For school and college leavers, students, career changers and anyone looking for work
Try the job before you choose it.
Short workplace scenarios, written with the people who do the work. Choose what you would do, see why it works or doesn't, and build a picture of the skills you use and enjoy.
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You work in life insurance. A 55-year-old accountant comes to you and asks you to insure his life. You need to assess the risk of insuring him to determine the price.
What's the most important factor to consider?
Industries and roles we cover
- Accountancy
- Bartender
- Busser
- Cleaner
- Communications and PR
- Data Science and Web Analytics
- E-commerce
- Film & TV Production
- Government and Policy
- Health Care Assistant
- Hotel - Front of House
- Housekeeping Attendant
- Information Security
- Journalism
- Law
- Management Consulting
- Marketing
- Midwifery
- Office and Secretarial
- Plumbing
- Public Sector Consulting
- Sales
- Software Development - Advanced
- UX Design
- Wardrobe Attendants
- Banking and Finance
- Building Services Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Commis Chef
- Construction Trades
- Diagnostic Quiz
- Entrepreneurship
- Game Design
- Graphic Design
- Health Care Management
- Hotels and Accommodation
- Human Resources
- Insurance
- Kitchen Steward
- Logistics
- Management (General)
- Medical Doctor
- Nursing
- Personal Assistant
- Product Management
- Retail
- Software Development
- Teaching
- Waiter
How it works
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Choose an activity
A run of scenarios from one line of work, or the taster, which serves one scenario at a time from across the catalogue.
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Answer and learn
Every option has an explanation from the professional, so a wrong answer teaches as much as a right one. Then say how much you enjoyed it.
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See your skills and next steps
Your answers build a profile on the UK Standard Skills Classification. Create an account to keep it and see which activities to try next.
Lines of work to try
See all 49 activitiesFor colleges, employers and programmes
Give the people you work with their own entry point: your name, your colours and a catalogue focused on your pathways, on your own address.
How partnerships workWhat you will and won't get
The scenarios help you explore and make an informed choice. They are not a test that decides anything for you, and no result here is a promise about a job.
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