Apprenticeships and Traineeships Career Interest Explorer – a quiz to help identify your career interests in vocational areas Your interests are important in career exploration and decision making, as the information can help you identify your potential career pathways. Career interests are different to abilities or skills, they are activities you enjoy doing or are interested in. Australian Apprenticeships Pathwayshave a Career Interest Explorer quiz which can help you identify your career interests in vocational fields. The quiz allows you to answer work type related questions and requires you to indicate your interest in activities relating to the following:
Persuading and Service Nature and Recreation Helping and Advising Creative and Artistic Analytic and Scientific Practical and Manual Organising and Clerical.
Your results will be a list of the work types in order of your interests. The work types you are most interested in will be at the top, according to how you responded to the quiz. From here you can search the related jobs and industries and come up with a list of possible jobs you can explore further through reading about them, talking to people already in the jobs and doing work experience.
Career Checker– a quiz for career explorers Career Checker is a five minute quiz to find out how well you are doing in the three career planning areas of: knowing yourself getting career ideas deciding and adapting
Thinking of a Gap Year in 2019? Are you thinking of taking a break from study after Year 12? You might decide to take a gap year to: Have a rest from study Work to earn money for further study, buy a car, travel, etc. Take time to explore your career options Concentrate on an activity (e.g. sport, music, art) You have many options when it comes to taking a Gap year as there are many websites that can guide you with options when taking a Gap year, you can even do a year in the Australian Defence Force (ADF). A Gap Year in the Australian Defence Force is more than just a great way to try out a career in the Navy, Army or Air Force. It’s a fulfilling year of adventure, experiences, mateship, learning, leadership and travel. An ADF Gap Year is whatever you make of it. For more information on what to do with your Gap year, click on the links: