Welcome to…..

‘Understanding your

EuroQuest report’

A presentation for students at

Zurich International School

What is this all about?

Students at this school recently undertook an exercise entitled ‘EuroQuest’.

The EuroQuest reports have now been distributed.

The purpose of this presentation is to give a little more background information for students to make far greater use of their reports.

The reason being:

Life after school is now only a few steps ahead………

….are you ready…..?

How EuroQuest can helpEuroquest is designed to help students in the

international community to:

• Think about themselves within the context of choices.• Understand their strengths and areas for

development.• Gain ideas for what may be available after education.• Work on any academic areas necessary for their

future.• Make more sense of the vocational world of work.• Match interests, values, abilities and personality to

identify potential aspirations and choices.

…and more….

• Consider potential occupational directions and relating outcomes of EuroQuest assessments to occupational requirements.

• Undertake real practice of choices and consequences: subject choices for next year/grade; higher education and consequences of decisions with respect to possible career paths.

• Set targets, devise action plans and think and prepare positively for the future.

• Achieve success and aspirations.

Looking at a EuroQuest report

• The rest of this presentation will look closely at a typical EuroQuest report.

• Everybody’s EuroQuest is different.

• This presentation will therefore deal in generalities.

• Students with specific questions should consult their guidance office who will contact Step One if necessary.

So let’s start looking at a typical report………..

Euro/InterQuestA summary of your report

The report is between 10-20 pages long and is comprised of the following parts:

A) Introduction: outlining how your InterQuest report can help you consider future career and course possibilities

B) Interest Profile: displaying key occupational and academic interests

C) Career Worksheets: providing details for up to six suitable career areas, based on your interest profile

E) Subject Interest Chart: an aid in helping you select IB Diploma subjects appropriate for your potential future careers or higher educational needs

F) Cambridge Profile: summarising your results in the aptitudes of verbal, numerical and abstract reasoning, two- and three-dimensional spatial reasoning, spelling, arithmetic calculation, and also working quickly and accurately

F) Overview of personal preferences

Information in your report was derived from: Careers Interest Questionnaire

200/250 questions30/40 minutes time to complete

This information resulted in: B: Interest Profile

The profile provides an overview of career interests, academic abilities and subjects which underpin these

Green ball “i”indicates

student interest

Pink ball “M”indicates

lower interestlevel but still a strong overall

match

Careers in blue display key

occupational interests

You should look for related ‘occupational groups’ in your list

• Business related• Science related• Engineering related• Agriculture related• Medicine (Vet) related• Math related• Social sciences • Art and Design related• Music and Drama• Word related• People related• Sports related• ?

You should always be asking yourself very simple questions such as:

Would you rather deal with people, things or perhaps information?

The EuroQuest then starts to move into more detail

C. Career selection worksheetsOverview of most the suitable career areas from ‘your interest profile’

The worksheets list various occupations within occupational families

C: Work sheets

C: The Career Worksheetawareness of additional important interests

Overall match

The overall match relates to subsequent questions in the questionnaire that relate to the main occupational area.

The purpose of this is to see whether deeper implications of that occupation have been considered by the student also whether the student identifies with those implications or not.

Green bar line means: no problems.

Orange bar line means: should be considered.

Red bar line means: should be considered seriously.

Red does not mean ‘no’ just ‘think about it’ IF it is relevant to YOU.

This section provides a greater opportunity to consider more closely the skills, approaches etc, required within that

occupational family.

You should also consider what you are good at and what you would like to learn.

• Being accurate• Coping with distress• Having patience• Coping with stress• Working under pressure• Taking quick decisions• Good social skills• Being service related• Being adventurous

This section now deals with thinking about subject choices

E: Subject Selection ChartThe chart is designed to help students to choose subjects that support their potential future career interests. It is a broad guide only.

NOTE:

The next page will reflect the subjects that are available at your school

E. Subject selection chart

A list is printed in your report of the available IB subjects at your school

This is designed to help you decide what subjects are important to you in respect of your abilities, interests and of course: what you now know is required for your future.

The next step………….

The test results

So far we have only considered the results of analysing responses to the interest questionnaire.

The next step is to consider the test results.

Reference has already been made to these results within the occupational worksheets. Such reference has been only for tests relevant to those particular occupational areas.

These are samples of the aptitude questions that were setWhat test would match which career field?

Abstract reasoning:

Three dimensional reasoning:

Verbal reasoning:

Sample Aptitude QuestionsWhat test would match which career field?

Two dimensional reasoning:

Arithmetic Calculation

Numerical Reasoning:

F: Cambridge Profile ResultsYou have been provided with a summary of your results for each section of the Cambridge Profile (the aptitude assessment)

The average score is 50%

F: Speed & AccuracyYou have been provided with a summary of your speed and accuracy on the Cambridge Profile tests.

The grey bar highlights their speed

The blue bar highlights their accuracy

Look very carefully indeed at the comparison between your speed accuracy and percentile. What lessons can you learn from this is respect of your test performance?

Occupations

• How do your test results relate to the occupations you are thinking about?

• How important for instance is verbal reasoning, abstract reasoning and spatial reasoning to the occupations you are thinking about?

• What are the implications of speed and accuracy?

• Is there anything you should do to improve?• Ask yourself the question: realistic? idealistic?

on course? Need to see guidance?

Almost there….

Understanding your thinking and learning styles can significantly enhance your study performance.

Euroquest provides an introduction to this essential area of self knowledge.

Thinking & Learning StylesYou have been provided with a summary of your thinking and learning styles, based on the Cambridge Profile test results.

Also look at Step One’s Prospero

F: Personal PreferencesBased on the Career Questionnaire, you are provided with a summary chart highlighting your personal preferences.

The chart highlights five groups

of personal factors:

-Team work

-Social interaction

-Making progress

-Working environment

-Physical factors

Now that you see these: what do you make of the way you responded?

After EuroQuest, Step One provides many more support facilities to help students make

decisions, plan and study.

These are all available by visiting:

www.stepone.ac

Just a few examples

• - Toolkit for learning• Brainwaves and Concentration• Calendars for Scheduling • Memorising• Mind Mapping• Positive Thinking• Reading, Listening and Concentrating

• - Links to university websites across the globe

Make your life a success

Make the most of the help available

Make the most of this valuable assessment