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Summary of Results
Look back at the results you wrote down for both the ABILITIES WORKSHEET and the INTERESTS WORKSHEET.
It should be pretty obvious that the job/s you might be suited for will have to suit your abilities and satisfy your interests.
This exercise is intended to help you put these two together and suggest some jobs which may suit both your abilities and your interests.
Transfer the results from the Transfer the results from the
ABILITIES WORKSHEET INTERESTS WORKSHEET
to this column to this column
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What groups can you say you are BEST AT - those with more than 5 ticks in the ABILITIES column?
What groups can you say you are MOST INTERESTED IN - those with more than 5 ticks in the INTERESTS column?
1. In which groups do you have:
- SEVEN ticks in both ABILITY and INTEREST?
- SIX or SEVEN ticks in either ABILITY and INTEREST?
- NONE, ONE or TWO ticks in either ABILITY and INTEREST?
2. You are looking for those groups which you said that you were able to do AND which you are interested in doing - i.e. the groups with the MOST ticks. Can you think of some jobs which might involve doing and enjoying the tasks listed under those groups?
There are lists of jobs available which will suggest to you the sorts of jobs you might be suitable for, based on your most popular groups. We'll get to them shortly...
3. You should forget about any jobs which would involve doing the tasks under those groups you had the LEAST number of ticks for. Can you name some jobs that wouldn't suit you?
4. If you have THREE or FOUR ticks for any groups, you MIGHT be able to develop your abilities and/or your interests far enough to consider doing some jobs that might fit these groups.
Do you think it is possible/necessary for you to try to develop further abilities and/or interests? Can you name some jobs which might suit these groups?
Now......
onto the jobs in interest areas to find out what jobs might suit you.
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