Who uses JED

JED doesn't assume previous careers knowledge on the part of the user, and the written style is carefully controlled to make it accessible to a wide variety of users. 

First Jed has a simple and colourful presentation, accessible to younger users and some special education needs students. 

The main JED program contains a wealth of information for those who want to dig deeper, suitable for Key Stage 4 to adult. 

JED and First Jed are suitable for a wide variety of users, including:

Key Stage 3

First Jed is a fun and interesting introduction to careers education and guidance.  It features a colourful World of Work interactive map, and a short 'Quiz Trail' with one question per page. It still has the 830 job records of JED, but with shorter job summaries.  Also in First Jed are JED's 250 short video case studies, and 6000 colourful pictures showing real people doing real jobs.

Key Stage 4

JED's concise and well-planned quizzes give results in minutes, not hours.  The 'get clicking' approach encourages users to get to work on thinking for themselves about what they might want from a job, and how to plan to get onto the career track that they want.  Each of the 830+ job records (1900 career titles) has information about the job, opportunities and pay, required qualifications and training pathways, and work experience tips. 

Adults

JED is no lightweight.  With over a million words of content, JED has got useful information on hundreds of jobs.  JED's style is simple and direct, but never patronising.  There's even a special section for each job with information on job opportunities and training requirements for adults looking to embark on that career.

Special schools

First Jed is the careers information resource of choice for many special schools.  The concise job summaries are easy to use, and the simple bullet points make it easy to grasp the meaning without presenting the user with large blocks of text.  The optional text-to-speech add-on gives extra confidence to weaker readers, who can read along with the animated character as she speaks the words.  And the hundreds of videos and thousands of pictures communicate in a way that words can't.

Organisations who use JED

JED is in use by a wide variety of organisations, and careers professionals, across the UK, including:

  • Secondary schools (maintained and independent)
  • Further Education colleges
  • Connexions centres
  • Connexions Personal Advisers
  • Community drop-in centres
  • Library information kiosks
  • Special schools
  • Independent careers advisers
  • Pupil referral units
  • LEA regional networks

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Page date 19/08/08