Aiming for Employability
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Next Steps & Careers | Pathways | Wider Options at 18 | Skill Sets | Aspirations
Session Title: 'Making a life, not just a living' - Year 9-13 | S3-S6 | KS3, 4, 5 - In school session or zoom webinar - Typically 45 - 60 Minutes - 1-500 in school, 1-100+ on zoom |
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Learning Objectives
- Students can identify their own unique drivers and skill sets and match them to the rewards and requirements of diverse careers
- Students will learn to focus on pathways more than destinations
- Students can understand the role of education, experience and training in developing employability skills including their current studies, higher education and 35 other pathways.
- Students have an increased understanding to make informed choices about education and career pathways.
Session Description
This session helps students engage with the idea of a fulfilling career based on their own aspirations and wellbeing. Understanding how to reflect on one’s skills and aspirations means students can make the most informed and proactive choices possible in regards to what path they wish to take towards their dream career. Careers should not be centered around wages alone but instead take into account all that a person is good at, what they enjoy doing and what suits them as a person. Push educate students on the many different ways a student can gain experience and qualifications to put them where they want to be and with so many different pathways, learning to make great choices is the first step towards finding the right path.
- Students can identify their own unique drivers and skill sets and match them to the rewards and requirements of diverse careers
- Students will learn to focus on pathways more than destinations
- Students can understand the role of education, experience and training in developing employability skills including their current studies, higher education and 35 other pathways.
- Students have an increased understanding to make informed choices about education and career pathways.
Session Description
This session helps students engage with the idea of a fulfilling career based on their own aspirations and wellbeing. Understanding how to reflect on one’s skills and aspirations means students can make the most informed and proactive choices possible in regards to what path they wish to take towards their dream career. Careers should not be centered around wages alone but instead take into account all that a person is good at, what they enjoy doing and what suits them as a person. Push educate students on the many different ways a student can gain experience and qualifications to put them where they want to be and with so many different pathways, learning to make great choices is the first step towards finding the right path.