Dearbhla Kelly - Career tips guaranteed to put your teen on track to the perfect career

Clarify the best career

Use the internet to define and clarify the best career for your child. If after reading all these tips, points and doing these tasks and if your child still hasn’t got a clue then the following tests may help.

The following career guidance tools can match your child to suitable jobs.  The printouts and summaries can be a useful starting point and can provide signposts and valuable tools.  Bear in mind these test are indicators and not gospel!

Career Directions (Interest Inventory)
http://www.careerdirections.ie

Careers Portal.  (Self-assessment / interests / values / personality / skills.)
http://www.careersportal.ie

Qualifax (Career and courses)
http://www.qualifax.ie

Prospectus Planner.  (Match to a job)
http://www.prospects.ac.uk

Multiple Intelligence and Learning Styles (see also Howard Gardner)
http://www.id.pride.net