Job Explorer Database - Career exploration
Key: Each activity has been allocated to one or more of these levels:
Level 1
- Suitable for students below average ability and some of those with learning difficulties
Level 2
- Suitable for average ability students
Level 3
- Suitable for more able students
Staff
- Notes for tutors or activities for staff that could also be used by appropriate students
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Advertise that job | To assist students in understanding the skills and abilities involved in a job | ![]() |
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Career search | To provide a framework for career research linked to local opportunities and self awareness | ![]() |
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Connections | To enable students to see the links between different jobs | ![]() |
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Creating your own worksheet to investigate work | To enable staff to create a variety of student resources based on the information in Jed | ![]() |
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Disappearing jobs | To assist students in understanding the changing nature of the world of work | ![]() |
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Future jobs | To consider the skills and qualities needed for some 'future jobs' | ![]() |
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'Happy families' | To enable students to become competent at moving around Jed | ![]() |
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Health and safety | To enable students to become more aware of health and safety issues in the workplace | ![]() |
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Key skills in work | To enable students to assess themselves and see how workers use Key Skills in a range of jobs | ![]() |
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More qualifications equals more pay? | To enable students to see the link between pay and qualifications | ![]() |
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Odd one out | To enable students to understand more about the world of work | ![]() |
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Picture matching | To illustrate aspects of the world of work | ![]() |
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School and the world of work | To enable students to see the link between the activities that they take part in at school and the activities that people do as part of their work | ![]() |
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Skills in work (1) | To illustrate the wide range of skills that are used in the workplace | ![]() |
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Skills in work (2) | To enable students to identify Key Skills being used in employment | ![]() |
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Skills in work (3) |
To introduce students to the tasks that may be performed in a job. |
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Subjects and jobs displays | To enable students in schools and colleges to see the link between subjects being studied and the world of work | ![]() |
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What is the most valued work? | To assist students in understanding the value that different people put on work of different types | ![]() |
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Who am I? | To enable students to identify the activities involved in a job | ![]() |
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World of Work | An activity using First Jed's World of Work Map | ![]() |
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Last updated 21 September, 2020