Career Guidance in LCVP

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Career Guidance in LCVP

• Workshop Presentation
• LCVP Conference 2009
• Ailish Greed
• Fionnuala Mc Morrow

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LCVP Materials
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LCVP programme

• Throughout the programme students are encouraged
  to
• be innovative and enterprising
• take responsibility for their own learning
• adapt to changing circumstances
• evaluate data and devise solutions to problems
• communicate their thoughts and ideas
  effectively
• work with others as part of a team
• investigate and plan career options
• use information and communications technologies
• investigate local business and community
  enterprises
• learn from their experiences.
• These skills and qualities are equally relevant
  to the needs of those preparing for further
  education, seeking employment or planning to
  start their own business.

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Career Guidance

• Link Module I Preparation for the World of Work
• This module is designed to develop students
  general understanding of the world of work,
  introduce them to career research and provide
  them with the knowledge and skills to find
  employment. As part of this module each student
  is expected to complete a career investigation
  and engage in a work experience or work shadowing
  placement.

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World of Work

• As part of this module, each student should
  complete a career investigation and participate
  in a work experience or work shadowing placement.
• The placement should be related, if possible, to
  his/her vocational aspirations.
• The minimum time a student should be involved in
  work-related activities outside the school is
  five days.

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Unit 2 Job-seeking Skills

• The aim of this unit is to equip students with
  the skills and confidence necessary to gain
  employment and to develop their organisational
  and communicative skills. The involvement of
  adults from business and the local community is
  recommended in order to help students gain
  practice in presenting themselves to prospective
  employers.

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Specific Learning Outcomes

• The student should be able to
• 2.1 recognise the different ways in which job
  vacancies are advertised
• 2.2 apply for a job by letter, telephone and
• e-mail
• 2.3 complete an application form
• 2.4 compile and create a curriculum vitae in
  word processed format
• 2.5 explain how to prepare for a job interview
• 2.6 engage in a simulated job interview.

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Unit 3 Career Investigation

• This unit introduces the skills of career
  research and planning. Students should be
  encouraged and facilitated to actively
  investigate careers related to their aptitudes,
  interests and choice of Leaving Certificate
  subjects, with particular reference to their
  selected vocational subjects.

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Specific Learning Outcomes

• The student should be able to
• 3.1 identify personal aptitudes and interests
• 3.2 investigate a range of careers appropriate to
  personal aptitude and
• interests
• 3.3 identify and analyse the aptitude and skills
  required to pursue a specific
• career
• 3.4 describe relevant qualifications and training
  required for entry to the
• selected career
• 3.5 identify available opportunities to pursue a
  selected career locally,
• nationally, and where possible, at international
  level
• 3.6 plan and set up an opportunity to interview
  and/or work shadow a
• person in a selected career
• 3.7 integrate information from a variety of
  sources to prepare a final report
• on a career investigation
• 3.8 reflect on and evaluate the experience of
  undertaking a career
• investigation
• 3.9 link the activities in this unit to learning
  in relevant Leaving Certificate
• subjects.

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Outline for Career Investigation

• Name of Career
• Investigated by
• Date
• Description of the Career
• Relevant Skills and Qualities
• Qualification and Training Required
• Pathway 1 Pathway 2
• College Name and Location College Name and
  Location
• Points/entry requirements Points/entry
  requirements
• Outline of course and Length Outline of course
  and Length
• End qualification End qualification
• (ensure pathways are different or to alternative
  careers)

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Outline for Career Investigation

• Evaluation of Career in light of Personal
  Aptitudes
• Evaluation of Career in light of Personal
  Interests
• Evaluation of Career in light of Choice of
  Leaving Certificate Subjects
• Insights I gained about the career
• Out of Class Learning Experience
• refer to interaction with an adult other than
  teachers in a relevant out of class learning
  experience e.g. work shadowing, visit to an
  enterprise, interview with a person in the career
  area, college open day, careers exhibition or
  other event organised as part of the school
  guidance programme. Be specific here. Give date
  of interview, name and position of interviewee
  and outcomes of interview
• Evaluation of Career Investigation
• The skills developed and insights gained from the
  experience of undertaking the career
  investigation
• Sources of Information

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The Career Investigation will assess the
student's ability to

• generate a document with a clear and consistent
  layout
• describe a specific career concisely and
  accurately
• identify and categorise skills, qualities,
  qualifications and training relevant to the
  selected career
• describe two pathways to the selected career
• evaluate the selected career in the light of
  personal aptitude, interests and choice of
  Leaving Certificate subjects
• present clear evidence of interaction with
  adults other than teachers in a relevant out of
  class learning experience
• evaluate the experience of undertaking a career
  investigation.

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Aptitude Assessments

• Verbal reasoning (VR)Numerical reasoning
  (NR)Abstract reasoning (AR) Perceptual Speed
  and accuracy (PSA) Mechanical reasoning
  (MR)Space relations (SR)Spelling (SP)
• Language usage (LU)
• Educational Aptitude (VR NR)

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Interest and Aptitude Tests

• Career Interest Inventory (CII) used in
  conjunction with DATs Differential Aptitude Tests
• EirQuest and The Cambridge Profile
• www.careerdirections.ie
• www.careersportal.ie

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Useful Links

• www.fas.ie
• www.cao.ie
• www.qualifax.ie
• www.gradireland.com

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Outline for Video Interview

• Tell me a bit about yourself
• Name
• Age
• Family
• School
• Leaving Certificate
• What subjects are you taking for the Leaving
  Certificate?
• List subjects, levels and mention link Modules
• What are you hoping to do after you finish your
  exams?
• College course
• Points required
• Subjects required
• Alternative pathway if that pathway isnt
  possible
• Career investigation, talking to person in that
  career

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Outline for Video Interview

• You are doing the Leaving Certificate Vocational
  Programme, as part of the programme you did some
  work experience, can you tell me about that.
• Where you did it
• What duties you carried out
• Whether you will follow a career in that area,
  and if so what the work experience taught you
  about the job
• If not why, has the work experience taught you
  something that puts you off that career path.
• You were involved in an enterprise activity can
  you tell me about that
• The team
• The product
• The research
• The problems
• The final outcome
• Skills learnt

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Outline for Video Interview

• You visited an enterprise, can you tell me about
  the visit
• Company
• Products
• Management set up
• Hygiene
• The production processes
• Research and development
• Marketing
• Markets
• Possible jobs/careers
• Can you see yourself working in a place like
  that? Why

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Outline for Video Interview

• Can you tell me what you gained from the Leaving
• Certificate Vocational Programme?
• Teamwork skills, communication skills, research
  skills, interpersonal skills, organisational
  skills, computer skills,
• The world of work, CV, letters, interview skills
• Your Aptitudes
• What it is like to run an enterprise
• What career you will pursue
• What the real world is like in the workplace
• The differences between school and work
• Finally can you tell me about your main interests
  and
• hobbies outside school.

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Thanks for your attention

• We hope that the workshop has been informative
  and remember to make contact with colleagues
  throughout the rest of the day, as this is the
  greatest way of picking up tips and hints.

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LCVP National Conference 2009

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