1. Y12: Using Careerpilot to research post 18 choices
One place for all your careers information.
Y12:
Using Careerpilot to research post 18 choices

2. What is it?
A free one-stop website helping year olds in the South of England plan their future study & work
350,000+ users in
97% of users found the site useful
100s of positive quotes
“At first I was unsure on what I wanted to do after school but Careerpilot has enlightened me and helped reassure me.”
“It has made me re think my options and once where I thought university was a no go, I am now looking at this.”
Explain that Careerpilot is a free website used across the South of England. Helping students to find out about all of their options. Important for finding out more about jobs and courses & support when making key decisions like choosing post 18 options

3. What are the pathways you can choose at 18?
Do you know?
What are the pathways you can choose at 18?
Intro to the main options at the end of Year 13 – lots of impartial info on each option on careerpilot

4. What do these 4 jobs have in common?
They are all Jobs of the Future!!
Ask students to come up with links between the 4 jobs. They might come up with the following:
All provide a service
All benefit from government / public money – i.e the farmer gets money in form of subsidies
Work long hours
When the jobs of the future comes up use this as an opportunity to explain about how jobs are changing but these 4 jobs will still be in demand, although aspects of the jobs might change as self driving cars / robots / drones start to feature in society.

5. Where will you start exploring your future study and career?
Highlights
19 Job sectors, 100s profiles
Where will you start exploring your future study and career?
All providers in SoE
Different starting points
Qualification planner
These are some of the highlights of Careerpilot that might be useful to Y12 and 13 students
Detailed information on range of pathways

6. Sign in/Register to save your choices
But wait, there’s more…
Sign in/Register to save your choices
Explain that the website can be used to save their choices – they can bookmark pages to come back to later. They can record the jobs that they are interested in etc in Career Tools. The Post 16 Skills Map will show the students the skills that they have got that they can describe on their personal statements / CV’s

7. A page to show the apprenticeships section and that students can bookmark these pages as well as watch associated video clips

8. A page to show the HE at 18+ section and that students can bookmark these pages as well as watch associated video clips. Useful in finding out more about potential uni courses. Refer to MOOCS – free online courses offered by unis around the world. Great for those considering university.

9. 19 job sectors, 57 sub sectors, 100s of job profiles
Show how to use job sectors – students can look at jobs in different sectors or look at jobs that are linked to school subjects or take the job sector quiz if they are unsure what they want to do.

12. This shows what they can find out about the job and how if students complete the post 16 skills map they can compare their skills with those required by the job. Also – shows them if certain qualifications or subjects are required to do that job

13. Career Tools - save your research
A reminder that each of their choices and results are saved within their Career Tools (as long as they register on the site)

14. If you have registered before, sign in
The first thing you should do is register, then you can save all your choices as you use the site and see them in a report.

15. Students can work through the suggested activities for their age group

16. 8 suggested activities to get you started
Keep bookmarking your choices
There are 8 suggested activities for Year 12

17. Jobs of the Future
Can you think of 10 jobs that are likely to survive in the future?
Construction Project Managers
Software Developers
Farmers
Mechanical Engineers
IT Analysts
Nurses
Police Officers
Teachers
Business Development Managers
Care Worker
Entrepreneur
Can you think of 10 jobs that might be extinct in the future?
Librarians
Taxi Drivers
Meter Readers
Couriers
Travel Agents
Accountants
Typist
Tailor
Postman
Broadcaster
This is to link back to the initial slide on Jobs of the future – the jobs that are likely to become extinct due to new technology. Plus – we will always need entrepeneurs

18. Who is thinking about?
Quick show of hands at the end of the session to work out what student intentions are

19. Report moves up each year
A slide to show the report that is created once the career tools have been completed – moves up with them each year in school
Report moves up each year

20. Reference to Parent Zone so parents can use the site & have questions answered

21. Keep using Careerpilot, bookmarking and reviewing your choices
REMEMBER YOUR PASSWORD!
Keep using Careerpilot, bookmarking and reviewing your choices
Tips to using Careerpilot
Careerpilot can help you until you are 21
Careerpilot.org.uk