1. Preparing a personal statement Exploring your Interests Or how to make interests sound more interesting!

2. Preparing a personal statement Identify your Interests Think of 3 activities you have enjoyed from: Your work Leisure Family Identify why you enjoyed them: Mental Stimulation Use of your talents/abilities Sense of achievement Excitement Being useful/needed other

3. Preparing a personal statement Using Visualisation to help identify interests Imagine you have all the basic needs in life and you get some extra cash How would you spend it? On goods? Hi fi equipment/clothes /food/car/drink On leisure? Cinema or theatre going/join a gym or health club/enrol on a course for interest/book a holiday Save it Give it away

4. Preparing a personal statement Revisit your Interests Now explore ways of describing these in terms of transferable skills Do these help you choose a particular career? Do these point the way to the Nursing Branch of choice? How closely do these match the sorts of skills your identified career path needs? What sort of impression do they give of you as a person Is this a good role model for your chosen career path? Will this serve as a good “lead” for interview purposes?