Careers (an introduction)

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Introduction

This lesson gets your students to start considering their own careers pathways, and what they would like to be doing next in their journey.

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Careers

Learning objective:

To explore how to make a positive first impression using online settings.

1

Not yet.

2

I have some ideas!

3

I know what I want to aim for.

4

I know exactly what I want to do!

Does anyone know what job

or career path they want to pursue?

Its important to let your students know that it's OK to not know what they want to do! If they don't, they have even more reason to make sure they achieve well at school so they leave as many doors open to themselves as possible 

What job or career path

would you like to

follow?

First impressions

and Social Media

• Subjective:first impressions in person
   

• Prospective employer first impressions
   from social media: easier to draw
   accurate information .
   

• What do your socials say about you?

So now we have explored that first impressions in person can be subjective, It's important to understand that first impressions from social media are much easier to draw accurate information from by a prospective employer.

What do your socials say about you?

Share or Shame?

We are now going to have a short quiz to see if you can tell the difference between acceptable social posting, and things that may tarnish your digital reputation and potentially make your dream job harder to attain.

So now we have explored that first impressions in person can be subjective, It's important to understand that first impressions from social media are much easier to draw accurate information from by a prospective employer.

What do your socials say about you?

What would be negative things

for employers/ colleges/ universities

to see on your socials?

What are positive things for our 

employers/ Colleges/ Universities to see?

What next?

• If you know your socials are too visible, make sure you change your security settings as soon as possible.| 

• If you have any questions regarding careers, talk to your schools careers advisor!

• If you are worried about something you have seen, or have received on social media, report it to the correct people as soon as possible. 

So now we have explored that first impressions in person can be subjective, It's important to understand that first impressions from social media are much easier to draw accurate information from by a prospective employer.

What do your socials say about you?