Mode of CG & PC

This is the fundamental preparation which should be undertaken prior to making a decision about students' career and personal development. It enables to address the questions 'who am I?' and 'what do I want?' It may include the use of tests, questionnaires and self-appraisal exercises to help in addressing students':

• Skills (what am I good at?)
• Aptitudes (what am I capable of?)
• Interests (what am I motivated to do?)
• Values (what is most important to me?)
• Personality (what work roles and environments would suit me?)
• Career Drivers' (what are my key career needs?)
• 'Past Positives' (what activities & environments enable me to thrive?)

Further exercises will enable Student Counselor to clarify these results, leading to the creation of a 'Career Template', a summary of those key elements a student must have in his/her career life. This is the point student will reach by the end of Stage 1: Insight.