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Choosing A Career

ABILITIES Worksheet

For each task listed below,
put a TICK
if you think that you are able to do it WELL.

If you aren't sure, or know you can't do it at all, then leave it blank.

Note: No-one is perfect, so don't go fooling yourself by putting ticks next to almost everything.

GROUP ONE
  • fit in with others
  • talk to others
  • work with people
  • meet people
  • help people
  • be polite to others
  • cooperate with others
GROUP TWO
  • add, subtract, etc.
  • remember figures/formulae
  • concentrate on your work
  • use statistical tables
  • solve puzzles
  • use a calculator
  • solve maths problems

GROUP THREE
  • talk well
  • accept responsibility
  • organise people
  • keep people happy
  • understand people's feelings
  • be patient with people
  • listen to people

GROUP FOUR
  • use a library
  • do crosswords
  • read books, papers, etc.
  • speak well
  • remember names/facts/etc.
  • understand what you read
  • write original stories/essays

GROUP FIVE
  • write letters
  • check lists
  • open and sort mail
  • use machines such as calculators, typewriters, etc.
  • sort parcels/letters
  • file letters/bills/receipts/etc.
  • remember/take messages

GROUP SIX
  • design things
  • use simple tools
  • use simple machines
  • concentrate on your work
  • understand plans/patterns
  • make/mend/repair things
  • work with wood OR cloth OR metal OR leather, etc.

GROUP SEVEN
  • use your imagination
  • understand people's ideas
  • sketch plans/designs
  • come up with new ideas
  • make nice things
  • react to people's moods
  • notice things others might miss

GROUP EIGHT
  • stand for long periods
  • work energetically
  • see things far from you
  • do things by yourself
  • carry loads
  • walk long distances
  • work outside in all weathers

GROUP NINE
  • work as part of a team
  • stand the sight of blood
  • do what is expected of you
  • keep private matters secret
  • work under pressure
  • cope with other people's pain or distress
  • help sick/old people

GROUP TEN
  • think for yourself
  • learn new things
  • find out how things work
  • do things carefully
  • find information in a library
  • concentrate on your work
  • consider unusual answers to problems


COUNT UP THE NUMBER OF TICKS you have for each group, and then record them below:

Group One .... Group Two ...... Group Three .... Group Four .... Group Five ....
Group Six .... Group Seven .... Group Eight ..... Group Nine .... Group Ten ....

You'll come back to this info in a minute...

Now......

onto the Interests exercise.

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