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Career planning tools

Unsure of what you want to do after university?
Want to know about what career paths are open to you or what types of jobs would suit your skills and experience? 

 
The information and links below may help you gain a little focus and are good tools to use before meeting with one of our Careers Advisers.
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Prospects Planner a job exploration tool which aims to help you identify your skills, motivation and interests and then to explore relevant graduate job types.

Adult Directions a career matching programme that provides you with a personalised report. To access this software please visit Career Gateway for login and password details. This is especially useful if you are thinking of other options to university.

TargetJobs Careers Report  uses questionnaires and psychometric tests to explore your interests, strengths, personality and abilities and matches you to jobs that would suit you.

Sort-it collection of interactive modules from the Careers Group,  designed to increase your ability to manage your career, from choosing your future path to settling into your new job

Other resources

Visit our Options with your subject pages to read about your typical career options and where to look for jobs in your sector.

Prospects also have a very useful Options section, providing an overview of job and further study options for a range of subjects.

If you have a career area or specific job role in mind already and would like to find out more, the following links might be useful: 

  • Prospects Job sectors gives an overview of a wide range of employment sectors
  • Nextstep Job Profiles contain details about a wide range of jobs at all levels.