What next?

Life after year 13

What are your options after you leave
school/college ?

Lesson starter

What is my job?

I link people to information

I use graphics and
animation to create a visual
impact
I need to understand the
target audience
I have a degree
I constantly need to update
my skills
I can earn a good salary
My company employs 40
people

I enjoy the flexible working

atmosphere
Problem solving is part of my
job
I need to be organised
I passed A levels and then
trained on the job
I have a good salary
Part of the job is managing
the tills for our restaurants
and hotels
I work in the football business

Answers to lesson starter

Lisa - Website Designer Project

Manager for a web development
team of 5 men

Elaine IT Manager for Chelsea

Football Club and Chelsea Village (a
number of companies involved in
hotels, travel merchandising,
conferences and banqueting and a
training ground)

Do you have to have a degree to get the job you want?

Use this lesson to start thinking about your future
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What is a Career

Family,
Community &
Voluntary
Activities

Work / Job

Education
Training

A Pathway through Life

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Job or Career?
Some definitions for the 21st century world of work are:
Occupation: a group of jobs with common characteristics
requiring similar skills, e.g. hairdresser, teacher, project manager.
Job: a distinct position with specific duties in a particular place,
e.g. maths teacher at Sometown High School. Jobs can be fulltime, part-time, permanent, temporary, paid or voluntary, and some
people have more than one job at the same time.
Career: a persons lifelong pathway through learning and work.
It is possible to manage work/education/community/voluntary work
in a variety of ways to improve your career prospects

Help is available !

Teachers, parents, careers

advisers, friends and family
Information
about work
and jobs

Application
forms and
CVs

Information
about
courses

Making
decisions
Interview
preparation

What are the options ?

YOU

University

Training

Gap Year

Employment

Discuss and make notes

Why are you For or Against these options?

Employment
For

Start earning a full time

wage
Practical
Opportunities to learn on
the job
No university debt
Can study part time
Can go to university later
on

Consider

More and more careers may

ask for degrees e.g.
Accountancy
Social work
Law
Journalism
Long term prospects
Competition

Employment
Traditionally, where are the jobs after A levels?
Banking
Retail
Local Authorities
Armed Forces
Catering
Technical design jobs
Health auxiliary nursing, ambulance
Travel travel agency, air cabin crew
Public services police, fire officers

CREDIT CRUNCH Warning 2009

there are fewer jobs available at the moment, but keep an eye on future
trends
there will be skills shortages in some of these areas and the ageing
workforce will need to be replaced.
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Training / Apprenticeships
For
Leading to recognised
qualifications- e.g.NVQs
Practical way of learning
Possible in some cases to go
onto Higher Education
Block or day release to college
Advantage over 16 year old
school leaver, more mature,
focussed

Consider

Must be focussed 3-4

year commitment

Average 160-180 week

wage to start

Very competitive

Must be willing to follow

opportunities e.g moving
around

CREDIT CRUNCH Warning 2009 - fewer apprenticeships available

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GAP Year before university

For

Consider

Must be well planned and

researched
Check with university
whether its advised
Opportunity to work and
save for university
Fantastic travel experience

Disorganised gap on CV and

university application
Can be expensive need to plan
Some courses may not like
students taking gap years
CHECK

CREDIT CRUNCH Warning 2009

Currently finding work for a Gap year is particularly challenging
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Higher Education - University

40% of all students now go to university

Opens more doors twice as likely to be unemployed without a

degree than with a degree

People with degrees on average earn 150,000 more over a

lifetime than people without

More and more jobs require graduates

Social work, Nursing, Accountancy

CREDIT CRUNCH Warning 2009

More students are applying therefore there will be more competition for places
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Higher Education - University

Qualifications through Higher Education
Doctorate
Masters Degree
Undergraduate Degree

(PhD)
(MSc, MA, MBA)
(BA, BSc, LLB)

Foundation Degree
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Why are we thinking about this now ?

Year 12 - Summer term start thinking about your
future and start researching
Year 13 - September some GAP year schemes
take a year to arrange
October 15th Deadlines for applying to Oxford /
Cambridge/ Medicine / Vet Science / Dentistry
October half term Teachers need notice for writing
references
January 15th Deadline for all applications
January apprenticeships / trainee schemes /jobs
advertised for Summer start
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Deadlines

Add your own dates

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Decision making again!

Define the decision
Establish the options
Collect information
about the options
Investigate the pros
and cons
Decide the best option
Execute your decision

What do you want to do after

year 13 ?
What are your choices ?
Research UCAS.com, university
websites, prospectuses, job
opportunities, apprenticeships
and finance
Look at both sides of your
options
What do you really want to doyou may change your mind while
researching
Start your application
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Reflect on your thinking

Have you learned anything to change your mind?