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CHOOSING A CAREER?

It is important to do some research into the type of career you are thinking of pursuing. Check out the website www.careerdirections.ie

School Subject Choices:

The choice of school subjects can affect the choice of a career. The choice is important because it often can have an affect on the course of your working life.

In order to make an informed decision it is essential to know the subject requirements for your chosen career. The most common mistakes made in choosing subjects are:

• Not opting for a modern foreign language
• Not opting for a science subject

Points about Choosing a Career:

In Choosing a Career you must take into consideration a number of factors:

• What employment opportunities are available
• What you would like to do
• What your talents and attainments in school examinations are
• What your family and financial circumstances are
• Whether you are in a position, to take a professional course of training in a technical college or University
• Most people are capable of doing any one of a number of different jobs with some success and satisfaction, provided the jobs give scope to the individual's qualities and gifts.

How to set about Choosing a Career:

Tastes and talents:

• Which school subjects are you best at?
• Do you write well?
• Are you artistic?
• Do you get on well with people?
• Do you work best with a group or do you like to work alone on an exercise or a problem?
• Are you a leader, the kind of person your classmates pick as prefect or team captain, etc?
• Would you like outdoor or indoor, manual or desk work?

Beside this, list the careers that interest you and the educational qualifications and any personal qualities required for them.
Compare two lists to see which career suits!

Advice:

• Talk to someone at home
• If you are attending a secondary or vocational school in which there is a Guidance Counsellor you may seek his/her advice

Collect all the information and then decide on the possibilities!
If you have any questions you can always call into the Youth Information Centre.