personal values
Career story: Following your passion
This career story profiles a musician whose career is underpinned by an overwhelming passion for music. She has explored her interests in diverse ways, combining a portfolio of roles to create a busy and successful practice. Another resource to compliment this one is ‘The Musician’s Lifestyle Quiz‘ and ‘Careers panel: How did you get here?‘.
The Lifestyle Quiz
The magazine-style lifestyle quiz prompts students to focus on their preferred lifestyle and to think about this in terms of career.
Create a career action plan
This tool focuses on a career action plan, but it makes the point that most people have more than one career and that personal values are important drivers of career decision making. The tool includes individual or group reflections on values, ‘ideal’ careers and planning ahead.