Part 3: A Description of Various Jobs and Their Important Attributes

by StudyMalaysia.com on April 7, 2017 | Career Guide, Top Stories

Now that you have a better understanding of your own personality and interests, and how to begin planning for your career, let us explore a list of possible careers for you. Each career featured here has a job description and explains the attributes needed for the person to do the job well. It also gives some details of specialisations or sub-specialisations within that field and career progression opportunities.

The sources of career information for this section are linked to the following websites:

My Next Move
This website provides a list of occupations arranged in alphabetical order.

O-Net Online
You can search for a list of occupations within a career cluster on this website. A career cluster refers to the list of occupations in the same field of work that require similar skills.

Every occupation featured in these two websites contains a job description that includes details like tasks, tools and technology, knowledge, skills, abilities, work activities, work context, job zone, education, interests, work styles, work values, related occupations, and wages and employment trends.

Click on the occupation(s) you are interested in to find out more!

A. Occupation Search (Alphabetical Order)

B. Occupation Search by Career Cluster

C. Videos - Watch the types of work people do in these 16 Career Videos

Part 1: Exploring a Happy and Fulfilling Career

Part 2: Know Yourself Well and Career Assessment

Part 4: Choosing the Best Study Route

Part 5: Fields of Study - Find out which one matches your interest

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