Careerscape/Kudos

Careerscape

Careerscape is a really useful tool which provides information on education, training and the world of work. You can search over 1800 different job titles and each career entry offers relevant information such as work activities, entry routes and training, pay and opportunities and further information with web and email links.

The careers information is also enhanced with over 3,000 high quality photographs of people at work. The Career Families section shows careers in similar areas which is useful for people who have an ideal of an area of work they may be interested in.

Careerscape is a software program with:

• Information on over 1800 different job titles
• Information on lots of other topics such as education, training, employment, career choice, health, travel, relationships and lots more
• Links between subjects and careers
• Photographs and video clips
• Case Studies of people who do the jobs
• Information on higher education courses

You can login to Careerscape below. Please note, you will have to register the first time you use the programme. You can also use this programme in school or college. Ask your Careers teacher or Personal Adviser for more information.

To login to the online version of Careerscape, please use the widget on the right.

Kudos

Kudos is a unique careers matching and information program which helps young people plan their future.

Suitable for 13 to 19 year olds, Kudos uses individual interests and qualification aspirations to generate a personalised list of career suggestions.

Kudos also inspires young people to explore their own career ideas and discover how suitable they are.

Kudos is available online and on CD*.
Features

* Unique careers matching based on interests and aspirations
* Transparent results illustrate why each career has been suggested
* Matching to virtually every career shows why certain careers are not suggested
* Detailed information on over 1,750 career titles, updated 3 times a year
* Over 3,500 photographs of people at work
* Integrated action planning tool
* Salary and labour market information
* Web and email links signpost additional resources
* Help and guidance available throughout the program
* Free support resources
* Option to add link to local information
* Integrates with assistive technologies

Suitable for:

* 13-19 year olds
* Year 9 onwards
* Careers/Personal & Social Education
* Schools/colleges
* Connexions and youth services
* Pupil Referral Units
* YOIs

Benefits

* Stimulates exploration of career options
* Promotes personal awareness and encourages investigation
* Raises aspirations by linking careers to qualifications
* Results after just 50 questions; this increases motivation for further exploration
* Personalised Action Plan reflects results and encourages goals setting

By adding Careerscape to Kudos, UCAS Higher Education course information is displayed within Kudos career suggestions.

*Please note that not all features are available on the CD version.

To login to the online version of Kudos, please use the widget on the right.