Career ExplorationWeek 1 and 2

Learning Objective Learning Outcome

• Be able to compare career pathways in a chosen occupational sector.

• Identify and retrieve information from a variety of sources about career pathways in a chosen sector.

• Provide a definition of a career.

• Identify sources to search for job opportunities.

• Use at least three of the sources to research career pathways.

What is a career?

‘It is an occupation that an individual will choose. This may be for a specific amount of time and there may be opportunities to progress.’

What examples can you give?

What are the benefits of having a career?

TASK- Complete your definition of career in your work booklet.

Where can you get information about jobs?Complete your booklet

• The job centre

• Local newspaper

• Shop windows

• Internet job sites

• Recruitment agencies

Career pathways in different sectors- which sector are you interested in?

• Public Services- emergency services, army

• Health Care Sector- nursing, doctor, care assistants etc

• Education- Early years teacher, secondary school teacher, nursery nurse etc..

• Hospitality and Catering- Hotel receptionists, chef, air hostess etc

• Business and marketing – banking, human resources, data analyst etc..

• Law- lawyer, solicitor, legal secretary

Task

Using at least three of the sources from your list, find information about different career pathways in a chosen sector. Write notes, print out information and include it in your booklet.

Homework

Cut a job advert out of a local newspaper and complete the key information below-

• Where was the job advertised?

• Job title-

• Hours of work-

• Salary-

• Closing date-

• Details of how to apply for the job-

• Other details-