What do I want to be when I'm older?

“What do I want to be when I’m older?”. A question we have all asked ourselves…

Use the interactive tools on this page and the links to useful websites to start your research.

On this page we have two interactive tools to help you get a better idea of the career you might want to look into and to give you ideas of what career you may want when you’re older.

The Skillsometer will help you discover what you might like to do in the future
The Careerometer allows you to compare the salary and working hours etc of different jobs

Ready? Let’s have a go.

Skills-o-meter

Skills-o-meter can help you discover what jobs you might like to do in the future.

You will be presented with a series of statements. Select the emoji that shows how you feel about each statement. You will be given suggestions of jobs linked to what you most enjoy doing.

Career-o-meter

Use the Career-o-meter to compare different jobs — salary, working hours, etc.

Click the dotted square, type in the first career that you think you may be interested in and select from the drop-down list, then add your second and third choice to see the comparison.

Widgets provided by LMI for all.

“I’m ready to do some research”

Use the links to the websites below to find out more about careers and your next steps.

I’m having trouble deciding

This video ‘Choosing a career’ has some great advice about why we should be flexible and take one step at a time and not be too fixed on one career path.