interested in before you have an interview with your Careers.Inc adviser, as this will help your appointment be more focused and will give you specific next steps to follow.
If you would like a Careers interview, fill in the request form on this website or speak to your VMG teacher, Learning Manager or relevant Careers Champion and this can be done for you.
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