The foundation of a great career is making good choices; choices
such as the jobs you do, the courses you study, and the rewards you want from
all that hard work.
And the basics of making good career choices are simple. You just need to:
And the basics of making good career choices are simple. You just need to:
1. Know yourself – your skills, your career interests, your values,
experience and so on
2. Know the options open to you – what’s available, what they
involve, entry requirements and the chances of getting in;
and then…
3. Make a choice based on 1 and 2 above.
If you think about it, deciding which jobs appeal to you is
a bit like deciding which politician you should vote for at the election…what
do they offer, does what they promise match your aspirations, and would you seriously want them to influence
your future life chances?
And just like choosing who to vote for, we all have to think
about what we want from our career before committing to it. (Or is this politics
analogy becoming too tortuous in an attempt to be topical…?)
Anyway, before I lose your interest (and your vote) I’ll
abandon that line of thinking and get to the point.Finding a job you can do and want to do, isn’t necessarily
straightforward. We’re all different, and want different things; and answering
a question like ‘What kind of a person am I?’ isn’t necessarily easy to answer.
So it makes sense to get some help when carrying out this kind
of self-diagnosis.
Which is where Profiling
for Success comes in.
PfS is a set of online psychometric resources from the
Careers Service made up of:
Career Interest
Inventory (CII) – career exploration based on ‘what I want to do’. Particularly
recommended if you aren’t sure which careers might match your interests, skills and preferred work styles.
Type Dynamics
Indicator (TDI) – a personality assessment providing insight into what
energises you (aka your ‘strengths’), how you make decisions, and how you view
and make sense of the world around you.
Values Based
Indicator of Motivation (VBiM)– feedback on your values and what motivates
you.
Learning Styles
Inventory (LSI) – a way to recognise, develop and build on your preferred
learning styles.
There are also verbal,
numerical and abstract reasoning skills tests to give you a realistic understanding of your performance in
these skill areas compared with other graduates and postgraduates.
In short, PfS is a powerful set of FREE resources that give
you insight into career possibilities you can explore, as well as your personality, talents and potential.
To get the access codes so you can use PfS, go to ‘Getting Started’ at www.shef.ac.uk/careers/students/worktypes/getstarted where you'll also find more help with making career
choices.
Marcus (Careers Adviser)
PfS - it gets our
vote!
CANDIDATE’S NAME
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No idea what to do
party
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PfS - Profiling for
Success party
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X
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Can’t face thinking
about it party
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Can’t you tell me what to do party
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Can’t we just party
party
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