UK career assessments for real decisions
Stop guessing what you should do next.
Choose the assessment that matches the decision you are facing. Get a personalised report explaining your career matches, trade-offs and realistic UK routes.
One payment. Full report included. No subscription.
Choose the question you need answered
Six focused assessments. Each works alone and comes with its full report.
- Career Compass (£19.99): A ranked shortlist of up to ten UK careers that fit you, with the pay, how to get in and a 30-day plan to try them out.
- Career Strengths (£19.99): Find out whether your strongest thinking is with words, numbers, patterns, shapes or systems, and which jobs use those strengths every day.
- Work Personality (£19.99): Your working style in plain English: what energises you, what drains you, and the teams, managers and jobs that suit you.
- Career Change (£19.99): Find out whether a new employer, a different role or a whole new career would fix what is wrong, with your transferable skills and a 90-day plan.
- Work Fit (£19.99): Your ideal workplace across twelve areas such as pay, flexibility and pace, your deal-breakers, and the questions to ask at interview.
- Pathway Planner (£19.99): Compare a degree, an apprenticeship, a course or going straight into work, with the time, cost and next steps for where you live in the UK.
What you walk away with
- A shortlist of up to ten careers ranked on your own answers, not a personality label
- The reasons, the trade-offs and the UK routes for each, so you can check them rather than take them on trust
- A 30-day plan of small experiments to run before you spend time or money retraining
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Free quizzes give you a type. This gives you a decision.
| Free quiz | TonyKnows report | |
|---|---|---|
| What you get | A personality type or a handful of job titles | Up to ten real UK careers, ranked on your own answers |
| The reasons | None you can check | Why each career appears, with the fit shown in parts you can question |
| Routes and pay | Not covered | Entry routes for your nation and pay context, each with its source and checked date |
| The downsides | Never mentioned | What could frustrate you in each leading option, stated plainly |
| What to do next | Nothing | A 30-day plan of small experiments before you spend time or money retraining |
| Who pays | Advertisers, or whoever is selling you a course | You, once. No adverts, no upsell, no affiliate influence on rankings |
Free UK career guides
- UK career guides: routes, pay and how to start for over 500 careers
- UK salaries by career: starting and experienced pay compared across careers
- Careers without a degree: apprenticeship and work-first routes
- High-paying careers: the best-paid UK careers and how long they take
- Careers to change into: realistic moves for experienced workers
- Career change: work out how big a change you actually need
- Jobs in demand in the UK: where employers are hiring
- Career change CV: finished templates for a CV that explains the move
Straight answers before you pay
What exactly do I get for £19.99?
Career Compass: your six-domain interest profile, work priorities and trade-offs, three career families, up to ten explained career suggestions with the fit shown in parts, a strongest-three comparison, UK routes and pay context where a sourced figure exists, what could frustrate you, questions to ask, a 30-day plan, and the sources. As a web page in your account and a designed PDF.
What if it is not useful?
If your report does not match the answers you gave, email support@tonyknows.co.uk. We read your answers against your report ourselves, and if it got you wrong you get a free retake. We compare the answers you actually gave against the report that came out. If they genuinely disagree, or the report came back too thin to be any use, you get a retake at no cost. If the report does match your answers and you simply read it differently, we will explain how it reached that result rather than retake it. Your legal rights are unaffected either way.
Why is it paid before I start?
So there is no surprise paywall after fifteen minutes of questions. You see the price, exactly what the report contains and a full sample report first; the complete report is then included in the £19.99.
How long does it take?
Most people take about 15-18 minutes. Nothing is timed, every answer is saved, and you can come back on any device.
Is TonyKnows scientifically validated?
Not yet. The assessments are designed using established career-psychology frameworks with original TonyKnows items in pilot. Our methodology page says exactly what is and is not validated, and we will not claim otherwise until evidence specific to it exists.
Will it tell me one perfect career?
No. You get components of fit, evidence coverage, trade-offs and practical readiness for each option so you can investigate rather than take a verdict on trust.
Does it work for all UK nations?
We ask which nation you are planning for and label routes for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Some facts are indicative and need checking with the provider.
Is it suitable for under-18s?
Not yet. The paid assessments are for adults (18+). A supervised flow for under-18s is being reviewed and is not open, even when a parent buys. Under-18s can use the free career guides.
Do affiliate course links affect my results?
No. Some course links on TonyKnows are affiliate links, but commission never touches scores or rankings, and no course purchase is needed for full results.
What happens if report generation fails?
Your answers are saved and you can retry at no cost. Scores and rankings are produced by software; if the written explanation fails, a factual version is shown and flagged for review.