Part 1: Examine the job market
This section examines the current job market
Step 1: Identify at least five predicted career trends for
the next five years
Step 2: In general which careers are increasing? Decreasing?
Step 3: Discuss the expected trends in this area and comment
on what is driving those trends.
Part 2: Examine a paid occupation
This section examines a career that might interest you in
the current job market
Step 1: Go to the ‘My Future’ website
(http://www.myfuture.edu.au/en.aspx) (Yes! You may choose any another site
capable of profiling careers). Open the ‘The Facts’ window on the future site
and go to the ‘Occupation Video Search’ link. Select a video from a paid
occupation that interests you.
Step 2: Using your chosen career and additional research
answer these questions:
• Give a brief description of the types of jobs you could do
within this career.
• What kind of activities and tasks are you likely to
undertake?
• What training/education is required to apply for a career
in this industry?
• What is the likely income for a graduate? How is this
income likely rise with experience?
• How could the skills from this job lead you to other jobs
or other careers? Please specify which jobs or careers you think these skills
would be useful in.
• In your opinion, what does this industry bring to society?
Support this view with evidence.
• In your opinion, what does this industry bring to the
economy? Support this view with evidence.
Part 3 – Examine an unpaid occupation
This section examines volunteering work that might interest
you in the current job market
Step 1: Choose a volunteer organization and answer these
questions:
• Give a brief description of the volunteer organization and
the job you would expect to do.
• What kind of activities and tasks are you likely to
undertake in this job?
• Explain what in particular attracted you to this area of
volunteering?
• What training/education is required to volunteer in this
occupation?
• Is there potential to have a paid position in this area?
Describe what that paid job might be.
• How could the skills from this volunteering job lead you
to other paid jobs or other paid careers? Please specify which jobs or careers
you think these skills would be useful in.
• In your opinion, what does your chosen volunteer organization
bring to society? Support this view with evidence.
• In your opinion, what does your chosen volunteer organization
bring to the economy? Support this view with evidence.
Part 4: Examine recruitment
This section examines the current recruitment market.
Step 1: Identify the major recruitment competitors such as
SEEK.COM, Adecco etc. Your answer must identify and profile AT LEAST five
competitors and cannot use LinkedIn (this was done in previous assignment)
Step 2: Discuss the predicted trends for companies seeking
to recruit new employees over the next five years
Step 3: Offer a strategy for gaining employment in the
career identified in Part 2. You must include:
• Which companies would you target for employment? How would
you choose these companies and what research should you do on the company
before applying for a job?
• Give at least three ways you could seek employment with
your chosen companies.
• What would be the best of these recruitment options for
you and why?
Rationale
The purpose of this assignment is to create a platform to
evaluate the following learning objectives:
• Be able to identify personal examples of key employability
skills, evaluate where personal skills require development and create a plan of
action to show how skills will be developed.
• Be able to discuss the relationship between learning and
career and life development; apply this personally.
• Be able to research, appraise and explain how paid and
non-paid work relates to society and the economy.
• Be able to identify personal career and life choices, go
on to develop a strategy to achieve these, begin to apply them and appraise
their efficacy.
• Be able to modify personal career and life choices
according to changes in personal and environmental influences.
Marking criteria
Work placement Expectation High Distinction Distinction
Credit Pass Fail
Skills to be assessed 85-100 75-84.5 65-74.5 50-64.5 0-49.5
Part 1
– Job market
Identify five predicted job trends for the next five years
and analyze which careers are increasing and decreasing. Choosing a specific
industry focus on the possible careers within this industry and discuss the
expected trends in this area.
