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WHAT JOBS JOB FAMILY ACTIVITY

PART ONE
COULD BE Using the options in the table below answer each

of the questions by putting a TICK in one of the
columns next to each of the questions.
RIGHT FOR 1 2 3 4 5

Don’t Mind
Dislike
Like a lot
Like
Dislike a lot
YOU? JOB FAMILY A

It is never too early This activity comes in 2 parts. 1 Do you like? 1 2 3 4 5
Dealing with money
to start exploring The first part of this activity is a simple questionnaire.
the types of careers Complete this questionnaire by working your way through 2 Dealing with paperwork (letters, forms etc)
which you might wish to the list of questions and placing a tick in the box in the
consider in the future. column labelled 1 to 5 which best suits the answer you 3 Using a keyboard/computer/ IT
would like to give.
There are many fun
“online” activities which You only need to provide ONE answer per question. 4 Learning about the programme of PC’s
you can undertake Once you have completed ALL of the questions you
which can provide you will then need to add up the total score for the answers 5 Being accurate with numbers/dealing with numbers
with some ideas about you have given for each set of questions.
careers you could Once you have your totals then you will need 6 Working at a desk in an office
consider but we thought to RANK them in order of HIGHEST to LOWEST.
it might be useful to The second part of this activity will provide 7 Researching/recording information
share with you a simple you with some ideas of which of the 4 different
questionnaire which job families might suit you.
you could complete Explore in more detail the job family which was your 8 Using the Internet
which might help you to highest score and perhaps follow some of the useful
identify some job roles links to look in more detail about some of the job 9 Handling money or keeping records
/ career pathways which roles which directly link to that family of jobs.
might suit your interests You may want to ask a family member or friend Total Score
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