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1. Unit 3: CareersWhat’s Out There and Where Do YOU Want to Go?

2. In This Unit:
• “What career(s) are right for me?”
• “What careers will there be in 10
years from now?”
• “How do I find out about what
careers are out there?”

3. Learning Goals (Today):
• Describe ways that you can identify careers that are
right for you
• Explain the importance of understanding future
trends in the labour market
• Describe the kinds of career opportunities that could
exist by the time you complete your post-secondary
studies/training
• Identify resources and strategies that you can use to
find and learn about careers you are interested in

4. Think About This…
According to current
statistics, you are likely to
have about 15 different
jobs in your life-time
In a study of 4,000
Canadians, only
6% reported
having one job
through their
career, most had
between 5 and 10
The same 4,000 Canadians
were asked how many career
paths they have followed in
their life:
1 path = 24%
2 paths = 35%
3 paths = 24%Thinkopolis IV: Time to Work,
2014
Why is this happening?
What is driving this
change?
What reasons would
people have for changing
their jobs and careers so
often?

5. “What career(s) are right for me?”
• Identify your
strengths and match
them to careers
• Career interest
inventories
• Case studies of
people doing what
you love
• Take 5 minutes and
write a description of
your dream job.

6. Do You Want to Do What You Love?

7. “What careers will there be in 10 years
from now?”
• Identify trends in the
job market
• Researching change
• Using your
imagination to
see/invent the jobs of
the future
• What technologies
will exist in the year
2030? Write a short
list.

8. Star Trek (1967)
This 1967 TV show
envisioned a future
of possibilities that
few had considered
before.
What
inventions/technolo
gies of today can
you recognize in
this clip?

9. The Jetsons (1962)
The Jetsons is a
sitcom of a family in
the future, dealing
with situations
similar to the 1960’s
but set in the
2060’s
What was life/work
imagined to be like
100 years in the
future?

10. “How do I find out about what
careers are out there?”
• Learn about
career resources
• Conduct
research
• Identify
opportunities
• What do you
know about
careers you are
interested in?

11. Four Tasks:
Make a list of every
career you are
interested in.
Post that list on the class
page –we can use
these in class
Think of one job that is
disappearing and one
that is pretty new.
What are the differences
between these two
jobs?
Think of someone who
has a job they love and
someone who just has
“a job.”
How are these people
different?
Make a list of jobs you
would hate to do.
What do these jobs have
in common? Why
would you hate them?

12. Learning Goals (Today):
• Describe ways that you can identify careers that are
right for you
• Explain the importance of understanding future
trends in the labour market
• Describe the kinds of career opportunities that could
exist by the time you complete your post-secondary
studies/training
• Identify resources and strategies that you can use to
find and learn about careers you are interested in