Career Decision Checklist

What Sort of Employment Attracts your Attention:

• Working for yourself?
• Working for a small business?
• Working for a large corporation or a government organisation?
• Working from home, office or car?

I would like a Job where I can:

• Work as part of a small group
• Work alone
• Work as part of a large work group
• Have contact with clients and customers
• Have little or no contact with customers and clients

I would like a Job that focuses on:

• Interacting with people – caring, nursing, serving face to face or over the telephone, training, teaching, mentoring
• Working with things – making, fixing and using tools, equipment and machines, driving trucks, using computers, building, fixing photocopiers, making furniture
• Working with words – communicating tasks, writing, reading, speaking, translating, editing, publishing, scripting
• Working with numbers – bookkeeping and records, spreadsheets
• Challenge – competitive roles, improving on the last outcome, being top of the game, fast paced, level of difficulty
• Working with plants – planting, growing, planning, laying out and tending gardens, maintaining and regenerating special plant environments
• Working with animals: nurturing, breeding, training

I would be happy with a job where I work:

• Weekends
• Shift hours
• Normal day hours
• Overtime with extra pay
• For different employers for short periods of time
• Specific times of the year
• Occasional overtime without extra pay

I would like a job which is located in a:

• Small city
• Large city
• Small town
• Remote area

In my Job I would seek a work routine where I:

• Spend most of my work time in the same place (workshop or office)
• Move from place to place (visting clients, driving)
• Travel out of town, interstate, or overseas regularly
• Work in a relaxed and calm environment
• Work in an exciting and fast-paced environment
• Work predominantly outdoors