Overview

This session will look at career matching and finding out which careers may suit you. The other important thing to remember is that everyone is different with different priorities which change as we gain more experience and responsibilities in life. This ultimately affects our careers ideas which also change.

Most people have to work hard at imagining their future career – the clearer the image, the easier you will find it to take the opportunity when it arises.

It will be helpful to reflect back on your learning points from session 2 ‘Assessing yourself’ when working through this session.

What is in this session?

• PowerPoint presentation – Career matching – what career suits you? - Powerpoint
• Reflections from session 2 ‘Assessing yourself’
• What organisation would suit you? - Exercise
• What type of environment suits you? - Exercise
• What type of sectors interest you? - Exercise
• Employer research - Exercise
• Learning from occupational research - Exercise
• Evaluating Prospects Planner - Exercise
• Are you suited to Entrepreneurship? Are you a business person? - Exercise

What you will learn?

• • Increase your awareness of the factors you need to consider when choosing your career
• • Reflect on your skills, motivations (work values and personal ethics) and link these to possible careers ideas
• • Consider other factors – the type of organisation, environment and culture, sectors and working conditions that will suit you
• • Generate more careers ideas
• • Evaluate your careers ideas