Career Options, Skills & Abilities

Employment


How do I start looking for a job?
1 / 20
volgende
Slide 1: Tekstslide
EmploymentFurther Education (Key Stage 5)

In deze les zitten 20 slides, met interactieve quizzen en tekstslides.

time-iconLesduur is: 120 min

Onderdelen in deze les

Employment


How do I start looking for a job?

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

Today we will:
  • Start looking at different career options.
  • Identify sources for job searches.
  • List 3 potential jobs that interest you.
  • Identify the Skills and Abilities needed for these jobs.

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

Why do people get jobs? What motivates a person to work?

Slide 3 - Woordweb

Why Get a Job?
  • At different times in life, you may have different reasons for wanting a job.

  • Right now you may want a job, just for extra money, it's not a career or an interest. It is simply for money.

  • As you get older you may decide that you want a career rather than a job.
  •  A career means that each of your jobs, experiences, and training programs is helping you advance in pay or responsibility. 

Slide 4 - Tekstslide

Slide 5 - Tekstslide

Where would you look for a job?

Slide 6 - Woordweb

Where do I find jobs?​
  • Online: Indeed.com, NI Job Finder, NI Jobs, Gumtree, Facebook Groups
  • What other sites do you know about?
  • Newspapers
  • Direct with employer
  • Agencies





Slide 7 - Tekstslide

The 1st Step
  • Before you start looking, it is a good idea to consider jobs that interest you.
  • The following website is a great place to look at what is involved in many careers.

Slide 8 - Tekstslide

Slide 9 - Link

List own career options using information sources.
Now that we have some ideas about jobs that interest us, let's see what we can find locally.
  • Do an online search for 3 jobs that you would like to explore further.
  • List these in your OCN Workbook, along with details of where you found the job.

Slide 10 - Tekstslide

Skills and Abilities
Each job advertised will require the successful applicant to have certain skills and abilities.

  • You can find these listed as either:
  • Essential or Desirable Criteria
  • Job Specification
  • This should help you when considering whether to apply for a job.



Slide 11 - Tekstslide

Skills
  • Things we learned through training & experience
  • Developed by practice


Abilities
  • Natural or inbuilt
  • Decision Making/Leadership
  • Can be improved to an extent


Slide 12 - Tekstslide

My Skills & Abilities?
Sometimes it's hard to identify your own skills and abilities.
The video on the website helps with this:

Slide 13 - Tekstslide

Slide 14 - Link

SKILLS
ABILITIES
Computer Coding
Carpentry
Lifting heavy objects
Teamworking
Remembering

Slide 15 - Sleepvraag

Skills and Abilities for your Career
Looking back at the 3 jobs you listed previously:

  • List the skills and abilities you currently have that would help you in this job

Slide 16 - Tekstslide

Today we:
  • Found 3 different career options.
  • Identified sources for job searches.
  • Listed 3 potential jobs that interest you.
  • Identified the Skills and Abilities needed for these jobs.

Slide 17 - Tekstslide

Are you happy with the jobs you found?
😒🙁😐🙂😃

Slide 18 - Poll

What is the one thing you are happy to have learned today?

Slide 19 - Open vraag

Slide 20 - Link