Careers 12.02 Who, What, Where,

When?

Aims & Objectives

To know where to find information, advice and support for career planning.

Looking at

• Careers Staff

• Paper resources

• Electronic resources

• Joanne Boyes and Kevin Reece are the college’s careers advisers.

• You can book an appointment to see them at any college reception ( for a free lesson – don’t miss lessons!)

• For quick queries Joanne is usually free at 11:30 break and lunchtimes to just pop in.

• They are based on the ground floor in the Duncan Lawton building.

Careers Advisers can help you by…

•Talking through your career ideas

•Helping you to put yourself into a stronger position to get into competitive careers

•Helping you to overcome hurdles or consider new paths

They can compliment what you do in tutorial and your own individual research but not replace it!

Quick Task

In 3s or 4s, write down as many different jobs as you can think of in 1 minute.

NB Policeman and Policewoman – is cheating!

Science Teacher, History Teacher etc is cheating!

They have to be different

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6ggW8ei0yU

How many did you get?

How many different types of jobs do you think there are?

And you may find some newer jobs aren’t on this website yet so there are more than this.

Most people know about potential kinds of jobs by

•Contact with people who do them•Through family, friends & acquaintances •Being made aware TV, film, books, magazines, websites etc

Most people have a relatively limited idea about what they could

potentially do

Students tend to pick the things they have an

awareness of from everyday life

Did you have on your list the following…

NurseDoctorPharmacistSolicitorAccountantPolice OfficerTeacherPhysiotherapist

Welcome to the Real World

It’s competitive in the real world

Be ready for competition in the real world!

Know about more types of job

The more jobs you know about, the more choices you give yourself and you are more likely to make a good decision about what to do.

Know more about the type of job you want

to do

So you have a better chance of putting yourself into a

stronger position to get to do it

VS

Nobody told me

Paper Careers Resources

• Specialist books are in The Know

Search on iknow or ask a member of staff in The Know to help you find what you want

• University, Apprenticeship and Gap Year Prospectuses are available to read in the learning café area

ONLINE RESOURCES, On My Day, click Careers

Careers Events in college are often publicised on pop ups

The Careers Blog has varied careers news. Check it regularly.

Today find National Careers ServiceCareers AdviceJob Profiles

• The Know is open Monday to Thursday - 8.20 – 5.00 & Friday – 8.20 – 4.30 to access paper resources

• Ask for help when you need it.

• Employers and admissions tutors like proactive people who help themselves!

Too soon to plan, it will never be.