There has been a decline in some large Employment Sectors: Law (drop in property sales) Construction (94,000 jobs to 68,000 jobs) Estate Agents Civil Service Public Services – No PSNI recruitment this year Fire Service recruiting Retained Officers

NI sector employment trend and forecasts to 2020 (2010 – 2020) Business Services+30,000 Retail & distribution +11,300 Hotel & restaurant +6,200 Transport & communications +4,200 Construction +3,000 Health, Social work, Probation Services +2,800 Financial services +1,300 Agriculture, forestry & fishing - 2,100 Public administration & defence - 8,900 Education - 3,400 (Source: DETI, LFS, Oxford Economics) Vacancies include replacement as well as new positions

Fire Service – 5000 applied for 24 positions Social Work – Over 1100 applications for 260 positions Nursing – 1793 applications for 401 QUB places Midwifery – 719 applications for 35 QUB places Bombardier – 1,600 applications for 40 places TESCO – 6000 applicants for a NW store

 I.T.  Food industry  Healthcare  Green Economy

Business and Financial Services (including accountancy, corporate recovery, financial analysts) ICT (Software development skills, database development, systems management and internet specialist skills) Agri Food Sector (including lab technicians, food scientists, biotech, machine operatives) Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (CAD skills: CNC machine operatives; mechanical & electrical engineering skills including at technician level; strategic marketing) Skill areas in demand

 Wind Energy  Dong Energy - Belfast Harbour. Over 300 f/t jobs to be created  Offshore Wind Farms (11,000 new farms expected over next 20 years. A quarter of these expected to be within 150 nautical miles from Belfast)  Domestic Home Market  Carbon Zero Industries

The Learner’s Entitlement Careers Education Employability Skills Work Related Learning Experiences Careers Information Careers Advice & Guidance Preparing for Success – A Guide to Developing Effective Decision Makers (2009)

 Curriculum Projects  Mini-Enterprise  Enterprise Days  Mentoring  Talks, Masterclasses  Business Challenges  Case Studies  Workplace Visits  Virtual Visits  Mock Interviews  Work Experience  Teacher Placements

 In all subjects, pupils should develop their employability skills by:  Promoting awareness of the range of skills employers require  Using active learning methodologies  Promoting awareness of the transferability of skills acquired to other contexts

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 The range of options in education, training and employment  Job profiles  Entry routes into the appropriate potential career pathways.  Labour Market Information (LMI)  Software packages and web-based resources (jed.c2kni.net)

What will I learn about? How will this subject help me develop my employability skills? How will I be assessed? Where might this subject lead me in the future? If I don’t pick this subject will it restrict my career options too much?

Career choices Up-to-date information for progression routes related to your subject(s) Careers Information/Employability Skills displays with current relevant information Work Related Learning Experiences ◦ Are these incorporated into your schemes? ◦ Make the connections between these experiences and future careers/progression routes Employability Skills Pupils have the opportunity to develop these in your lessons. Use of Common Assessment Activities Independent research into careers of interest

 Review our responsibilities in regard to CEIAG/employability What do I need to start doing? What do I need to keep doing? What are the challenges?

Careers Service website – general LMI overview for NI Department for Employment and Learning (DEL) – In-depth NI LMI Sector Skills Councils – UK wide LMI Office of National Statistics (ONS) – UK wide EURES – (European mobility portal) – Worldwide