Useful career websites & career quizzes

Useful Links

What to study with your A level subjects:

http://university.which.co.uk/a-level-explorer

https://www.informedchoices.ac.uk/subjects

https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/explore-your-education-and-training-choices

https://www.prospects.ac.uk/careers-advice/what-can-i-do-with-my-degree

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/60KYpKhqw9jt8bQfQBglyNC/radio-1-big-weekend-connects-sign-up-for-these-free-career-advice-sessions

https://www.thecareerspeople.co.uk/

Find a course :

https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/find-a-course

Use the below career quizzes to start researching careers

https://www.northeastambition.co.uk/buzz-quiz

A personality quiz designed to increase your awareness of your natural strengths, how you work in teams and what courses or jobs might suit you best.

https://www.wisecampaign.org.uk/my-skills-my-life/the-quiz

Complete our quiz to discover your personality types and see how your skills match up to STEM careers. Connect with real people who have the same personality as you. What do they do? What do they earn? How did they get there?

https://www.ucas.com/careers/careers-quiz

Take the new career quiz

Find your ideal job matched to your personality and a list of courses previous students studied in order to get there.

https://www.prospects.ac.uk/planner

Career Planner matches your skills, motivations and desires to a career that's perfect for you. To get even more from your results, take them to your University or College career adviser.

https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-match

Takes less than 10 minutes, be honest with your answers

Get job groups that match your skills and interests

Then find your perfect job!

https://icould.com/buzz-quiz/?buzz_page=0

Take the quiz to see which job areas might suit you then start exploring opportunities – from  apprenticeship or traineeship to researching some job families. There’s a huge variety of options you may not have thought of.

https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/skills-assessment

You may want to take an assessment to help you:

find out what interests and motivates you
identify your skills
find out what you can do with the skills you have

https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test

Free Personality Test NERIS Type Explorer®

https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/tools/skills/start

Skills are things you learn through work, study or play.

Designing, building relationships, listening, motivating others and developing a plan are all examples of skills you might have. Using the Skills Explorer tool will give you an understanding of what yours are. This will help you decide which job you want and what to include in job applications to showcase the skills you have to offer. You can also try our About Me and Strengths tools. The more tools you complete, the better career suggestions we can give.

https://openpsychometrics.org/tests/RIASEC/

The Holland Occupational Themes is a theory of personality that focuses on career and vocational choice. It groups people on the basis of their suitability for six different categories of occupations. The six types yield the RIASEC acronym, by which the theory is also commonly known. The theory was developed by John L. Holland over the course of his career, starting in the 1950s

BBC - Radio 1's career quiz - Take the quiz to find a potential dream jobTell us your skills, likes & dislikes and we'll tell you which jobs you'd be brilliant at.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4KKgF7C5tCqP1v1fC83wb8N/radio-1s-career-quiz-take-the-quiz-to-find-a-potential-dream-job

Radio one are hosting a series of podcasts alongside a personality test which can be taken here

Let's find your health career

There are more than 350 different careers in the NHS. Many work with patients while others work behind the scenes. What they all have in common is that they make a difference to people's lives.

To find the NHS careers that best suit you, all you need to do is answer some simple questions.

https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/findyourcareer