Incorporating interests

Most of us want to do something we enjoy and find satisfying, but defining exactly what tasks we enjoy is often tricky.

Imagine it's Societies Day in the Octagon and there are 8 different societies recruiting for new members. Each one has members who have the same or similar interests and approaches to how things should be done.

Try this interactive exercise and see if it helps you to identify the type of job that might interest you. This should take you 3 - 4 minutes.

While it’s possible that you feel none of the jobs fit your own preferences, don’t automatically dismiss this approach.  Whether the list gives you some concrete ideas or not, try to think how the job ideas relate to each other and whether they offer you some possible categories to research further.

Thinking about your interests and the things you enjoy doing can be a good starting point for generating ideas of jobs that might suit you. This task will hopefully have helped you to identify some jobs related to some of your interests.

You may want to add the list of potential job ideas to your portfolio and research these ideas using some of the websites and resources we recommend in the section Find Out More.