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Try real-life situations, build your skills and discover what suits you, all in a safe, supportive space.
29 jobs written so far · 36 situations you can play
How Career Lab works
Three steps from curious to confident.
Pick a job
What the work is like day to day, what it pays, and how people get in.
Do the work
One realistic task drawn from the job.
See what changed
Your choices, their effect, and what to try next. No score.
Jobs you can try today
Every job here has a situation you can try right now.
Rio says the task is boring. Yesterday he tore up his work over one spelling. Find the way past the blank page.
Health Carer Try thisSupport a morning care visit when time is shortErnest is proud, hungry and tired of being hurried. Plan the visit around him and spot what needs passing on.
Health Personal trainer Try thisCoach a first-timer with an old injuryJade nearly cancelled twice on the way here and is braced for embarrassment. Make her first session a reason to come back.
Business Business development manager Try thisHold your price when a buyer demands a discountDean will sign this afternoon if you take fifteen per cent off. Work out what the deal is actually worth before you answer.
Business Compliance officer Try thisBlock a marketing claim you cannot evidenceRachel needs her campaign approved by four. The subject line promises something the product cannot guarantee.
Business Event manager Try thisFix four problems before doors openFour problems, twenty-five minutes and a queue already forming. Choose the order and find out what it costs.
Not sure where to start?
24 questions. It points to kinds of work worth trying and explains why. No right answers, scores or personality type at the end.
It sorts you into 6 kinds of work:
- Supporting people directly
- Finding out and explaining
- Accuracy and order
- Persuading and dealing
- Boundaries and fairness
- Steady under pressure
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Anyone can read any job. You only need an account to try one, so your answers can be saved.
