Keeping Costs Down What Do I Do Next? Career Plan Examples First Careers   First Careers' aim is to help teenagers, school leavers and young adults who want to set first clear career directions. Start by doing our fun and helpful career planning questionnaires online. Next, request a face-to-face appointment with one of our trained independent career professionals.   Career Step 1   Teenagers and young adults, mostly aged 15-30 years, are encouraged to complete the Smithells® Career Planning Questionnaires online on this website. Once completed, First Careers emails them a confidential personal Data Summary, so they can…   • Read about what their Summary shows them • Think about career directions and career options • Talk about subject selection, qualifications and courses • Seek independent career advice   Career Step 2   First Careers strongly recommends that teenagers or young adults who want to…   • Understand their Data Summary more fully • Find or confirm ‘best fit’ career directions and career options • Choose school subjects, choose qualifications that fit those career directions • Put a career plan together   contact a Smithells® Practitioner through the Appointments Pages and request a face-to-face appointment for career advice and guidance.   The Smithells® Practitioners are a group of independent career professionals who have been trained especially to…   • Understand teenagers’ and young adults’ Data Summaries • Explore with teenagers and young adults what makes them each unique • Work out, confirm, adjust or fine tune career directions • Help with subject selection and choosing qualifications or courses • Outline options for those qualifications or courses • Create steps in a realistic career plan Click for examples of career plans   Independent career advice from a Smithells® Practitioner can help teenagers, school leavers and young adults develop a career focus, keep costs down for study and enter the workforce earlier. Read how independent career advice can help young people keep costs down and enter the workforce earlier.     WHAT DO I DO NEXT?   Do the Smithells® Career Planning Questionnaires online (for all first-time clients)   Do the Smithells® Update Questionnaires online (for returning clients only)   Request an appointment with a Smithells® Practitioner   Want more information? Click on any menu button.