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Talking through your hoozyu: tips for finding a good mentor

Wed, 17 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Talking to someone else about our ideas, concerns, decisions and plans is often very helpful. But that is, unfortunately, not always the case…

Meet Ben and Amy:

Ben was frustrated and disappointed over never being chosen for the projects and teams he wanted to be on at school. So he decided to talk to the youth leader at the youth club he’d been part of for a couple of years.

The youth leader made time to meet up with him after school one day. He listened carefully to Ben talking about his frustration; re-assured him it was ok to be honest about how he felt; made sure he understood what the issue was and how Ben was feeling about it.

He asked Ben some helpful questions about what - if anything - he had tried to do to get onto the teams; why that might not be working and what else he could do. He encouraged Ben by telling him some good qualities he’d noticed in Ben at youth club, and shared some of his own experience in dealing with disappointments but not giving up. He asked Ben to let him know how things were going at the next youth club and offered to meet up again anytime Ben wanted.

Ben left the conversation feeling like his youth leader really supported him, feeling more confident to keep trying, and much more positive about himself and what to do to help himself at school.

Amy was trying to decide what diploma to study for after school and had no idea what she should do. She decided to talk to her older sister who had already finished studying and been working for 2 years.

Amy asked her sister if she could help her with her diploma decision while they were out walking to their Auntie’s house. Her sister immediately told her it didn’t really matter what she did so long as she made some money at the end.

She told Amy to do the same diploma she’d done, because the teacher let them off lessons early and never set homework. When Amy said she had different ideas and wanted to choose something she’d really like to do and make a good career of, her sister accused her of being a dreamer and said, ‘why bother to have hopes and ideas like that, all jobs are the same.’

Amy left the conversation feeling dejected and discouraged. Her sister’s advice was not at all helpful. She hadn’t listened to Amy or tried to understand her perspective. Amy was left wondering who else she could talk to.

Think of times when you have asked someone for help, and what happened. Hopefully you had a good experience like Ben, but maybe you had a bad experience like Amy.

Did you feel supported? Did it help you develop your idea further? Did you get clearer about the topic you were talking about? Did it help you make your decision or choice more confidently?

Or, did you feel judged, or made to feel stupid? Did you just get a lot of advice that didn’t seem to fit your situation? Were you more confused, or less confident, about what to do at the end?

With your hoozyu you already have a great advantage over Ben and Amy. You have all that great information in your hoozyu to help you in life’s situations, relationships and career choices. However, it’s still really valuable to have someone to talk to at times when you are dealing with a specific challenge or important decision.

It can be a great way to boost your confidence and deal with some of your worries. But making a good rather than bad choice about who to talk with makes a big difference.

Finding the right person to talk to

Here’s a list to help you decide who to ask to talk through your hoozyu with you - you may not find the perfect person but it should help you avoid a bad choice!

Does this person have experience of hoozyu, have they done their own hoozyu and/or had some hoozyu mentoring training? If your chosen person is already a hoozyu mentor then that’s ideal as they should know which hoozyu scores will be most relevant to your conversation.
Does this person have some experience in supporting and developing people and have you heard good reports of them mentoring or supporting others? If they aren’t yet familiar with hoozyu, it’s not a huge issue.
Do you trust this person to listen, understand and have your best interests in view?

Can you think of someone who fits one of those descriptions? If so, what next?

Now it’s time to go and ask that person if you could have a talk with them - that’s a big and important step (especially if you have never done this before)!

It’s best to go with a specific concern or question, like Ben and Amy did. This will help your mentor / advisor be clear on what you want to get out of the time together. If they say yes, then you are on your way!

Final suggestion:

It’s good to prepare yourself for the talk.

Whether they know hoozyu or not; it will be good to give them the highlights of your hoozyu (and to tell them about what hoozyu is if they have never heard of it!).

An easy way to do this is to complete the Explain Yourself worksheet and take it along with you.

If you’ve chosen a good hoozyu mentor / advisor you won’t have to worry about what you’re going to say - they will encourage you to talk by asking you great questions and listening to your replies.

All the best!

My Headlines: Career & Role

Mon, 08 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000

The final section of the My Headlines page (if you haven’t already, you should check out parts one and two of this series) is around Career & Role Similarities.

This is a simple summary to highlight your highest matches from the Careers section of your hoozyu report.

If you look at your own My Headlines page, you’ll see 2 green boxes at the bottom of the page, each with 3 bullet points.

The first box contains 3 broad categories (for example, one of mine is Engineering & Architecture), while the second box contains 3 specific roles (e.g. Environmental Engineers).

Your specific roles may ‘fit into’ your broad categories (as with the engineering example) or they may appear to be completely unrelated. Don’t worry either way!

You can explore the full Careers Report for more detail, but the idea here is just to give you a quick reminder - stripping out your very highest matches from the full list of scores to highlight some key similarities.

When talking about the hoozyu careers data we always start by reminding people what this data isn’t saying, before we get into what it is…

Why? Because it’s easy to jump to the conclusion that these scores are an indication of the roles you are best suited to. But that simply isn’t what the data is measuring.

In fact I’d hazard a guess that there isn’t any data in the world that could really tell you that - there are too many variables and details to take into account!

So what is this data telling us? Simply this: that the way you answered the questionnaire that powers hoozyu, was most similar to the people who are happy and successful in those roles that appear as your top matches.

I won’t go into the details of that process, but effectively what it means is this: if you have Environmental Engineers as your top match for job roles, that means that - out of the 209 roles currently measured - you appear most similar, in terms of your interests, personality and perspective, to people who are happy in their roles as Environmental Engineers.

Does that mean you have the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to be an Environmental Engineer? Nope!

You may, or you may not, be equipped for the roles that appear as your highest matches - that isn’t something hoozyu measures I’m afraid. Only you know what skills or qualifications you have, so only you can make the decision about what career/s you should or shouldn’t pursue.

What this data does is give you a clue into the fields or roles you may find it motivating and enjoyable to work in.

So how should we make use of this data? Well, here’s how I get value out of my scores - maybe it will help you work with your own!

1. Broad Categories (a.k.a. Career Families)

For each Career Family I start by asking myself these questions:

What kind of jobs fall into this broad category?
What kind of environment are those jobs generally found in?
Is this a field I’ve ever considered before? If yes, what drew me to it? If no, what did I find unappealing about it?
If it’s a field that I’ve just never thought of: what do I find most interesting or exciting about this field? Is it something I might want to look into?

As I think through these questions I begin to notice the similarities that crop up across the fields. Maybe none of these fields are something I actually want to pursue, but that something that they have in common may be a clue to the kind of job that will suit me.

2. Specific Roles (a.k.a. Career Titles)

With Career Titles it’s a similar process, just with slightly different questions:

What kind of tasks would this role involve?
Is it mostly desk / computer work or would I be involved with any kind of physical products or environment?
What kind of setting is this role generally found in? An office? Workshop? Factory? Retail space? Outdoors? etc.
What is the overarching purpose or drive of this role? Creating products? Communicating with customers? Helping people? Collecting data? etc.

You can probably think of your own questions, dependent on the things that will matter most to you. If you can’t answer the questions for each of your high matching roles, do some research and find out!

And remember, this isn’t the limit of the jobs that are available to you - there’s plenty of roles not measured in the hoozyu data at all! So learn what you can by asking yourself good questions and gleaning the common themes that crop up for you as you do so - then take what you’ve learnt and start to piece together your own ideas of what the perfect job for you might look like…

Who knows - maybe it’s a role that doesn’t quite exist yet… but if you can define the unique space you want to fill in the world, you’ll be able to pinpoint the knowledge and experiences you’ll need in order to get there, and the steps you need to take now to get you on the right track!

So, what are you waiting for? Get stuck in, and all the best on your career journey!

My Headlines: Style

Tue, 26 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000

In my last post I talked about the first chunk of the My Headlines page: Motivation. Today we’re going to be looking at the yellow box that comes after that, as you scroll down the page - Your Style.

If you look at this section of your own report you’ll notice that it follows the same pattern:

“In this report we will introduce you to the idea that how you see yourself (and what you expect of yourself) is not the whole story of who you are. There is some other stuff going on beneath the surface.”

As you delve deeper into the In-Depth Report, you’ll discover that what we’re alluding to here is the difference between Usual Behaviour and Need & Stress, but in this summary we keep things simple, and simply describe it in these terms:

“So while you are generally seen as ______________ and you expect yourself to ______________ ; we are going to help you understand why sometimes you might become ______________ or see others as ______________ .”

Pretty straightforward right? But let’s break this down a little further to help us really get our teeth into what this is saying (and how it can help us).

There are two different behaviours being described here. Firstly there’s the way you are generally seen, and expect yourself to be.

Have a read of your own report, and you’ll find that those words are positives. If things are going well, people tend to see your positive, productive behaviour. You’re able to be the person you want to be, without the pressures of a particularly difficult situation to contend with.

The second set of behaviours are what you sometimes might become, or see others as…

Have a read of this section and you’ll notice those words are a lot less positive. In fact, they are things that we’d generally think of as undesirable traits or behaviours. You’ll notice the example above features the word ‘resistant’ - that’s a lot less constructive than ‘emotionally aware’, which is found in the earlier sentence!

So clearly we each have a positive and a negative version of ourselves presented here - a productive and counter-productive set of behaviours.

But how does this help us?

Well, we could go into the In-Depth Report to find out more, or visit the Stress Check to help us manage those potential negative behaviours…

But even this simple description in My Headlines gives us something we can work with.

Already, by looking at this one paragraph, I know what my positive behaviours should look like. So when I find myself living out those positive descriptors I can guess that I’m not doing too badly!

But if I find myself matching the negative version - if I find myself behaving in a counter-productive way, or developing a toxic perspective of other people - then I know that there’s probably something going on ‘beneath the surface’…

If that is the case, then I need to identify and solve that issue, so that I can shift back into positive and productive behaviour - and not continue acting in a way that might worsen my situation!

So you can use this simple summary of your Style as a means of quickly measuring how well things are going for you - do you feel like you are acting out more of the positive or negative behaviours at this point in time?

When you know you’ve got an issue the Stress Check can be a great place to start! But if that doesn’t do the job, you may need to spend some time thinking, reflecting, and deciphering where the issue may be, using your Grid and Interests data.

When you’re really familiar with the hoozyu data, there are a lot of ways it can help you manage yourself and your reactions - but part of that process will always involve you reflecting on how the scores play out in your unique context.

So don’t underestimate the importance of using self-reflection, or discussion with a trusted mentor or advisor, to help you make sense of and apply what the different scores are telling you about yourself.

My Headlines: Motivation

Fri, 15 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000

If you’re looking for a quick and snappy reminder of how you can stay energised this week, your best bet is probably to check out the My Headlines page of the hoozyu platform, and focus on the first section: Motivation.

The first part of the Motivation summary is based around your Interest scores.

If you’re on a laptop it should look something like this, with your top 3 motivators on the left and your strong de-motivators (if you have any) on the right:

Note: Some of you may find you have a few scores in the de-motivator column, others may not have any - don’t worry either way! Only Interests with scores under 20 end up in that box, so this will differ from person to person.

Part of the reason this is such a great resource is that it strips out all the in-between scores, and allows you to focus on the things that are going to have the strongest impact on you.

Looking at the summary above I can instantly see that engaging in something visual or ‘wordy’, or getting out for a walk, are going to be quick boosts to my energy levels, and that if I’m having to negotiate or be involved in selling (whether objects, ideas or experiences) I’m likely to be finding that pretty draining.

In fact, the more I’m having to engage with the things in the de-motivator column, the more vital it becomes that I am balancing that out with plenty of the things from the motivator column!

Have a look at your own scores. Have you been engaging more with your motivators or de-motivators recently? What can you do today to give yourself a boost of energy? What can you do this week to ensure you are regularly engaging those top Interest scores?

The second part of the Motivation summary is based around Your Focus. You should see something like this:

It can get a little confusing what the difference between Interest and Focus is, so don’t worry if you’re struggling to get your head around it. As it says above, Focus is about the specific kinds of tasks (i.e. hands-on practical tasks, people-focused and interactive tasks, creative and strategic tasks, or analytical and administrative tasks) you want to be involved in hour-by-hour, while Interests tell us the ‘fields’ where you want to be doing those tasks.

If we combine the two examples above I want to be doing mainly creative thinking and planning, strategic tasks in a visual, ‘wordy’ or outdoor context.

Does that make sense?

Have a look at your own descriptions in the Motivation section of your ‘My Headlines’ page. How do your Interest and Focus motivators combine together? What kind of tasks do you want to be working on, and in what kind of context?

Think about the week ahead of you: does your current reality match up with your motivations, or not much? Is there anything you can do to align different aspects of your life with the tasks or the interests that most energise you?

How can you use this summary of your motivations to keep yourself from getting drained each week? And what regular activities can you use as your own personal energy boost?

Work with what you have

Tue, 05 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Duke Ellington, the jazz musician and composer, once said that he found it much easier to write an interesting and inventive tune for a musician who only had three good notes, than for someone who could hit every note in all three octaves with virtuosity.

For the same reason, artists will draw with their wrong hand or with a blindfold on; they do this in order to limit their possibilities and force themselves to make the most of what little is now available to them.

The same can apply to trying to decide what kind of life you are going to build. Having a huge number of possibilities can be a lot harder than only having a couple of options.

There is a practical application of your hoozyu report to this.

Some people, when they look at the Raw Data section of the platform will find that they have long bars for all 4 of the Organisational Focus colours, and high matches on a great long list of Career Titles too…

Far from making life easier for them, it can make things more difficult. They may be able to slot neatly into pretty well anything they try – but may struggle for years to find the authentic “me”.

If that is you, my advice is to ignore those sections of the report for now, and focus instead on your top three Areas of Interest. Understand them individually and then try to see how they might fit together; you are more likely to get to the “real you” this way, than by trying to synthesise your 20 high Career Family scores.

And if you don’t have three high Area of Interest scores, even better – try focusing on the one or two that stand out. You will be playing a riff of your very own in no time at all.

Positive Framing

Wed, 27 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

A big part of what hoozyu does, is to help frame both the visible and the hidden aspects of our personalities and perspectives, in a positive and applicable way that enables us to embrace the things that can be turned into strengths, and manage the things that could cause us issues.

Here’s a quick example from a hoozyu workshop we ran in London many years ago…

We had just started going through the Interest scores (i.e. looking at the areas that matter most to us, and will leave us feeling energised), and this particular participant had a score in the high 90s for Artistic - meaning that “visual impact” and “how things look” was going to be really very important to her.

In this case it was actually slightly more dramatic than that.

“My whole life I have seen myself as a perfectionist, but this makes so much more sense – I just can’t bear it when things look wrong!”

‘Perfectionist’ is one of those rather punishing (self-punishing, in this case) terms, that sounds like it ought to mean something positive but actually has quite a negative spin to it. Label someone – or yourself – as a perfectionist and you have already limited their potential. After all, what you’re saying when you call someone a perfectionist, is that they will never be happy with anything you (or they) do, because their expectations are unrealistically high… that’s a pretty tough epithet to live under.

“It really matters to me how things look – and that they look right” is a different narrative altogether. Now we have someone who is very sensitive to the visual, and therefore can help us ensure that things look right. She knows – and we do too – that function matters as well as form, so look isn’t everything; but when she tells us there is an issue with how something looks, we take notice.

See the difference? Positive framing has the potential to empower rather than sentence a person.

Suddenly, it’s easy to see the value they bring to each situation - the unique insights they may have that we miss. Their strengths can complement ours. Which is not always the first thought that passes though our heads when a ‘perfectionist’ comments on our work…

It’s all in how you frame things.

Dental Assistants: Do you bake?

Thu, 14 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

I was sat in the dentist’s chair unable to speak while I waited for my mould to set.

The dentist was speaking to his new dental assistant. It was the assistant’s first day and they had just stepped into the room to observe - I was perhaps the first real client they’d seen!

‘Do you bake?’ asked my dentist. ‘Uh, yes’, the assistant replied, clearly puzzled. ‘Well if you bake you’ll be fine because this is just the same’ replied the dentist. He continued, ’Just like you get all the ingredients ready, you just do the same here, get everything ready and it will all go smoothly, it’s all about the preparation!’

This set me thinking about the nature of jobs. When we hear the name of a job or role what do we picture, or think it all’s about?

‘Dental Assistant (or Technician or Nurse)’ made me picture - scared patients, mouths full of assorted teeth, peoples breath, pain, painful noises, metal instruments, x-rays… certainly not baking!

My dentist painted me a completely different picture of a dental technician and what the role is actually all about. A key part of the role is to prepare everything for, and then support, the dentists as they conduct examinations and treatment. You need to be thorough, accurate, respond quickly, stay focused, build an understanding of how each dentist likes to do things and how she/he needs you to support them. I also learnt you need strong hands and wrists to mix the cements!

So, as you consider your list of hoozyu job families and titles don’t be too quick to dismiss some of the options presented! It’s worth stopping and finding out what the job or role is really like.

Here’s 3 suggestions for how to do that for any job or role you want to know more about:

Click on any hoozyu job link and you’ll find more information about that job.
Try to find someone who does or knows about that job and ask some questions such as: What do you do all day? What do you like most and least about this job? What is the most challenging thing you have to do? What kind of person do you think is best suited to this job?
Google ‘a day in the life of a ___’ and you will find some great videos and interviews by real people who do that job.

Happy exploring!

Understanding your career options (Part 2)

Fri, 08 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

If you haven’t already check out Understanding your career options: Part 1.

If you’re a young person, and have reached the stage of trying to make decisions about which career path you may want to pursue, the hoozyu Careers Data can be a great place to gather ideas and inspiration. In this post I’m just going to share one practical way you can utilise this data, but it is by no means the only way to get value from these scores.

Before we get started I want you to read the following paragraph to make sure you have the right perspective on the Career Data before we dig in…

The Career Data in my hoozyu report is NOT prescriptive; it is descriptive. That means it tells me who I resemble, NOT what I should do. What’s more, the Careers Data only covers 210 jobs out of a total of around 800 in the ONET database, so there are plenty of jobs that I may be a great match for which may not be included in this list.

Have you got that?

This data can provide really great insights - but only if you approach, and use, it correctly! It isn’t telling you what to do, simply telling you who you look like; and it doesn’t cover every possible role. So you may well be able to guide yourself better using your Interests, Org Focus and Grid scores.

Now that we’re clear on that we can look at the Careers Report.

Start by looking at your Top Matches.

Make a list of the Career Families and Top Career Titles in those two columns which appeal to you.
Then make a second list, of Career Families or Titles which don’t currently appeal to you, but which you realise you may need to find out more about, in order to make an informed decision.
Use the platform and the clickable links to go to ONET / My Next Move and find out more about those jobs.

After you have explored those options, come up with a final list of 3 that you feel most interested in or excited about, and then write an Action Plan for each of those 3 choices - it might include doing further research, networking with people in the industry, talking to your teachers or a career advisor, looking for a placement or internship, attending an information day…

Be specific about the next steps you might want to take to progress in your understanding of (and experience in) that area. And as you learn more about a specific career, ask yourself what a role in that field may look like in the long-term - can you see yourself continuing to feel engaged further down the line?

If you’ve been through your top matches and you still aren’t seeing 3 options you want to explore, use the All Careers tab to look for other options.

The important thing is to remember this is not an exhaustive list - meaning there are many, many roles not included. So if you’re not finding the Career Data helpful in deciding on your options, head back to the In-Depth Report and focus instead on what you can learn from your Interests, Focus and Grid scores. What do these areas of the data tell you about the kind of roles that are going to keep you energised and motivated?

Understanding your career options

Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000

In an earlier post on understanding your best foundation for developing talent we talked about how talent is most easily, and sustainably, developed in the areas that we are naturally (and enthusiastically) drawn to…

“Understanding what works for us, and what doesn’t, is a very important step in understanding where and how we can develop our talent; because talent is largely the set of skills you are willing to commit yourself, relentlessly, to developing.

Once you understand those areas where you’ll be best able to develop talent, it makes it a lot easier to narrow down the kinds of careers that are likely to suit you. It’s no longer a matter of trying to pick the best option from a big bag of potential futures, but looking at what is already within you and developing that into a fulfilling career path.

What do you know about yourself so far?

Have a go at completing the following statements (in a notebook, on your phone / laptop, or wherever) based on where you think your talent may best be developed. Pull up your hoozyu data - by logging into the platform, or reviewing your one-page summary report if you have a copy to hand - and use it to complete the 2nd and 3rd statements.

You can take as much time over this as you need to get clear in your own thoughts.

My overall impression is that I might be well suited to become…
My Interest and Organisational Focus scores that support this view are…
My Usual and Need descriptors that also support this view are…
This makes me feel…

Have a look at what you wrote in response to that last statement. If you have written positive words - e.g. “excited, intrigued, happy, enthusiastic” or even words like “daunted, challenged, nervous” that’s great! Feeling nervous is just a sign that you recognise there are areas you need to further develop yourself in.

If, on the other hand, you have written really negative words - “sad, disappointed, depressed, gutted, demotivated”, then we have a problem: something is not computing. If you have really understood your motivational and Grid scores, that should be a “woohoo!” moment - not a “boohoo…” one.

If that’s you - if you’re feeling distressed or discouraged by what you see in your data, why not talk it through with a trusted friend or mentor, if you haven’t already. They may be able to help you locate the root of any sadness or disappointment you’re feeling in this area.

Maybe you feel inadequate to pursue the areas your scores are pointing you towards, or maybe you’ve got so far down a certain path and you think it’s too late to reroute and aim for something different.

The truth is that, if you’re wise, nothing you learn need ever be wasted. The skills developed in one field can almost always be transferred to another; the experience and discipline, knowledge and practice from one pursuit can inform a wide variety of other areas in your life. (If you want to learn more about this check out our recent post on transferrable skills.)

Check out Understanding your Career Options Part 2.

You might have more options than you think... (Part 2)

Mon, 14 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000

In Part 1 I showed you how to identify your ‘transferable skills’. These are skills that are highly valued by employers, regardless of what job you are doing.

Here’s some examples: digital literacy, data science skills, critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, presentation skills, human (caring) skills, communication skills, learning and research skills, and so on. I encouraged you to put examples of these on your resume / CV / profile as evidence of the enterprise skills you are developing.

Here in part 2, I will show you how to explore actual jobs to see how readily ‘transferable’ your skills are.

To make this real and relevant for you, take a look right now at your top 20 hoozyu career titles:

ACTION: Log into you hoozyu account and look at your list of top 20 career titles.

Start with the ones that look interesting to you and click on the link to read some detailed information about that job. If you are currently doing a completely different job then look it up on My Next Move (see below) as well.

The links take you to a career database called My Next Move. This tells you what knowledge, skills & abilities and personality are required for this job, plus it describes what people who do this job actually do - that’s really helpful!

More Detail:

Some of the detail is for the USA market (such as salary expectations, remember this is telling you US dollars only for jobs in the US!) but it’s a good starting place to learn more. I recommend you then compare with your local job market for specific differences.

For example if one of your top career matches is Web Designers, Masters, Administrators, & Writers and you want to know more, simply google: ‘What does a Web Designer do in Singapore?’ (or wherever you are!)

I actually did this and the first page that came up told me what salary to expect (in Singapore dollars!) and then it told me what I would do on the job. What it didn’t tell me was what kind of personality is best suited for this job. My Next Move site tells you this as well.

Back to Transferable Skills:

Transferable skills are primarily in the central ‘skills’ box on My Next Move. As you look through different jobs you will see that many of these are repeated and overlap across several different jobs.

So, if you have developed/are learning some of these skills in one job, or on a particular course, you can readily use them in another. For example, if you have already got some communication, data analysis, planning and research skills from training or working as an Environmental Research Scientist you may be able to transfer quite readily to a Gallery or Museum Technician or to a Medical Administrator.

You may need to learn some new knowledge and even take a short course to help you make the move but you do have options. So don’t rule out a job that might look completely different to the one you trained for or are currently doing. If you are interested in making a move then find out more!

Other resources:

Make use of any career advice service you can access.
Google: ‘A day in the life of a (add the job you want to find out more about!)’
Look at the career advice/services provided by your own government some examples below:
- Singapore: Skills Future Singapore has information on career pathways, skills and training opportunities: http://www.skillsfuture.sg/skills-framework
- Australia: https://www.australia.gov.au/information-and-services/jobs-and-workplace/career-information or: the Foundation for Young Australians (https://www.fya.org.au/) has some great material on 7 new job clusters and maps how different jobs overlap.
- UK: National Careers Service: https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk
- India: For information on trends and future opportunities in India, download this white paper: Skills for Future: Jobs Technology And The Future Of Work In India, Quest Alliance 2017 from https://www.questalliance.net/our-publications