Official Life Choices Counsellor at GETEX2005
What are some other tools you can use to help in the process of reflecting and planning your Life and Career?
Students can access many tools for career and life planning on the internet, and here are some of the tools that can help young people reflect, assess their skills and aptitudes, and consider certain career and education paths. They are invaluable in creating
a vision of your future.
One important bit of information is your learning style. How do you learn, and how is it different from the way other people learn and perhaps different from the way schools teach? The North Caroline State University’s Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire has a series of 44 questions at
http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learning styles/ilsweb.html
You will get a very detailed report from them on your own learning style, which you may want to discuss with your teachers or parents.
The Princeton Review Career Quiz:
http://www.princetonreview.com/cte/quiz/career_quiz1.asp
will help you find out what career you prefer
The Advisor Team has a Temperament Sorter that allows you to take an online quiz to determine what kind of temperament you have…
http://www.advisorteam.com/temperament_sorter/register.asp?partid=1
You have to register for the quiz: it is free but like most other sites they will offer you things that you will have to pay for…
Transferable Skills are those attributes we have that will be useful in work we take on in a new Career. You can take an on-line test to see what are your Transferable Skills at:
http://www.d.umn.edu/student/loon/car/self/career_transfer_survey.html
The Career Key is a free service to help you with career choices, career changes, and career planning, job search, and choosing a college major or training program. More than 5,000 people visit daily for professional career guidance:
http://www.careerkey.org/english/
To make a good decision about a future career, it helps to know what type of work you enjoy doing. Should I go to college or look for a job? If I try to find a job, what kind of job should it be? How do I find what jobs are best for me?
The Work Interest Quiz is part of a military recruitment site, but it can help you find answers for any career path.
http://www.myfuture.com/toolbox/workinterest.html
and check the box next to any of the activities that you like to do. Your answers are analyzed and fit into two of the 6 work groups (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising or Conventional).
Once you've done these surveys and recorded the results, you'll be ready to start your Portfolio:
Bob Turner's Workshops and Seminars at GETEX:
For Students:
Life Choices Workshop for Students
For Teachers/Administrators:
Setting Up A Career And Life Choice Programme In Your School
For Parents, Education Professionals and School Management:
Learning For Life In The Student-Centered Classroom
You can register in advance for these sessions at www.gulfeducation.com
Robert C Turner
Education and Human Resource Development Consultant
PO Box 76726
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Voice: +971 50 656 8010 Fax: +971 4 398 7968
bob@rcturner.com
