How your knowledge can help you choose the right career

K = Knowledge

When you're trying to identify the right career path for yourself, it's important to take the time to reflect on the things you have a good knowledge of or a genuine interest in.

Bring together the things you know through work, education and hobbies. This will give you some valuable clues about where your interests, strengths and passions lie, helping you make more informed career choices.

Questions to help you identify your knowledge, interests, and passions

• If you were to appear on Mastermind, what would your specialist subject be?
• If you overhear a conversation at a dinner party, what is the type of topic that would make you want to join in?
• What did you learn from your parents in the past?
• What did you love learning about in school, to the point where you wanted to go away and find out more in your own time?
• If you had the chance to do an evening course now, what would you study?
• What did you almost study, but didn't?
• If you had the chance to go back to full-time education, what would you study?
• What aspects of work have you enjoyed in the past?
• What training courses have you done through work that were really interesting?
• If you read a weekend newspaper, what section would you go to first?
• If you go to a bookshop, what sections would you visit first and second?

Turning your answers into career ideas

Once you've analysed your answers, you then need to think about how they could link to possible career ideas in the future. A career coach can help you to do this. 

Give it a go!