In order to choose the right career option, it is important to have a good understanding of yourself, your interests, the things that you are great or good at and those things that really just aren’t for you.
Our resource links in this section help you to learn more about yourself and include links to personality tests, and resources that help you understand your interests, strengths and potential career passion.
| Name of Resource | Type of Content | Free or Paid? | What will you find there? | Link to resource |
| Free Personality Test | Personality testing | Free (with paid content) | Allows you to take the Myers-Briggs personality test. Each result has a detailed explanation of the personality type and prolific figures with the same personality type. | https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test |
| WISE, My Life, My Skills | STEM Resource site for girls | Mostly Free | If you identify as female and you are looking to pursue a path in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths), this site is for you. It includes a quiz to help identify your personality type and how your skills compare to Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) careers. The platform also allows you to connect with people already in STEM careers to learn from their experience | https://www.wisecampaign.org.uk/what-we-do/expertise/welcome-to-my-skills-my-life |
| icould website | Careers guidance across industry sectors | Mostly free | Buzz Quiz Personality Test, several videos of people talking about their careers, job descriptions salary, weekly hours, qualifications, future employment, and career paths. | https://icould.com/ |
| 365 Tests | Personality and style tests | Mostly free | The site offers a free personality type test that can help you to understand your personal work or work environment related preferences. Users get a test result on completion as well as suggestions of possible professions or job options. | https://365tests.com/ |
| CareerFitter | Career help site | Free | Free online career test to help you see how well you might fit with different career options. It offers a free report that identifies your strengths, preferred communication style and areas for development. This tool appears better suited to those that may have had some work experience, at the early stages of their working life or are looking to change their careers | https://www.careerfitter.com/free_test/careerbuilder |
| THE (Times Higher Education) Student – 17 Books you should read before (or at) university | University transition or preparation | Free: Registration with site required | A list of 17 books that university students across the world recommend that you read before you make that transition to undergraduate studies. Some are subject based, some concern life in general. | https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/news/17-books-you-should-read-or-university-chosen-students |
| Team Technology – Metarasa test | Personality or personal preference and style test site. The Metarasa test on the page is particularly good. | A mix of free and paid content | Offers a few free personality type test that can help you to really understand how you think, what drives or motivates you, how you work with others, and how you deal with challenges. All of which are good to help you identify what sort of work environment you might thrive in. | https://www.teamtechnology.co.uk/careers/what-career-is-right-for-me.html |
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