Different careers require specific skills and qualifications. It is always best to research a career idea as soon as you think about it. This will ensure that you know whether or not it is a realistic option before you set your heart on it. If you want to pursue a particular idea, you must be clear about the skills and qualifications required and ask yourself if you are the right sort of person to do the job effectively. You can then plan to build up the necessary requirements through the choices you make about education and by gaining relevant work experience.

Your careers library in school and at your local careers centre will have lots of useful resources (books, videos, CD-ROMs, etc) to help with your research and make things clearer for you.