Subject choice help from My World of Work
Some great new content has just been launched on My World of Work to help school pupils and parents/carers get to grips with subject choice decisions.
Pupils can use the online Strengths tool to find out more about what they’re good at and what that might mean for a career. The content also includes some great tips from pupils, parents and careers advisers on subject choices such as:
- Help! What subjects should I choose? Some advice on what to think about
- Jobs of the future. While subject choices are important the world of work is changing. Find out what jobs you might end up doing that haven’t even been invented yet!
- Dougie Vipond gets to grips with My Strengths. The television presenter explores the tool to find out how it could help his teenage son Fin with his choices
- 5 easy steps to helping your child. Includes a video of school pupils suggesting how they would like their parents to support them
For more information, click here.
My World of Work is a Skills Development Scotland service that provides a unique mix of resources, features and job information to help people discover more about themselves and the future world of work.
