Identify suitable careers

To find your ideal job you will need to perform a well-planned job search.

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Identify Suitable Careers

Which job is right for you? To find your perfect career takes time and hard work - you need to research and investigate all options to identify the career that is most suited to your interests, abilities, enjoyment and lifestyle.

Importance

Find out why these subjects are important to your career, and see the proof in our statistical research.

Why

No-one will be able to help you if you don't know where your career is heading. Even if you have a fair idea of the type of work you are seeking and where your target market is, it is essential to be able to identify your skills, knowledge and attributes to demonstrate what you have to offer.

Statistics

There are an estimated 50,000+ different occupations, and this number continually grows because of the technological evolution.
At this time in history, the typical person entering the workforce will have as many as 5 or 6 different occupations by the time he or she retires.

What To Do

Looking for a job or planning a career requires groundwork and careful preparation. The more you know about how to do it, the greater the probability of your success. A comprehensive list of Tips and Tools has been put together to help you no matter what stage of the job search process you are at. There is no use being told what to do, you need the tools to do it, giving you the confidence to identify and secure your perfect job.

Tips (Theory)

Selecting your career is no longer an easy task, with so many options available it is possible to find a path that matches all of your personal criteria, so you can enjoy job satisfaction in a rewarding environment and get paid for it.

List all career options that ...

Appeal to you
Suit you
Others have suggested you would be good at (eg family, career advisor, colleagues, etc)
You have checked out in newspapers and Internet for possible options
You have seen in the Yellow Pages categories

Document what you offer ...

Knowledge (e.g. courses),
Skills (e.g. what you can do) and
Experience (e.g. what you have done)

Document your personality ...

Motivations (e.g. ambition to be manager, desire to retire early, etc)
Values (e.g. honesty, open communication, commitment, etc)
Interests (e.g. professional pursuits, hobbies, etc)
Attitude (e.g. hardworking, pessimistic, etc)

Critically evaluate your ...

Strengths (e.g. why someone would want you on their team)
Weaknesses (e.g. what would prevent someone from wanting you)

Tools (Practice)

Whether you have carefully outlined your career goals, or still need to develop a plan, we can help. We have three DISC Behavioural Assessment categories available to assist you understand your own behavioural style and to assist you in being content and satisfied in the workplace and your career. All assessments are undertaken online and presented to you in both a colour and bound report and a PDF version.

The following checklists will assist you in identifying your suitable career.

Career Objective Checklist

Career Decision Checklist

View our Career Packages for the most comprehensive way to kickstart your career.

Caution

Do your characteristics compliment your chosen career? Be sure NOT to sell yourself short.

Information

We are continually on the lookout for useful information for the jobseekers. In order to better serve you, we now post relevant articles, news items, events and service providers that may be of interest to you.

Further Research

The following career-related articles have been carefully selected to assist you in the job search decision-making process.

How to Identify your Career

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