Designing a personalised title page

Title pages are not especially difficult to make, but you need to follow specific guidelines and be thoughtful about your choice of fonts, spacing and imagery.

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Using google slides, create a new slide deck and name it with your initials, followed by Careers. Follow the guidelines below, and add some creativity to make it personal to you:

Your heading ‘Careers' should be centered and the largest item on the page
Your name must also be a key focus of your title page, and usually sits beneath the heading
Supporting images and texts are unique to your interests, hobbies and passions
Fonts must be readable and appropriate to the nature of the task

Be creative! This slide deck is all about you and what you are interested in doing in the future.

Introducing ourselves to our audience

A personalised bio or ‘about’ section is a great way to express to people who you are and what you do. Whether your bio is for a college application, a professional website, or a social media account, take your time and be thoughtful about what you write so you get the right message across.

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Your bio or ‘about me’ includes a current and appropriate picture of yourself (this can be a professional picture or a picture of you enjoying a hobby)
Your bio shares information relevant to you such as your age, year level and current school
It is common for people to share their interests and activities they enjoy, e.g. playing rugby, reading or music

Identifying our strengths & values

Identifying your strengths can be a challenge for most people. A great way to start is to think about what you enjoy doing, as most people enjoy doing what they are good at. Another way you can find some of your strengths is to ask others around you, such as friends, family, and teachers, for feedback. It is important to ask them to be honest with you about what they think your strengths are.

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Record your strengths based on what you enjoy doing and what you know you are good at
Ask at least 3 friends what they honestly believe your strengths are, and record them as feedback
Leave this point - We will come back to it - Visit YUDU and take the personality test - this test provides you with your top values based on your answers - download your results and upload them to your Careers slide deck

Identifying our dreams and career aspirations

A career aspiration is a path that you want your career to follow. For example, a career aspiration for a lot of people is to become part of a management team. Being part of a management team is a big step up because it invests you with more power and greater responsibility. This is one of the most common career aspirations and it is usually fueled by wanting more money.

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Create an account or ‘sign in’ with Careers New Zealand
In ‘my account’, take your time to work through the ‘Careers Quest’ quiz
Download the results of your quiz to discover suggested careers based on your answers
Upload your results to your Careers slide deck. Do you agree with the suggestive careers for you? Why? Why not?

Identifying our dreams and career aspirations

Top athletes, successful business people and achievers in all fields all set goals. Setting goals gives you long-term vision and short-term motivation. It focuses your acquisition of knowledge, and helps you to organise your time and your resources so that you can make the most of your life. Setting sharp, clearly defined goals that you can measure, will help you see success and forward progress.

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Record your current goals or upload previous-made goals to your Careers slide deck
Use Careers New Zealand to research your current career choice - record the academic requirements, length of training, experience needed, job opportunities available, pay, etc
Use this information to set long-term goals, e.g. subject choices for college, study options or job opportunities after college, etc.

Researching different career options

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