Unlocking Dream Jobs: A Guide to Career Exploration and Skills Identification
Discover the key to exploring dream jobs and gaining insight into essential skills through a step-by-step guide. Learn the benefits of exploring various career options to achieve your aspirations. Track progress, identify skills, and compare career possibilities to help students make informed decisions.
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Teachers slide Key lesson information Know-how library Open the student side of your Unifrog account and click these links: How to decide on a career path: 6 tips Skills: Planning / Aiming High Students can also search for these guides using the Know-how library tool. Location Classroom without student access to internet Recommended time 15 minutes By the end of the session, students should be able to: Identify the key skills and themes that relate to their dream job Explain the benefits of exploring related career options and not focusing on one single dream job Objectives Tracking progress on Unifrog Add as an Interaction Click Advanced view>Sort by school leaving year>[filter for specific students]>+interaction. 1. Explain what their dream job is 2. Identify the skills required for their dream job and the job themes that relate to it 3. Compare the benefits of having a dream job with being open to other career possibilities Main student tasks Track on Charts Click Usage charts>Customise and filter> Know- how library: Favouriting over time . Advanced view>Sort by>Library profiles in Favourites Tracking individual students Benchmarks and standards Keywords Dream jobs, aspirations, goals, skills, job descriptions Gatsby Benchmarks 2. Learning from career and labour market information. 3. Addressing the needs of each student. Teacher preparation CDI Framework Explore possibilities Provide Computer and internet access, digital workbook Unifrog sKnow-how library tool (Student side>Know-how library). PSHE Association Work and career, choices and pathways Familiarise yourself ISCA C:B1:1 Students can use this for independent research after the lesson. Skills Planning / aiming high, inquisitive
Exploring possibilities: dream jobs
Your dream job (4 mins) If I could have any job, I d be a _____________________ because If you could have any job in the world, what would it be and why? Think about what appeals to you about this job, such as the Life it would allow you to live Skills you d develop Responsibilities you d have Flexibility it would give you Day-to-day tasks you d do People you d work with Salary you d earn Opportunities it would give you
What makes a dream job appealing? (2 mins) Read this example of Emily s dream job: If I could have any job, I'd be a chocolatier because making chocolate masterpieces would combine my love of chocolate with being creative and artistic. I'd travel all over the world to run chocolate-making workshops for aspiring chocolatiers. Let s look at what it is about this job that appeals to Emily.
What makes a dream job appealing? If I could have any job, I'd be a chocolatier because making chocolate masterpieces would combine my love of chocolate with being creative and artistic. I'd travel all over the world to run chocolate-making workshops for aspiring chocolatiers. The job requires the following skills: Creativity / innovation Practical skills Artistic skills
What makes a dream job appealing? If I could have any job, I'd be a chocolatier because making chocolate masterpieces would combine my love of chocolate with being creative and artistic. I'd travel all over the world to run chocolate-making workshops for aspiring chocolatiers. The job covers the following themes: Making things Travel Helping people
What makes your dream job appealing? (4 mins) Read the explanation of your own dream job from the starter task. If I could have any job, I d be a _____________________ because Then annotate your explanation with Key skills you d need for the job, such as: Any job themes that are relevant: Teamwork Problem solving Creativity / innovation Leadership Writing Numeracy Digital literacy Technical skills Artistic skills Communication Independence Digital nomad Green jobs Helping people Helping society Travel High salary Making things Something different
Exploring and discovering dream jobs using Unifrog After this lesson, you may wish to explore the following Unifrog tools: Know-how library Careers library
Exploring related careers (5 mins) When using Unifrog s Careers library, you might find your dream job there! When you re next using Unifrog, use the keyword search function to find out. chocolatier Remember to click the heart icon to add a career profile to your favourites.
Exploring related careers You can also explore careers that use similar skills and have similar themes to your dream job. Scroll down to search by skill or by theme.
Exploring related careers You might discover related careers you haven t thought about yet. When you have a career profile open, scroll down to related career profiles to explore other careers that you might be interested in too.
Exploring related careers Within each profile, you ll see lots of information about the career, including: Entry requirements Skills Work environment How to progress Related university subjects Related careers Labour market information
Exploring related careers Discuss the questions below with the person next to you and write down at least two benefits for each. 1. 2. What are the benefits of identifying a dream job? What are the benefits of exploring other careers as well?
