Hello again. I went to see my Lone Deal adviser this week, and we talked about looking at different job websites and the possibility of further training. She advised me that if I want to do any more training, I should probably do it now.

As I am unsure what direction to take, she recommended Connexions or nextstep, which provide careers advice for adults as well as 16-19-year-olds. I contacted Connexions, and made an appointment to see an adviser next week.

Useful websites

The adviser also suggested checking out some websites prior to my appointment, as this would give us more time at the appointment for discussion and looking for other information.

I checked out the suggested website (Advice Resources). It has a skills and interests assessment option, which is question and answer-based and takes about ten minutes to complete. You then get a personal profile that gives you your top score feedback. My top score for skills is in people, and in interests I scored highest in "social".

This then helps you to look at what jobs you would be suited to, and also gives you an option to look at the job profiles (job requirements/descriptions). You can then see if you would need any further training, or if it's the type of job you would be interested in.

Top job groups

My top job groups came out as retail sales and customer services, publishing and journalism, security and uniformed services, medicine and nursing, education and training, alternative therapies, sport, leisure and tourism, and social services.

I have been looking at education and teaching, so when I go to meet the careers adviser next week I want to discuss adult teaching options compared to the options for teaching children.

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