1. Career guidance
Christina Henn

2. Carer guidance This lesson plan is not a detailed one.
It only covers the central questions and should be seen as a rough outline.
No specific method or activities are suggested.
Each country should adopt this lesson plan to its own career guidance situation.

3. Career guidance
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood…

4. Career guidance
Self-reflection: Students learn about their own strengths and weaknesses.
Professional options: Students learn facts about the labour market of the country.
Implementation: Students learn where to find jobs and how to apply for jobs they are qualified and suitable for.

5. Career guidance Self-reflection Clarify with your students …
…why they are at school?
…what they are good at?
…what they like?
…what are their strengths and weaknesses?
…what quality are they proud of and why?
…what kind of activities they connect to their personality?
…where they can find information to learn about their own capacities.

6. Professional options
Clarify with your students…
…the structure of the education system.
…how the countries’ labour market is structured in order to gain a realistic professional picture.
…what are the key skills necessary for different professions?
…what qualifications do they need for different professions?
…where they can find information about the labour market.

7. Implementation
Clarify with your students…
…where they can find job advertisements, vacant jobs or training positions.
…where they can search for information about opportunities in the employment market.
…where they can find the work they want to.
…how to write a covering letter.
…how to write a CV.
…how to prepare for an interview.
…where they can find information about how to apply.

8. Career guidance
THANK YOU!
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

9. Landesinstitut für Schulentwicklung
Contact
Christina Henn
Landesinstitut für Schulentwicklung
Heilbronner Str. 172
70191 Stuttgart
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