Section 1: Self-awareness

This section of the Career Kete looks at an individual's qualities, values, skills and achievements. Some of the material in this section is designed for senior students. See individual items below for details.

Click here to download Section 1: Self-awareness Worksheets (PDF 424 KB).

Click here to download the Skills Bi-lingual Card Sort Sheets (PDF 477 KB).

Click here to download the Values Bi-lingual Card Sort Sheets (PDF 344 KB).

• Personal Qualities
  An introductory handout to explain what personal qualities are and why it is useful for the student to think about them.
• My Personal Qualities
  An exercise for the student to select from a bank of words their own personal qualities. Two variations are provided for junior and senior students.
• Career Idol
  A worksheet that asks students to think of someone they admire and write down their personal qualities. The student then completes one for themselves.
• Qualities word search
  A word search that contains a range of words that can describe personal qualities.
• My Personal Shield
  This graphical shield is provided so that students can draw or write about themselves to make their own personal shield.
• Values
  An introductory handout explaining the concept of values and how values can influence career decisions.
• My Values/ My Values for Working Life
  Two variations on a theme for junior and senior students. Students are presented with a range of values statements and are asked to rate their level of importance to them.
• Values bi-lingual card sort sheets
  A set of words to use for discussion around values in a small group or one-on-one setting.
• Balancing My Time
  Designed for senior students. An exercise to help students work out what percentage of time they spend of a 24-hour day on different tasks.
• Achievements
  An introductory handout that explains the concept of achievements and how they can help with career decision-making.
• What your achievements can say about you
  Designed for senior students. This worksheet encourages students to identify achievements and to identify the skills and qualities they have demonstrated from them.
• Skills
  An introductory handout that explains the concept of skills and why it is important to think about skills.
• My People Skills/My Information Skills/My Creative Skills/My Practical Skills
  These four worksheets encourage students to identify the skills they have developed using the four major categories of people, information, creative and practical skills.
• Skills word searches
  A set of word searches using words that support the skills exercises above.
• Skills bi-lingual card sort sheets
  A set of skills words to allow for discussion in small groups or one-on-one settings.