Unit 2: Exploring the World of WORK

1. Unit 2: Exploring the World of WORK WHERE DO I START?

2. MINDS ON ACTIVITY • Life Bingo – Roll the die five times. Record each roll above a column. Circle/ highlight the outcome of each roll. • Reflect on your life! Record your answers on the back of the sheet.

3. Chance vs. Preparation • How many of you have left something up to chance? Why? Were you happy with the outcome? • What does preparation mean? How would preparation help with the outcomes in your life? • Are you more likely to think about a decision now than before? Why?

4. Taking Control of Your Life: • Overall Question: How do I take control of my own career / life? • What do I know about myself & my world? • What do I want to find out about myself and my world? • What are the possibilities? • What is the potential? • What areas allow my interests to be expressed? • What information do I need and how do I find it? • What have I decided and how can I prepare for this direction? • What new questions do I have?

5. Making decisions… • When do you make decisions? • How important is decision making? • What strategies do you use to make decisions? • Video Clips • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BatqV3B9hiU • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHqQr4UIY-E&feature=related

6. Decision Making Step-by-Step Decision Making Model #1 • determine goal • determine the choices /options; • research each option; • analyse each option: determine the criteria for choosing, • determine pros and cons; • make your decision.

7. Decision Making Cont’d “Feels Right” Decision Making Model #2 • determine goal • determine and describe options; • research each option; • imagine what your life would be like if you chose option A, option B, etc.; • try model #1 (above) – just to see ‘what it feels like’; • put off making the decision; take time each day to notice how you feel about each option; • make your decision, talk to people you trust, examine how you feel about it; • if the decision doesn’t feel right, explore more options.

8. PATHWAYS: APPRENTICESHIP COLLEGE WORK UNIVERSITY

9. HEADS DOWN, HANDS UP • Listen to the following true or false questions about post secondary education. • Raise your hand for the answer you believe is correct. • wait for the teacher’s cue

10. Decision Making for Your Future… • What must you be aware of to make good decisions pertaining to your future? • Your strengths: Learning styles, essential skills, learning skills, multiple intelligences • Your values: personal and work related • Your preferred pathway: ACUW • Current and possible future trends

11. TRENDS: • What is a trend? • What trends affect your daily life? • Trends – big and small, short-term and long-term – will affect your career. An entrepreneur may find ways of making money by taking advantage of a North American trend like watching Japanese animation. You may lose your job in the textile industry because of a trend toward greater automation. There may be a greater demand for health care workers because of demographic trend of a growing elderly population. • Being aware of trends is a way of increasing the information you need to make good decisions about your future

12. Trends Exploration http://youtu.be/0tl_Kn3C4MM • Technology • Globalization • Information Age • Workforce and Consumer Diversity • Demographics In groups of five, complete the following task.

13. Trends Continued: • White Hot Jobs • http://www.hdsb.ca/library/ McLeans http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/tag/statistics-canada/ Reflection: • What occupations/ fields are good to get into? • Why is it important to pay attention to trends?

14. EXIT PASS: • Why is it important to do research/ prepare for your future? • Respond to this question on a piece of paper and hand it in before you leave.