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Understand Time to reflect on who you are, what you want and the options you have

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Take time to explore what your strengths are Understanding what you’re naturally good at will help underpin good career decisions

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Use a career matching tool These tools take you through a set of questions and offer suggestions on jobs

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Develop your skills From networking to presenting

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Values exercise Series of questions that help you clarify your core values

Career planning by year

Personality inventories We wouldn’t suggest a direct link between personality type and the ‘right’ career choice, but anythi

Skills
We recommend that you start maintaining a record of your skills – it's an important step in thinking about the kind of job you will be able to do and the skills you'll need to do the job you want to do

Part-time work, shadowing and micro internships
Any kind of work experience that starts to build your broad understanding of the workplace can be very useful

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Curiosity in career decision making The importance of checking out all the options

Employment sectors

Get inspired Discover where graduates from your course have gone on to work

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Take a look at our upcoming events Sign up for a couple you think look interesting

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Learn more about different sectors Our sector information is a great place to start when thinking about different industries and career

LinkedIn Find out more about how you can use LinkedIn as a research t

Thinking about your authentic self Examining the notion of the authentic self, Professor Hermin

Checking you're on the right career path Set career goals for the coming year

Skills We recommend that you start maintaining a record of your ski