What is Futurewise?

boy laughing Futurewise is a personalised careers guidance and planning service and is most suitable for students aged 16. It provides them with relevant up-to-date information and resources so that they can make informed decisions about their future.

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Futurewise ensures that young people get the right level of support and careers information at the key transitional stages of their educational development. The Futurewise careers guidance services include the following:

Psychometric profiling and report

The Futurewise careers guidance service begins with psychometric profiling, designed to identify abilities, aptitudes, personality traits and interests. This profiling looks for fundamental abilities and the scores are not improved by revision so students of all academic abilities are able to complete the process. Following a profiling session, students receive a detailed report which identifies their strengths in reasoning that include:

Verbal and numerical ability
Perceptual, spatial and mechanical ability
Personality and learning style
Problem solving ability

The profiling results are presented in a series of graphs, tables and easy-to-read reports. The report concludes by identifying a number of career paths based upon the students' profile results and subsequent further research.

Psychometric profile interpretation

A 45-minute explanation of the profile results is given to all students.
A one-to-one guidance/group interview
Futurewise members receive an interview with a careers guidance professional to discuss their profile report and academic and vocational aspirations. During this interview, students have the opportunity to talk through the outcomes and identify their next steps, actions and research.

Futurewise website

The Futurewise website provides students with an excellent opportunity to research universities, higher education and careers options, sign up for courses and events, learn about our free Futurewise Fairs, employment and more. The personalised students' web pages can be linked to their parents and schools and contains interactive tools that include:

My profile is for reviewing the psychometric profiling results and career suggestions.
My CV is a tool to create a professional CV.
A newsfeed that provides careers information.
My personal statement that enables students to develop a compelling university application.
An interactive career cloud that provides personalised careers suggestions along with detailed career descriptions.

Information, Advice and Guidance Helpline

Futurewise offers a responsive information, advice and guidance helpline to students, schools and parents who have careers enquiries.

Futurewise careers guidance resources

Our careers resources can be accessed through the Futurewise website or via regular newsletters and publications.

Skills development

Futurewise members have priority access to Futurewise Courses and Events and Insight and Skills Development courses. These courses range from careers insight days hosted by one of our partner organisations such as PriceWaterhouse Cooper, to short presentation and public speaking skills courses hosted in schools.

Futurewise network

The Futurewise partner network offers invaluable access to a wide range of professions, industry and academia. The list of organisations working with Futurewise and its members is continually growing and there are opportunities to access their expertise and resources.