This report is written for Franklin Emma, a freshman in University of Wolverhampton. The aim of this report is to help you to broaden your understanding of yourself and to plan well for your future career. (IPAT, 2008)
All the analyses and conclusions are based on the truth from verbal reasoning test in University of Kent site and personality questionnaire in BBC site. In addition, the report also includes some significant information about you, such as career for further study aim, education, experience and interests and values.
The content of this report will be treaded responsibly and confidentially. (IPAT, 2008)
2 Terms of Reference Procedure
Before writing this report, it is necessary to have a thorough understanding of you so that a precise report will be presented. So the first step is the psychometric test which consists of two parts. The one is a verbal reasoning test. This kind of test is to measure the ability to understand, analyze and interpret written information. Another is a personality test which is based on the five-factor model, a system of classifying personality traits. (University of Kent Careers Advisory Service, 2008&BBC, 2010)
The second step is to have an interview. This is the way to get to know about you from another side. About ten questions are included other than ones concerning personality and aptitude. They are related to education, experience and personal interests.
3 Client's current profile
Franklin Emma is a twenty-one-year old girl. You have studied English, German and Japanese, and graduated from Wolverhampton Girls' High School with a high A in each. Now you are a freshman in University of Wolverhampton. You are studying in English language and linguistics in school of law, social sciences and communications. (Wolverhampton Tuition, 2010)
You like things involving in words, such as writing, speaking and research. Meanwhile, you are always very fond of languages, especially the abstract side.
Being at a specialist language college, you had the chance to teach Japanese to primary school students as part of a summer school scheme. You have taught English, German and Japanese as part of a peer-mentoring programme and tutored students from other schools in Wolverhampton. Now you are a private tutor for teaching adults and children. (Wolverhampton Tuition, 2010)
4 Analysis of target career：a higher education lecturer
Job description
Higher education (HE) lecturer's duty is to support learning and conduct research activities in universities and some colleges of further education (FE). He or she teaches academic and vocational subjects to undergraduate and postgraduate students aged eighteen or above. Teaching forms include lectures, seminars, tutorials, practical laboratory demonstrations, field work and e-learning.
Typical work activities
1) create, prepare and improve teaching materials
2) deliver lectures, seminars and tutorials
3) assess students' coursework and examinations
4) monitor students' research activities
5) write up research and prepare it for publication
6) participate in staff training activities
Entry requirements
In general, doctoral degrees are necessary. However, for more vocational or specialized courses, expertise in the relevant area may be just as equivalent as a PhD. Meanwhile, teaching experiences and some published researches are basically needed. Moreover, excellent oral and written communication skills should be proven. Furthermore, it is better to have good IT skills. (Anita et al. 2009)
5 Comparison of current and targeted situation
On one hand, it is possible that you are qualified to be a lecturer in higher education. From your interests, your favorite thing is something relating to words, like writing, speaking and reading. In terms of this, it is persuasive that you have potentials and abilities to possess excellent oral and writing communication skills. Also, you like doing research which is a basic requirement for a lecturer in university. From your experiences, it can be accounted for that you have many specific experiences so that you may know how to be a teacher. To some degree, you are familiar with the procedure for designing, preparing and developing teaching materials. At the same time, it is easy for you to assess students' coursework and set examinations. (Anita et al. 2009)
On the other hand, you are a university student. You are too young to have enough academic knowledge and management abilities to be in charge of the students who are beyond eighteen years old. Basically, it is not easy for you to publish a certain amount of researches, even to get doctoral degrees.
6 conclusions
Your personalities tend to show an interest in the creative, new and experimental aspects of situations rather than dealing with routine practicalities. Neither do you like having things too structured nor being tied down. These make you easier cope with the unexpected than many. Nonetheless, you seem to be quite cautious and careful. This can be very important in detailed work or areas where mistakes can lead to a major loss. For the most part, you prefer a blend of either an exciting or a calm situation. In the meantime, your score which is above the average in a verbal reasoning test shows that you may have a good ability to understand, analyze and interpret written information. In your effort to be a tutor, you should benefit from this experience in life. Taking all these into consideration, you are really a strong candidate in this field. The only drawback is your lack of academic outcomes. (BBC, 2010)
7 Recommendations
In order of highest resemblance, the career fields to which you seem to approximate personal-career pattern is education. Research with the view of exploring and making occupational choices indicates that your career activity interest patterns generally relate to an English language lecturer which includes linguistics, grammar, writing, literature, communication, English as a foreign language and so on. However, this recommended occupation is not meant to be exhaustive, nor does it imply that only this occupational choice can prove your abilities, skills, interests or experience. Consequently, when reading this recommendation in terms of what kind of things people actually do while occupying in this job, and in terms of the work-related facilities and environment, you should think more about the occupational choices for which you would feel most comfortable, happy and energetic at first. (IPAT, 1999)
