About
Talking Jobs is an easy to use careers resource suitable for all abilities
Key stage 3 & 4 - Further Education - 6th Form - Connexions - Adult Education
Talking Jobs provides a useful snapshot of UK society that combines labour market information with insight and experience from a broad range of people. This resource is also intended as ‘sideways nudge’ or ‘reality check’ for young people to use before making important decisions about their lives. It is also about challenging stereotypes and respecting the opinions and values of those one may not ordinarily meet in our everyday lives.
All of the job-families are represented in this condensed cross section of society. Interviewees were selected on the grounds of being everyday heroes - people happy in their work and happy in their life choices but not necessarily shouting about it. Many organisations were involved in their recruitment, with people being put forward by their peers or employers and not self-selected.
Social inequality and limited social mobility are significant issues for all societies, not least the Uk. Many young people lack access to appropriate or sufficiently diverse role models and for some the social barriers are so strong - yet invisible - they don't even know they could lead better or simply different lives to their parents or carers.
We hope this website can help start unlocking things for some young people by encouraging them to explore how other people have come to make important decisions about their education and careers. Young people need to know that their own choices need to be informed yet realistic, based on their potential not postcode, background or class. We also hope it helps young people define what it means to be successful in their own way and on their own terms.
Talking Jobs was soft-launched with partial content in November 2007. Full launch followed in April 2008. In its first year it was licensed by over 130 schools, colleges, Connexions and adult education centres. The site was recently overhauled with relaunch in February 2010 after two years feedback from pupils, teachers, PSHE coordinators, IAG people, careers service providers,academics and QCG students.
Click here to see a list of the interviewees involved in this project.
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"Talking Jobs is an amazing resource, quite unlike any other work related resource I have come across... It goes beyond the simple job description and qualifications needed and gives students the sort information they could get if they actually met the individuals and knew all the right questions to ask them..."
Kate Dorrian
Former PSHE Coordinator, now Advanced Skills Teacher, Varndean School, Brighton