TurQuest-1 Career and Occupation Choice Workshop

Not right but suitable:

•         Subjects
•         Degree
•         Occupation
•         Career

Aims of the Workshop:

The workshop aims at providing prompt answers to Year 12 students who feel time pressure, are indecisive about the degree to pursue or would like to test their decision. Students learn the career areas and degrees in line with their interests assessed by the 300 questions TurQuest inventory developed in the UK. examine their career related interests and personal aptitudes through TurQuest Career and Occupation Selection Inventory. They also become more aware of important concepts and success criteria when identifying the suitability of different career areas and occupations and universities which they can apply to.

Workshop Outcomes:

• Students think about their unique definitions of success, happiness, life, and career values.
• They list the career areas, occupations, and university degrees in line with their interests provided in the TurQuest inventory.
• They learn their aptitudes, areas to improve and which aptitudes are required in different occupations through Aptitude Inventory.
• They realise their interest that they have not been aware of and match them with careers/occupations.
• Through TurQuest, students learn that interest in a certain occupation is not sufficient for happiness, but they also need to be interested in the supporting areas. For instance, interest in fashion design may be 100% but lower interest in the supporting areas such as information technologies or retail/buying/selling can decrease the overall match to fashion design to 50%. Knowing this which planning the career is vital to prevent the disappointment in the long run and making the required preparations.

• Students gain knowledge about the sectors, organisational structures (manager, expert, administrative staff etc.) and sectoral values.
• They evaluate different options such as minor, major etc. From a multidisciplinary perspective and make short-medium-and long-term action plans.
• They clarify the topics to research and get consultation from others.
• They learn the occupations which intersect different career areas (For instance, biomedical engineering which combines medicine and engineering).
• They instantly access the TurQuest report and matching career areas via the app.

Notes:

• Participants receive CAPS Career and Occupation Choice participation document after completion of the workshop.
• Students who prefer may attend the one-day workshop with Year 10 and 11 students.
• Parents can organise follow-up sessions and additional services in order to discuss the prominent points highlighted in the report.