AL NOOR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Girls’ Wing Higher Grade Section
Academic Year 2022-2023
Second Term
Career Compass
ENGLISH
How do you shapeDEPARTMENT
your career?
English Quiz No. 1
(Blueprint for a career interview)

Name:___________________________ Target course:____________________________

Grade and Section: _________________

ORIENTATION PHASE
1. What am I going to do?
2. Welcome and making feel at ease
3. Clarification of objectives and procedure of the interview (think about time, possibility of a follow-up
interview and arrangements about reporting)
4. Exploration of the content
CORE
1. Reflection on actions of past period Reflection on actions of past period
2. Progress in career steps what happened?
3. Progress in learning results what was Going on
4. Progress in wellbeing what was important?
5. What are your intentions or learning wishes? Conclusions

1. Clarification of learning or career question and examination what career

 Explain what you are good at
2. Competences need to be worked on:
 What do you find important at (work/school) and why?
3. Quality reflection
 Do you think you can easily find a job with this profession? Why/why not?
4. Motive reflection
 On what basis did you opt for this work placement?
5. Work exploration
 Who can help you gain a good picture of the profession you want to perform?
6. Career counseling
7. Agree on specific arrangements from the problem formulation phase
 How can you work on your learning or career question?
8. Ensure that the learning or career activities are specific and measurable so that
 What solutions can you think of?
 Is the student is supported by it?
 What does this mean for your development?
 What activities are you going to undertake? When?
  Who are you going to ask for additional help?
CONCLUDING PHASE
1. What am I going to do?
2. Summary of the interview
3. Reflection on the course of the interview
4. Follow-up agreements
5. Conclusion and goodbye

Questionnaire about career competences

Direction: Answer the following question honestly. Write your answer under each question.

Reflection on capacities
1. When and how did the career competence ‘quality reflection’ assisted you in shaping your (study) career?

2. What are the results of personal reflection at earlier defining moments/ transitions in your career?

3. What quality are you proud of and why?

4. What does the difference between competence and talent mean to you?

5. What personal quality would you want to develop further? How will you handle this?

6. What do you occasionally receive a compliment for?

7. What do you excel in at school?

8. What do you not excel in at school?

9. What do you excel in at home or at a (sports) club?

10. What do you not excel in at home or at a (sports) club?

Reflection on motives

1. When and how did the career competence ‘motive reflection’ assist you in shaping your (study) career?

2. How did you find out what you want to be?

3. What else do you want to accomplish in your career and why?

4. What are the results of motive reflection within the framework of career counselling?

5. About which (study) career options did you doubt the most and why?

6. What is important when selecting a training?

7. What do you think is important to you in a profession?

8. How important are spare-time or hobbies to you?

9. How important is money to you?

10. Do you prefer to work alone or together?

Work exploration

1. When and how did the career competence ‘work exploration’ assisted you in shaping your (study) career?

2. Who assisted you in gaining a realistic professional picture? How did that go?

3. With hindsight, to what extent was your professional picture realistic?

4. What did work exploration mean to your (study) career?

5. Where would you search for information about opportunities on the employment market?

6. Where can you find the work you want to do?

7. Is there a lot of work in the profession you want to perform?

8. Where in the Netherlands can this work usually be found?

Career control
1. When and how did the career competence ‘career counselling’ assisted you in shaping your (study) career?

2. What would you, looking back at your career counselling, recommend somebody to do? And what not?

3. What characteristic or competence assisted you in shaping your career?

4. How do you look at career counselling in respect of your own career?

5. How would you handle the preparation of a next step in your career?

6. What steps can you take to find out what you really want?

7. How can you find out which training you need, to do the work you want to do later?

8. How can a work placement assist in selecting a department?

9. How important is it to attend an open day when you select a training?

 Networking
1. When and how did the career competence ‘networking’ assisted you in shaping your (study) career?

2. What people assisted you in forming a realistic professional picture?

3. What current networking contact can give you information about your possible career options?

4. Who from your network was important in terms of this choice and why?

5. How did you approach people during a previous career question and/or choice?

6. Who can assist you in examining which professions you like?

7. Who can assist you in discovering what a specific profession entail?

8. How can your parents/caretakers assist you in selecting a department/ training/workplace?

9. How can the mentor/career counsellor assist you in selecting a department/ training/workplace?

Questionnaire about career guidance within schools

Keep in mind the school(s) you are with. Please mark only one answer for each question.
Direction: Encircle the letter of your answer. Please be objective in answering the following question.

1. What does the school mainly due to let students discover which work suits them?
a. There is no attention (yet) within the school
b. Mainly through tests
c. Mainly by using written tasks
d. Mainly by interviewing students, at which the opinion of the teacher is the most important
e. Mainly by interviewing students, at which the opinion of the student is the most important.
2. What does the school mainly do to sketch a picture of the work a student is learning for?
a. Nothing
b. Mainly give examples of practice in the lessons
c. Mainly by get students acquainted with diverse directions within school.
d. Mainly by apprenticeships, at which the school or the company decide what the student has to
e. Mainly by apprenticeship, at which the student decides what to do what he/ she thinks is
important for his/her future.
3. What does the school mainly do to teach students to build up a network of vocational
professionals?
a. There is no attention (yet) within the school
b. The school brings the student in contact with vocation professionals, building up a network is
seen as a responsibility of the student
c. Student mainly gets information on how to build a network
d. The teacher/counsellor points out which contacts students have to build up during their studies
 e. The teacher/counsellor mainly guides students with building up and maintaining contacts the
students regard important themselves for their future.
4. What does the school do on career orientation and guidance?
a. There is no attention (yet) within the school
b. Mainly tests are taken or a method is being used
c. Mainly discussions within the lessons
d. Mainly through individual discussions if a student has problems
e. Individual discussions with each student take place on a regular base.
5. Do students use a portfolio?
a. No/Yes. If yes for which purpose, is it mainly used?
b. Mainly for the study career within this school (progress of study)
c. Mainly for the transfer to continuing education
d. Mainly for development of a career (as a preparation for work that suits their qualities and
motives)
e. Mainly for their life course of life (shape your life in a good matter).
6. Do the students use a personal development plan?
a. No/Yes. If yes, for which purpose is it mainly used?
b. Mainly for the study career within this school (progress of study)
c. Mainly for the transfer to continuing education
d. Mainly for development of a career (as a preparation for work that suits their qualities and
motives)
b. Mainly for their life course of life (shape your life in a good matter).