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6 1 FIND OUT WHAT YOU'RE GOOD AT AT Certain types types of of people match certain types types of of careers Sometimes parents friends or your community may try to to push you you towards a a a a career that you you you know you're not right for Sometimes your friends are are all studying something – so so you you you feel you you you should too Other times you you you hear that you you might get a a a a a a a a bursary for a a a a a a a a certain course and this makes you you want to choose it Be careful as you you will spend a a a a a large amount of your life working working and and working working in in in in the wrong job can be stressful and and unfulfilling Knowing what careers you really wouldn't like to do is VERY important too Write down five careers you wouldn't like to to do do Knowing what you you don't want want to do do is just as as important as as knowing what you you want want to do do Perhaps you don't really like the idea of working with and caring for people so so a a a job in in in teaching nursing or or or social work puts you off Maybe you don't enjoy working with numbers so careers in in in in engineering or accounting seem unexciting Write down two careers you you feel someone else would like you you to do do that you you don't think are really right for you you Think of the the three school subjects you did well in in or enjoyed Write these down These are are strong areas for you you and could be used in your future career Was there a a a a a a a subject you you wished you you could have taken that was not offered by your school?
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Which subjects were your your your least favourite?
When choosing your your your career career make sure your your your career career does not need you you you you to be good good at at the the things you are not good good at! After these seven steps you’ve probably put in in quite a a a lot of of thought about the kind of of person you you are are are It's so important to to ‘match' who you naturally are are are to to a a a a a a a a a career that is right for you Continue to fill in in in the following quiz which describes four different working personality types Which one are you?
This This next section of Self-Help Steps is is is about jobs that are out out there This This is very important because if if you you don't know about different careers you you can’t make a a a well informed choice!
Knowing about careers On a a a a a a a a scale of 1 1 to 10 rate how much you know about about what jobs are are out out out there in the the world of work 1 means you you feel you you have little knowledge of what jobs exist and 10 means you you feel you you know quite a a a a a bit about the variety of careers there are are to choose from 12345678910
If you you you rated your your knowledge as less than a a a a a 10 read on to build up your your knowledge of careers and improve your score First things first: to to to get into a a a career you usually need to to to study Do you know the difference between NC(V) certificate diploma and degree study? Do you know about distance learning and and part-time and and full-time study options? If not have a a a a look at pages 228-229 Okay let's think about what jobs are out out there Have a a a a a a a look at at the the 'programme choice list' in this Handbook and and read through the career directions directions Are there there any career directions directions there there that you don't know about? Write these down Then have a a a a a look through the the relevant pages 216 CAO HANDBOOK ENTRY 2023