Your EirQuest Workbook Your own results in a bound workbook Selects from over 300 careers in 44 broad areas

Your Interest Profile 44 career areas displayed in descending order of interest Top 6 to 8 career areas selected for investigation – Your initial career preferences – High Overall Matches

Your Interest Profile Here we have the Interest Profile. (click) 44 broad career areas are displayed in descending order of interest, as percentages. The top 6 to 8 careers are selected for further investigation. These are in the shaded area. pupil’s initial career choices are indicated by the encircled i. High Overall Matches are indicated by the encircled m. (click – for zoom) Here is a close-up overview of the top selection of careers. (click – for highlight) First, we have a list of the 6-8 career areas. Next are the Interest Levels. These indicate the pupil’s relative strengths of interest in the careers listed. Overall Match, a measure of the pupil’s all round suitability for each career area. And lastly a list of subjects which may be frequently required or preferred for entry to universities or colleges.

Careers Selection Worksheets Review of your interest in this area Important supporting subjects Career areas Overall Match Relevant Cambridge Profile scores Career Check

Career Areas

Overall Match

Career Check

Cautionary Notes

Subject Selection Chart Subjects required for the top 6 or 7 careers areas Required for admission to most universities Frequently listed by universities Valuable but not essential Enhance overall educational base

Subject Selection Chart

Subject Availability Chart Actual subjects at your school Used in association with subject selection chart Here is the subject selection chart (click) Actual subjects available at each school Used in association with subject selection chart

Subject Availability Chart Here is the subject selection chart (click) Actual subjects available at each school Used in association with subject selection chart

The Cambridge Profile (optional) Results shown in triple bar graph format percentile speed accuracy Summary of relevant results on each Careers Selection Worksheet

The Cambridge Profile (optional)

The Careers Directory Provides you with the facts to commence your research Fits the Careers Investigation Record Provides vital websites for up-to-date information In book and online format You will all receive a copy of the latest edition of The Careers Directory to help you start your research into chosen careers. It is designed so that a double page is allocated to each career and the layout of the subdivisions corresponds to the layout of the Investigation Records,which follow.

Investigating Careers My Action Plan Career Analysis Forms myCareersRoom Allows you to compare and contrast alternative careers Encourages you to acquire valuable skills

My Action Plan Provides a clear structure for research Stage 1: Understanding your careers workbook Stage 2: Investigating some suitable careers Stage 3: Selecting suitable post - 16 subjects An overview (click) Stage 1: Understanding your careers report Stage 2: Investigating some suitable careers Stage 3: Selecting suitable post - 16 subjects

Career Analysis Forms Enables you to summarise details of a given career Ideal means of making career comparisons Laid out using WORKBRIEF headings Synchronised with The Careers Directory Careers Analysis Forms (click) Enables the pupil to summarise details of a given career Ideal means of making career comparisons Laid out using WORKBRIEF headings Synchronised with the Trotman Careers Directory

MyCareersRoom In addition to the book you can do your research online using a facility called myCareersRoom. Within this area you can access your workbook and research any careers of choice. There are spaces where you can make notes on your research and in the Portfolio section record skills developed as well as achievements and experience gained.

Student Login Your login details can be found on the first page of your Preview Workbook.

Welcome Here you can see a page and the layout You have an option to click to see your report Or you can click on the areas listed and start research

EirQuest - Interests This is showing you your report and the Interest Profile. You can click on any careers area for further information You can click on any careers area whether it is high or low on the list! You can click on the tabs for different sections – Cambridge Profile, Subject Selection…

EirQuest – Cambridge Profile The Cambridge Profile Tab gives this page

Medical If you choose a careers area - here the example is Psychology there are further Tabs. You can check Cautionary Notes, Overall Match etc You can click on any specific job for greater detail

Psychology - WorkBrief This is the page from WORKBRIEF to enable you to have an overview Click on any job for greater detail

Psychology – British Psychological Society Website This is a page obtained by clicking on a suggested website

Psychology – British Psychological Society Website You can rate the website (using a star rating system) so that in future you know which you found helpful

Clinical Psychologist When looking at details of a particular job you have a Tab, which gives the option to make notes – perhaps some pointers as to why you like it.

Portfolio - Skills The Portfolio Section can be accessed by clicking on Portfolio found under the myCareersRoom heading (see the first slide in this section on myCareersRoom) This section helps to keep a record of the skills you have developed and gives you a reminder of useful skills to develop – from a drop down menu, You can record the ones you have gained (with examples). There are also tabs to access space for recording: Work experience, Interests, Hobbies and Achievements as well as a Diary. This information should prove extremely useful when you have to compile a CV or write a Personal Statement