1. KS3 Assembly

2. How many jobs can you think of
How many jobs can you think of? Pair with a friend and keep track of how many
This PowerPoint is designed to cover the KS3 aims of the CDI Framework for Careers, Employability and Enterprise Investigating jobs and labour market information - be aware of what labour market information (LMI) is and how it can be useful to you
The CDI framework can be downloaded from this link
NOTES
You might ask pupils to bring a pen and paper and write a list or you may just ask them to keep count.
Ask pupils to keep their hands up if they thought of more than 5, then 10, then 20 until the last person puts their hand down

3. Did you think of these? Holographic Avatar Designer Green career coach
Space tour guide
Human body part farmer
Virtual habitat designer
Space junk recycler
These are possible jobs of the future, they don’t actually exist yet but may do. More jobs are created as our world changes
Digital nail technician
Asteroid mining engineer

4. 10 years ago these jobs didn’t exist
Fracking consultant
Cloud computing professionals
App developer
Sustainability engineer
Vlogger
These are fairly new jobs that have come into being since you were born Make reference to the social media manager as this will link to the next slide
Driverless car engineer
Uber driver
Social media manager

5. By the time you are 25, some jobs might not exist anymore…
Milkman
Postal worker
Librarian
Retail cashier
Social Media Manager
And these may no longer exist in 10 or so years… Oh hang on Social media manager was on the last slide... Some jobs come and go very quickly.
Taxi despatcher
Travel agent

6. Some jobs robots will replace
Pharmacist
Sport or news reporter
Drivers
Paralegal
Astronaut
The low skill jobs like manufacturing and cashier will go quickly but even some very skilled jobs such as lawyers and paralegals and pharmacists may be overtaken. They even have computer programmes that write newspaper reports from internet information streams…
Warehouse person
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7. So will I be able to get a job?
It will be harder/different
More people are now self employed
More people work several part time jobs
More people now have short term contracts
You will need to concentrate on transferrable skills
Communication
Computing
Numeracy
Team working
Adaptability
Problem solving
Don’t get too disheartened. Reality check now allows you to prepare.

8. Take every opportunity
Every interaction you have
with business improves your
chances of making successful
transitions from school to work
Research has shown that pupils who have 4 or more good quality interactions with business have a much lower chance of becoming NEET (Not in education, employment or training) info on the research can be found in this link