General Resources
Finding out about yourself
When thinking about your plans after college and careers, a good place to start can be by doing some research into finding about a bit about you and your traits, and then seeing what careers link to these. Some good resources to have a play with are:
Unifrog Personality profile and Interests profile
SACU free careers quiz
Creative industries careers quiz
Choosing a Career
This can be really daunting. There is absolutely no pressure to choose a career and follow that path for the rest of your life. Our advice, is to take it one step at a time and figure out your next steps after college. These websites can help:
Unifrog Career and Subject libraries are really useful
Look at real life stories and examples on ICould
National Careers Service provide some really good job profiles to explore
Career Guidance Charts
Good websites for Career research
Unifrog tiles like Careers Library, Subject Library, and Know How Library
Success at School, particularly their "How to become..." guides
These guides are fantastic and offer advice to students, and parents or guardians, on career choices and making decisions about university, apprenticeships and employment, and how parents can support applications.