1. Y10: Using Careerpilot to help plan for Work Experience
One place for all your careers information.
Y10:
Using Careerpilot to help plan for Work Experience
Introduction slide

2. What is it?
A free one-stop website helping year olds in the South of England plan their future study & work
350,000+ users in
97% of users found the site useful
100s of positive quotes
“At first I was unsure on what I wanted to do after school but Careerpilot has enlightened me and helped reassure me.”
“It has made me re think my options and once where I thought university was a no go, I am now looking at this.”
Explain that Careerpilot is a free website used across the South of England. Helping students to find out about all of their options. Important for finding out more about jobs and courses & support when making key decisions like choosing post 16 options

3. What did these celebs do before becoming famous?
Statistically you will have 10 different jobs by the time you turn 42!
Hugh Jackman
Kanye West
Quick starter activity to show that you are likely do a range of different jobs in your lifetime so that work experience is vital for finding out the right job for you.
Answers – Hugh Jackman – PE teacher / Kanye West – worked in GAP as a sales asst. / Jennifer Hudson – Burger King / Michelle Keegan – Check in person at Manchester Airport
Jennifer Hudson
Michelle Keegan

4. Why bother with Work Experience?
Increase your knowledge of working life
Helps you choose the type of career you might like
It can build your self-confidence
You will learn more skills
Potentially earn some money (e.g. part time work)
Ask students why they think WEX is important – show them the possible answers – there may be others that haven’t been displayed on the slide
Make useful contacts for the future

5. Where will you start exploring your future study and career?
Highlights
19 Job sectors, 100s profiles
Where will you start exploring your future study and career?
All providers in SoE
Different starting points
Qualification planner
These are some of the highlights of Careerpilot that might be useful to Y10 students
Detailed information on range of pathways

6. Sign in/Register to save your choices
But wait, there’s more…
Sign in/Register to save your choices
Explain that the website can be used to save their choices – they can bookmark pages to come back to later. They can record the jobs that they are interested in etc in Career Tools and record their work experience

7. 19 job sectors, 57 sub sectors, 100s of job profiles
Show how to use job sectors – students can look at jobs in different sectors or look at jobs that are linked to school subjects or take the job sector quiz if they are unsure what they want to do.

8. Shows the animal job sector and the 3 different sub sector within this sector – animal, agriculture and environmental jobs

9. This shows the animal sector and the different jobs within that sector where students can find out more detail about individual jobs

10. This shows what they can find out about the job and how if students complete the pre 16 skills map they can compare their skills with those required by the job. Also – shows them if certain qualifications or subjects are required to do that job

11. Pre 16 Skills Map – can record WEX
When they have complete their WEX placement or if they have a part time / voluntary job they can record this within pre 16 skills map

12. Career Tools linked to Reporting Zone
A reminder that each of their choices and results are saved within their Career Tools (as long as they register on the site)

13. If you have registered before, sign in
The first thing you should do is register, then you can save all your choices as you use the site and see them in a report.

14. Students can work through the suggested activities for planning WEX or the Y10 activities

15. 4 suggested activities to get you started
Keep bookmarking your choices
There are 4 activities to help with planning for WEX

16. Did anybody find a job that earns more than £100,000 a year?
Who explored?
Did anybody find a job that earns more than £100,000 a year?
Pilot

17. Did anyone complete the pre 16 skills map?
Did anyone score 100% on one of the skills?
Ask the students if anyone completed the skills map? Did anyone score 100%? Have a discussion about what they found out when they looked at the skills required for different jobs and their own skills.

18. Report moves up each year
A slide to show the report that is created once the career tools have been completed – moves up with them each year in school
Report moves up each year

19. Reference to Parent Zone so parents can use the site & have questions answered

20. Keep using Careerpilot, bookmarking and reviewing your choices
REMEMBER YOUR PASSWORD!
Keep using Careerpilot, bookmarking and reviewing your choices
Careerpilot can help you until you are 21
Careerpilot.org.uk