Title: Looking to the future careers in the modern world
1Looking to the future careers in the
modern world
2QUIZ TIME!
3Your Future Career
1
- The word career means more than just the jobs
you do
True or False?
4Your Future Career
2
- 70 of job vacancies are never advertised
True or False?
5Your Future Career
3
- Give two reasons why there has been an increase
in the number of people working from home -
6Your Future Career
4
- At what age do most dancers retire?
- At what age does the average person retire?
7Your Future Career
5
- 65 of companies employ fewer than 20 people
True or False?
8Your Future Career
6
- Name four
- transferable skills of a plumber. (i.e. skills
they could easily use in any job)
9Your Future Career
7
- 14 of working people are self-employed
True or False?
10Your Future Career
8
- The average person will have at least ten changes
of job in their working life
11Your Future Career
9
- Most people work a normal 9am - 5pm, Monday to
Friday working week
True or False?
12Your Future Career
10
- In an interview situation people make their minds
up whether you are suitable or not within the
first ten minutes
True or False?
13First Impressions Count!
11
- What percentage of the impression we give is due
to - Words we speak ?
- Voice tone ?
- Body language?
14- New occupations are being invented as we speak
- Working life will keep changing rapidly - we all
need to keep learning new skills and gaining new
experiences - People change what they do very frequently you
need to keep your CV and interview skills up to
date - Technology, a massive influence on working life -
we can work almost anywhere! - Global economy - e.g. people travel to other
countries to work
15- Only one in three people in the UK work what we
might call a normal working week - Part-time work is now very common. Many people
have two or more part-time jobs - Teleworking is where people work from home,
linked by computers and telephone lines - Agencies have become a common feature of working
life, e.g. office temps, supply teachers, locum
doctors - Self-employment has become a very popular option
16Career Path 1
17Career Path 2
18Chriss Career Path
FINISH!
Year off travelling around the world with family
Freelance mobile hairdresser
Paternity leave again
Lecturer at Vale College
Paternity leave
START HERE!
Stylist at Cutters
Put the following career stages in the boxes on
Chriss career path to show what you think is the
correct order
Freelance hair and beauty therapist Junior
stylist at Deva Salon manager at Deva Left
school with 5 GCSEs Lecturer at Vale
College Hairdressing Apprenticeship Stylist at
Cutters part time College course in beauty
therapy
19Chriss Career Path
Freelance hair and beauty therapist
FINISH!
Year off travelling around the world with family
Freelance mobile hairdresser
College course in beauty therapy
Paternity leave again
Salon manager at Deva
Lecturer at Vale College
Stylist at Cutters part time
Paternity leave
Left school with 5 GCSEs
Hairdressing Apprenticeship
START HERE!
Stylist at Cutters
Junior stylist at Deva
20Mumtazs Career Path
FINISH!
Various casual jobs in Europe
Got married in France
START HERE!
Put the following career stages in the boxes on
Mumtazs career path to show what you think is
the correct order
College to do maths A Level and job in
Waterstones Trainee Motor Engineer
Paris Automotive Engineering Degree at Leeds
University Motor Engineer with Ferrari
Italy Motor Engineer Paris Left school with
Advanced Diploma in Engineering
21Mumtazs Career Path
Motor Engineer Paris
Motor Engineer with Ferrari Italy
FINISH!
Trainee Motor Engineer Paris
Various casual jobs in Europe
Got married in France
Left school with Advanced Diploma in Engineering
College to do maths A Level and job in Waterstones
Automotive Engineering Degree at Leeds University
START HERE!
22Jakes Career Path
FINISH!
Became a Dad Work part time
Web designer with firm in Manchester
START HERE!
Trainee website designer Birmingham College to
retrain in child care Web design degree part time
at university and pc store job Bar jobs in
Australia Own web design business
Manchester Left college at 18 with 3 A Levels
Put the following career stages in the boxes on
Jakes career path to show what you think is the
correct order
23Jakes Career Path
Own web design business Manchester
College to retrain in child care
FINISH!
Web design degree part time at university and pc
store job
Became a Dad Work part time
Web designer with firm in Manchester
Trainee website designer Birmingham
Left college at 18 with 3 A Levels
Bar jobs in Australia
START HERE!
24Career Path Task
- Interview one person who is at least in their
late twenties about their career path so far - Choose someone who has done a few different
things in their career (different jobs, courses,
time off, etc.) - Produce a career path diagram, with boxes and
arrows like the one for Chris, Mumtaz and Jake - Find out why they made each change and how they
felt about the decision they have made