Leung-LokYin-6155-P-Futurewise Report

Pre-interview report

Lok Yin Leung

Bath Academy

3rd October 2013

Welcome to your Futurewise Programme!

Welcome to Futurewise!

You are now part of the Futurewise Programme - this began when you sat your psychometricassessments and will continue until your 23rd birthday.

This is your pre-interview report – it has been generated as a result of the psychometricassessments you completed. Inside you will find personalised feedback on your profile, alongwith suggestions which will help to guide you through researching potential careers, makingsubject and course choices, and preparing for higher education or employment.

Our aim is to increase your awareness and understanding of your abilities, personality andinterests so that you can, with the help of your qualified careers adviser, meaningfully exploreyour career options and make confident and accurate decisions about your future.

What happens next...

The next part of your Futurewise programme will be your interview.

Before this happens, we suggest that you read your report carefully and prepare a few notesor questions based on the feedback in this report. You might want to ask about career suggestions that interest you or subjects and courses that you’re not sure about. There is a section in the back of this report for you to write down your questions andcomments.

After your interview, you will receive a final version of your report, including the specificrecommendations from your careers adviser.

And then…

Your report is the foundation of many other benefits now that you are a Futurewise member.There are other resources that will be available for you, including your own personalisedFuturewise web space with a number of resources and tools, access to a wide range ofFuturewise courses and events, and access to our Information, Advice and Guidancehelpline.

More information about these will be given in your final report following your interview.

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Introduction

This report gives you a picture of your personality, career interests and abilities.

It is based on the assessments and questionnaires you did and is written to help you thinkabout who you are, what excites you, and how this can guide you in your choice of schoolsubjects, higher education and career.

Obviously the report cannot cover everything about you and sometimes you may want toquestion the results or suggestions it makes. You can do this with your careers adviser whocan help you to work out whether the report has missed out something important, or if thereare things that you have not thought about that it would be useful to talk through.

More about the report

The career suggestions are based on all your Futurewise Profiling results. But of course youare unique and what works for others may not work for you. This means that the suggestionsare the beginning, rather than the end of a journey.

On the pages that follow, you will see a number of charts. These are designed to give you avisual overview of your results, but more specific detail is given in the sections that follow tohelp you understand your results.

A The big picture Charts that show your results at a glance Page 2

B Overview Summary of your results Page 4

C You and work Aspects of the world of work that may suit you Page 7

D You and learning Your preferred approach to learning Page 10

E You and careers Career suggestions linked to your results Page 12

F You and subjectchoice

How your subject choices match your careersuggestions

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A The big picture

Your Personality Style

This is your pattern of personality preferences. The charts below show these for each of thefour personality dimensions which were assessed. In each case, your preference is indicatedby the longest bar.

Since no questionnaire or assessment can be perfectly accurate, the bars in the diagramsare shown with white line markers at the right-hand side. These lines indicate the range foreach score. For each scale, your actual score will lie within the region covered by the line.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Where your energy comes from

What you pay attention to

How you decide to do something

How you like to live your life

People & things in the world around you

Your own ideas, thoughts and emotions

Your experience & what your senses tell you

Patterns, connections & future possibilities

By using thinking, logic & the facts

By using feelings, values & what seems fair

Being organised and having a plan of action

Letting things happen and seeing where it takes you

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Your General Aptitudes

This is your pattern of aptitudes compared to students who remain in full-time education(studying A Level/IB/Scottish Highers/Advanced Highers or equivalent) post-16.

The first three bars show your aptitude at interpreting numbers, words and reasoning withabstract patterns.

The second three bars show how accurately you were able to remember and follow complexsets of instructions, and to respond quickly and accurately.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Numerical

Verbal

Abstract

Memory

Accuracy

Decision making

Using numbers to solve everyday problems

Using logic to understand written information

Using patterns to test ideas & thoughts

Remembering instructions

Working through problems accurately

Making choices quickly & accurately

Your Career Interests

The chart below shows your pattern of career interests. This highlights your level of interest in different areas of the world of work. As we go on to explain in the next section, these measures will provide a useful starting point for your career exploration.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Realistic

Investigative

Artistic

Social

Enterprising

Conventional

Interested in machines, ‘hands-on’ & outdoor work

Interested in theories, ideas, research & science

Interested in self-expression, creative & artistic activities

Interested in teamwork, supporting & helping people

Interested in business, managing & influencing people

Interested in organising information, numbers & details

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B Overview

This part of the report gives an overview of your personality, career interests and abilities.

Your Personality Style

Your personality shapes the way you think, feel and behave. We all have a typical stylewhich describes the way we usually come across to other people. Looking at what you sayyou prefer to do, here is a short description of your style:

You are probably the sort of person who is thorough and hard working. You like towork on your skills until you can do something really well. When you are in chargeyou are likely to try hard to get things organised and make sure that people knowwhat they are doing. When you want to get things done you can find being with otherpeople a bit distracting which means that you can enjoy working independently.

You will find more information on this personality style and how it relates to work in the nextsection.

It is important to remember that things like personality and interests can change as you getolder. So when you read this report bear in mind that it is talking about you now, not whatyou may be like in a number of years time.

Your General Aptitudes

These are your ‘thinking skills’ - for example whether you are good with numbers (numericalaptitude), words (verbal aptitude), or patterns (abstract aptitude) - and when you have thechoice, which of these you prefer to use.

• Numerical aptitude is about understanding graphs, charts and tables of numbers, and using these to solve everyday problems.

• Verbal aptitude is about understanding written information and working out what follows logically from what you have just read.

• Abstract aptitude is about exploring shapes and patterns, being able to work out what they mean, and to use what you have learnt to understand new patterns.

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Compared to students who remain in full-time education (studying ALevel/IB/Scottish Highers/Advanced Highers or equivalent) post-16, you show a highlevel of numerical aptitude. You should be good at dealing with numbers. Yourabstract and verbal scores are both in the average range. These results suggestyou:

• have an ability for dealing with numbers and quantities and checking thingswith calculations.

• can generally look at written material in a logical way and decide what it reallymeans.

• are usually able to switch between different levels of detail to understandpatterns of information.

• Memory is about how confident you are in your ability to remember instructions.

• Accuracy is about how successful you are at following different sets of instructions.

• Decision-making is about being quick and accurate as things get more and more complicated.

Compared to students who remain in full-time education (studying ALevel/IB/Scottish Highers/Advanced Highers or equivalent) post-16, your results formemory and attention show a low level of confidence in your ability to rememberinstructions and a high level of ability to work accurately. You have an average resultfor decision making. Overall this suggests that you:

• tend to find it difficult to remember sets of instructions, or like to double-checkto make sure that you have got them right, but

• find it easy to accurately follow instructions.

• can make decisions which are usually both quick and accurate.

Your Career Interests

Your career interests give clues as to what you might like to do. Looking at the six differentareas of work assessed through the questionnaire you completed, these are the two thatseem to interest you the most:

Conventional careers are all about being organised and wanting to get the details right.

Careers in this area often suit people who like planning, organising information, working things out and using numbers. But of course having to be organised and paying attention to the details is important for many different jobs.

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Investigative careers involve thinking about, looking at, and trying to make sense of different sorts of information. This is the type of thing that is part of many scientific or technical jobs.

Careers in this area often suit people who want to know how things work and involve activities like writing, working in a laboratory, and research.

And this is the area that seems to interest you the least:

Artistic careers focus on being able to express yourself, and are concerned with artistic, creative and design activities.

Careers in this area often suit people who enjoy activities like performing, creating and writing, as well as looking for different ways of understanding and describing the world.

Asking yourself what interests you the most tells you something useful about yourself.However, sometimes your career areas may not seem to go together. This does not meanthere is a problem, rather that you may be interested in a broad range of activities.

Your interests also need to be thought about together with your personality. And again thetwo things may not always agree with each other. It is perfectly possible to be interested insomething which does not immediately seem to match your personality. Bear this in mindwhen reading more about your personality in the next section.

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C You and work

Your personality affects how you get on with other people and deal with everyday situations.Someone’s personality can be thought of in terms of the sorts of things they prefer doing andhow they like to do them.

You will already have your favourite ways of doing things and, although these might changeas you get older, they can be useful to know about as they can tell you what sort of work youmight enjoy most.

The workplace

People with your preferences often like a workplace that is well organised with clearroles and jobs. Too much noise and variety could become distracting as you like toget on with your work in a quiet and organised way. You dislike uncertainty andprefer systems and procedures that lead to a practical result. So you are likely to behappiest in a role where you know what to do and how to achieve it.

Working with people

This is about being part of a group, and respecting, supporting and helping otherpeople.

Your results suggest that you:

• tend to be a private person, keeping your personal thoughts to yourself.

• can work in a team but may often prefer to get on with things on your own.

• prefer to listen than to talk, especially when other people are doing thetalking.

Persuading people

This is about getting people to see your point of view and coming across in aconfident manner.


• persuade others by quietly presenting the facts.

• contribute comments and ideas that are practical and well thought through.

• get things done by explaining tasks in a calm and careful way.

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Planning style

This is about thinking through what you are going to do, organising your work, andfollowing plans and directions.


• tend to think ahead and follow a plan.

• keep your eye on what needs to be done and are concerned with the detailsthat others may miss.

• make sure you do the right things at the right time.

Making decisions

This is about getting things to happen and taking responsibility for your actions.


• will take calculated risks when you know all the facts.

• tend to need time to think and do not like being forced into action.

• like to make clear decisions rather than waiting to see what happens.

Getting results

This is about having the drive to finish what you have started and wanting to do yourbest.


• like to see things through rather than jumping between various jobs.

• want everything to be completed to your high standards.

• need to finish what you have started before going on to the next thing.

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Being creative

This is about searching for new ideas and experiences and being open to differentways of doing things.


• work to improve others’ ideas more often than producing your own.

• can take some persuading to try something new.

• bring much needed common sense when people come up with new (andsometimes unusual) ideas.

Putting your personality and interests togetherYour personality and top two career interests can be put together to provide extrainformation. For example, your personality may be a good fit with the sort of work suggestedby your interests. When they 'agree' in this way it is useful to pay greater attention to whatthey appear to be saying about you.

They may also 'disagree'. If they do, it is a good idea to see how your personality might affectyour interests. For example, you might be interested in jobs which involve organising things,but also be the sort of person that likes to make last minute changes.

If your personality style is combined with your top two interests, they agree that you:

• like to have a timetable to gets things done.

• get work done in steady manner.

• are happy working in an orderly and structured environment.

And you:

• prefer to decide for yourself what to do.

• get pleasure from becoming an expert in something.

• enjoy questioning how the world works.

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D You and learning

We all like to learn in different ways; and sometimes we prefer to learn in one way in onesituation and in another way in a different situation. Understanding what you prefer to do canhelp you to build better learning skills and to make the most of your potential. It can help you:

• Choose between different school subjects and how you might approach them

• Understand the styles of teaching that you are likely to respond to the best

• Make decisions about any further learning that you might enjoy.

But most importantly, once you know what you prefer to do, you can also work on ways of developing the way you learn, so that you can try learning in different ways.

Research tells us that people tend to use one of four different approaches to learning most of the time. Your current preference is for a ‘clarifying’ approach:

This is about gathering facts and details and giving yourself plenty of time to think.You probably also prefer working at your own pace and asking lots of questions sothat you know what to do. It is likely that you will enjoy taking things to the next leveland thinking about the wider possibilities.

In the diagram on the next page, your own preferred approach to learning is shown by the cut-out section of the circle. The other sections of the circle show different approaches.

We recommend that you read through the the other sections of the circle, as these show thefull range of different approaches to learning. It has been shown that each one of these isnecessary to making learning real, memorable and complete. Think about what has beenhighlighted as your preference, as you will naturally gravitate towards one of the stages, butalso keep in mind how you could develop the other areas to achieve a ‘fuller’ learningexperience.

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Your learning circle

• Having complex ideas to work on• Thinking about the possibilities• Discovering new ways of doing things• Studying models & theories

• Doing things differently• Thinking about the future• Learning by trial and error• Discussing things with other people

• Looking for practical tasks• Moving fast & working quickly• Being part of a group or team• Plenty of energy and excitement

• Asking lots of questions• Gathering facts & details• Having space to think• Working at your own pace

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But what about the other ways of learning? To develop in these areas you may want tospend more time:

• just trying things and seeing what happens.

• being prepared to change course if a better idea comes up.

The way you like to learn can also change the way in which you apply your interests. Look back at the section on your interests and think about the parts that attract you the most - is this because they fit most naturally with your learning approach?

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E You and careers

Career suggestions

As you continue to explore the world of work and what sort of career to pursue, it will beimportant to understand how well a job might fit with you as a person. This section looks atpossible jobs, taking into account your aptitude scores, your interests and your personality, togive you a clearer view of careers that might be worth researching further.

In the table below, you will see fifteen jobs that appear to fit well with your profile. For eachjob, you can see the Job Family that it belongs to and both the overall and individual matcheswith your personality, aptitudes and interests.

Job Title Overall match Match with personality,aptitudes and interests(Job Family)

Average High Very high Average High Very high

Education Welfare Officer

(Social Service & Guidance)

Youth Worker


Probation Service Officer


School Nurse

(Health & Care)

Midwife

(Health & Care)

Childminder

(Health & Care)

Secondary Teacher

()

PersonalityAptitudesInterests

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Continuation of Career Suggestions Table . . .

Job Title Overall match Match with personality,aptitudes and interests(Job Family)

Average High Very high Average High Very high

Educational Psychologist

(Social Sciences)

Transport Designer

(Social Sciences)

Special Educational Needs Teacher

(Education & Instructors)

Riding Instructor


Early Years Teacher


Optometrist

(Health Sciences)

Orthoptist

(Health Sciences)

Audiologist

(Health Sciences)

PersonalityAptitudesInterests

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Additional Career Suggestions

We thought it would also be helpful to show you a range of other jobs that might also beworth exploring. These jobs are shown with the Job Family they belong to and we haveindicated the fit with different combinations of your aptitudes, interests or personality.

Some of these families and some similar jobs might also appear in the main table and thatjust indicates that this area is probably worth a look in some detail.

If the job or family is new and does not appear in the main suggestions, then it means thatthere is likely to be a slightly lower fit with either your aptitudes, interests or personality. If ajob is one that you are interested in, carefully look at the qualities and skills expected, thetype of work involved and the likely entry routes and qualifications required.

Other Jobs that match your Career Interests

The following jobs all scored highly if you look primarily at your Career Interests as shown in Section A of the Report.

Job Title Job Family Fit withAptitude

Fit withPersonality

Overall Match

Housing Officer Business & FacilitiesAdministration •• • ••••

Dispensing Optician Laboratory & MedicalTechnical •• • ••••

Pharmacist Health Sciences •• ••• ••••Chiropractor Health Sciences •• • •••Further Education (FE)Lecturer

Education & Instructors •• • •••Occupational Therapist Therapists •• • ••••Dietitian Therapists •• • •••Careers Adviser Social Service & Guidance •• • •••Occupational Psychologist Social Sciences •• • •••Nurse - Mental Health Health & Care •• • •••

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Other Jobs that match your Personality

We know that certain types of personality are often found in certain jobs. So it’s also useful to look at the fit of jobs with personality and the following jobs all scored highly if you look primarily at your Personality as shown in Section A of the Report.

Job Title Job Family Fit withAptitude

Fit withInterest

Overall Match

Armed Forces Pilot Operators & Traffic Monitoring •• • •

Offshore Engineer Technical Specialists •••• • •

Gas Network Engineer Technical Specialists ••• • •

RAF OfficerEmergency Services andMilitary •• • •

Scenes of Crime OfficerLaboratory & MedicalTechnical •• • •

Dental TechnicianLaboratory & MedicalTechnical •• • •

Computer Support ServicesEngineer

Computer & SystemsManagement •• •• •••

Road Transport Manager Business & Corporate ••• ••• ••••

Revenue Officer Inspection & Standards •• • •

Maritime Engineer Engineering Specialists ••• • ••

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Other Jobs that match your Aptitudes

To be happy in work, we know that it is also important to find a job that makes best use of your Aptitudes. There are so many different types of work that it is sometimes easier to just think of the sectors that family and friends are already involved in. So the next table tries to help you to think out of the box and focuses primarily on the fit with your own particular aptitudes as shown in Section A of the Report.

Job Title Job Family Fit withInterest

Fit withPersonality

Overall Match

Town Planner Building Planning & Surveying ••• • •••

School Business ManagerBusiness & FacilitiesAdministration ••• • •••

Process DevelopmentScientist

Physical Sciences •• ••• •••

Insurance Broker Sales & Buyers •• ••• •••

Buyer Sales & Buyers •• • •••

Independent FinancialAdviser

Financial •• ••• •••

Advertising Media Planner Advertising & Marketing •• • •••

Market Research Executive Advertising & Marketing •• • •••

Clinical Psychologist Social Service & Guidance ••• • •••

Ergonomist Social Sciences •• • ••

In the real world of work, there are aspects of your suggested careers that you might enjoyand activities that you might not like so much. It is therefore important to talk to your careersadvisor to refine your preferences.

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F You and subject choice

This part of the report is about your choice of subjects for further study.

Career suggestions and subjects

The subjects that are likely to be essential or which may be useful for each of your maincareer suggestions are listed below and on the following pages. If your main choice ofsubject doesn’t appear, then please refer to the 'Facilitating Subjects' table in the nextsection of the report.

Job Title Post-16 EssentialSubjects

Post-16 UsefulSubjects

Post-18 EssentialSubjects


EducationWelfare Officer

English

Law

Psychology

Sociology

Social Work

Youth Worker English

Psychology

Sociology

Youth Work

Youth and CommunityWork

Probation ServiceOfficer

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Career Suggestions and Subjects table continued . .





School Nurse Some universities askfor at least one sciencesubject (Biology,Chemistry or Physics).

English

Psychology

Sociology

Degree in Nursing.

Midwife Some universities askfor at least one sciencesubject (Biology,Chemistry or Physics).

You may need Biology.

English

Psychology

Sociology

Degree in Midwifery.

Degree in Nursing (adultbranch), followed bypost-registration trainingin Midwifery.

Childminder

SecondaryTeacher

BEd degree

BA/BSc degree withQTS

Or, a first degree in thesubject you wish toteach (some universitiesaccept degrees with50% relevant subjectcontent), followed by apostgraduate route.

Degree relevant to thesecondary nationalcurriculum.

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EducationalPsychologist

A science subject(Biology, Chemistry orPhysics) is sometimesrequired.

English

Maths

Psychology

A British PsychologicalSociety (BPS), accredited degree inPsychology.

If your Psychologydegree is not accreditedor your degree is in asubject other thanpsychology, you cantake an accreditedpostgraduate conversioncourse.

TransportDesigner

Art & Design English Transport Design

SpecialEducationalNeeds Teacher

English A relevant first degreefollowed by apostgraduate teachingqualification.

Or a BEd degree in thesubject you want toteach (all lead to QTS)or a BA/BSc in thesubject, combined withQTS.

Riding Instructor

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Early YearsTeacher

English A degree that is relevantto the earlyyears/primary nationalcurriculum, followed by apostgraduate teachingqualification.

Or a BEd degree inEarly Years Education(all lead to QTS) or adegree in Early YearsEducation that iscombined with QTS.

Optometrist Two from Biology,Chemistry, Maths orPhysics (some coursesprefer Biology as one ofthe choices).

English Degree in Optometry.

Orthoptist For a degree inOrthoptics, Biology isusually required.

English

Maths

Physics

Chemistry

Degree in Orthoptics.

Audiologist At least one sciencesubject (Biology,Chemistry orPhysics/Maths).

Degree in Audiology or ahealthcare science withan audiology pathway.

Alternatively a sciencedegree for entry to theScientist TrainingProgramme.

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Considering subjects for further study

What you decide to study can have a major impact on your university choices and careeroptions. Many courses at university level build upon knowledge which you will gain whilst stillat school. For this reason, some university courses may require you to have studied aspecific subject prior to entry, others may not. However, there are some subjects that arerequired more often than others.

What subjects can give you the most options?

Subjects that will be able to give you more options are often referred to as ‘facilitatingsubjects’ and are highly regarded by Russell Group universities. If you are unsure of whatyou want to study, then choosing some of these subjects may keep a wider range of optionsopen to you at university.

Your results

Below are two tables to help you see which subjects may be essential or useful for yourcareer suggestions. These tables are just a guide and we would recommend that youdiscuss your plans with your careers adviser at school. Entry requirements for degreecourses can vary from one university to another so you should always check the UCAS andindividual university websites for details. The first table below lists the ‘facilitating subjects’and how they relate to your suggested careers:

Subject Currentlybeing

studied

Selectedfor

higherlevel

Interestlevel

Likely to be essential for Likely to be useful for

English Literature No No Little

Geography No No Some

History No No Some

Mathematics No Yes None Optometrist

Audiologist


Optometrist

Orthoptist

Further Mathematics No No None

Biology No No None School Nurse

Midwife


Optometrist

Orthoptist

Audiologist

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Chemistry No No None School Nurse

Midwife


Optometrist

Audiologist

Orthoptist

Physics No No None School Nurse

Midwife


Optometrist

Audiologist

Orthoptist

French No No Some

German No No Little

Spanish No No Little

Other Languages No No Little

Facilitating Subjects table continued . .

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Here are other possible subjects that may be essential or useful for your individual careersuggestions. Where subjects are shown to be essential, this will be because the universityfeels that the subject provides the best preparation for the chosen course.

Subject Currentlybeing

studied

Selectedfor

higherlevel

Interestlevel

Likely to be essential for Likely to be useful for

Art & Design No No None Transport Designer

Business Studies Yes Yes Little

Classics No No None

Computing/ComputerScience

No No None

Economics No No None

English Language Yes Yes Some Education Welfare Officer

Youth Worker

School Nurse

Midwife


Transport Designer

Special Educational NeedsTeacher

Early Years Teacher

Optometrist

Orthoptist

Information &CommunicationsTechnology

Yes Yes None

Law No No Little Education Welfare Officer

Media Studies Yes Yes Little

Politics No No None

Psychology Yes Yes Little Education Welfare Officer

Youth Worker

School Nurse

Midwife


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Religious Studies No No None

Other Subjects table continued . .

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Conclusion

Now you have reached the end of your Futurewise Pre-Interview Report.

Hopefully the feedback and information contained within this report has got you thinkingabout your talents, interests and personality style. In the years to come, being aware of thesewill be extremely useful when considering your subject choices and making effective careerplans.

Remember to prepare for your interview to ensure that you get the most out of it. Think alsoabout who will be able to help you prepare for your interview. You might like to ask for advicefrom a teacher or a parent to make sure that you go into your session fully prepared.

Below is space for you to write down any comments or queries in preparation for yourinterview.

Don’t forget that you will also be able to access a wide range of other benefits as aFuturewise member – details to follow in your final report.

We hope your interview is informative and enjoyable.

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