Exploring Careers

Careers @ McCarthy

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Don't know what you want to do?

If you don't know what you want to "do", you are not alone.

Many students have no idea what to answer when asked this question. So whether you are in Year 7, Year 9 or even in Year 12, don't despair.

Here are some suggestions of things to do to help you decide what career path you want to follow:

	Think of possible jobs or career areas which interest you
	Think about where you see yourself in 5 years time or 10 years time? Where are you and what are you doing?
	Do you want to work indoors, outside, be your own boss, not have to make decisions, have a lot of responsibility, work with computers, work with your hands, work with people, work on your own? Are you creative?
	Ask yourself what you're good at. Usually you will enjoy what you have the most talent in and where your strengths lie.
	Would doing work experience help you make up your mind, especially if you are tossing up between two different careers?
	Check out the Job Guide website for lots of suggestions. It is based on the Job Guide book given to every student in Year 10

What are your answers to this table? Use them as a starting point

(taken from the Job Guide)

	Dislike	Not keen	Unsure	Like	Like a lot
Analytic or scientific
Creative or artistic
Helping or advising
Practical or mechanical
Nature or recreation
Organising or clerical
Persuading or service

Think of your favourite subject at school and check out the bulls-eye poster for careers in that area

If you are still undecided, do one or more of these online Career Quizzes:

Try an Internet Career Quiz

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These are some of the many websites around that can help students beginning to wonder what career path to follow and what may suit them and their interests & abilities.

The aim is to see the huge range of jobs out there that students may never have heard of and don't know exist but which may suit them.

Job Juice This site is Australian and also gives access to job prospects (ie what jobs are in demand), how much you earn, creating resumes, apprenticeships and details of over 24,000 Australian courses. The quiz will show the kind of jobs you are most suited to and suggest some career paths.

Princeton Review Career Quiz You must first click on Sign In or you won?t get a list of potential careers. There are 24 short questions to answer. You find out what kind of jobs interest you and the kind of person you are. Then you will receive a list of possible careers.

Australian JobOutlook Career Quiz This quiz looks at the type of work you like most to help you narrow down the choices.

Career Exploration : Finding out about a career

Click here to explore and research information on specific jobs or general industries at the Myfuture website. Here you can find out about:

what tasks the job involves