Презентация к НПР на тему: How to choose the right career path?

Муниципальное образовательное учреждение

«Средняя общеобразовательная школа №5»

How to choose the right career path?

Авторы:

ученицы 10 А класса

Пашкова Алина Соболева Арина

Научный руководитель :

Учитель английского языка

Шараева Анастасия Владимировна

город Гусев

2017

Introduction.

Find something you love to do and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.

For many people a job is more than an income –it’s an important of who we are.

So a career transition of any sort is one of the most unsettling experiences you can face in your life. Paul Clitheroe

• Choosing a career after finishing school is a tough task for most students in Russia and the UK. This problem is very urgent among the students, especially school leavers.
• It goes without saying that knowledge of foreign languages plays a very important role in career prospects, even if you do not have to work abroad, a foreign language is still a requirement.

The problem of the research: How can students in the UK and in Russia choose the right career path?

The hypothesis - if students follow the recommendations and tips, do career tests, quizzes and questionnaires, it will be useful for choosing the right career path

The object of the research is choosing a career.

The subject of the research is the ways how to find a rewarding career path.

The aim of the work is to study and analyze the literature on the problem to prove or disprove the hypothesis.

Learning objectives:

1. To study the definitions of “career” “profession”, “job”, “occupation”.

2. To work with different resources to find the information on the problem (books, articles, magazines and the Internet).

3. To study and compare the best paid graduate jobs in the UK and Russia.

4. To find out occupations associated with foreign languages.

5. To do a research of future career options among Russian teenagers.

6. To represent the results with the help of bar and pie charts.

7. To suggest some tips, tests and quizzes for students to choose the right career path.

What is a career?

According to the Collins English dictionary:

Career is the series of jobs that a person has through his/her working life.

Profession - is a type of work, such as medicine (being a doctor) or teaching that requires a high level of training or education.

Job - 1.Occupation or paid employment 2. Task to be done 3.Performance of a task.

Occupation and job have similar meanings. However, occupation is far less common than job and is used mainly in formal and official styles.

The best paid graduate jobs in the UK

• 1. Law.
• 2. Banking and Finance.
• 3. Accounting.
• 4. IT.
• 5. Engineering.
• 6. Business management.
• 7. Marketing.

The best paid graduate jobs in Russia

• 1. IT.
• 2. Business Management
• 3. Banking, Finance and Insurance.
• 4. Medicine.
• 5. Architecture.
• 6. Mass media .
• 7. Restaurant and hotel business.

Occupations associated with foreign languages

Although there are many occupations where languages are useful , the only ones where languages are always essential are teaching, translating and interpreting .

• Finance
• Food and Drink
• Law
• Sales and Marketing
• Transport, Tourism and Leisure
• Public Sector
• Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL).

The practical part

• PART 1. We found out:
• The common best paid graduate jobs in the UK and Russia are : 1. Business management 2.IT 3.Banking and Finance.
• The distinctive best paid graduate jobs in the UK and Russia are : 1.Accounting 2.Marketing 3.Medicine 4.Architecture 5.Mass media 6.Restaurant and hotel business.

• PART2. On the second stage the students of our school were asked to do Career Interest Questionnaire.
• The aim was to help identify career areas might be the best fit for students:
• Business, Management and Administration
• Finance
• Human Services
• Architecture and Construction
• Hospitality and Tourism
• Health Sciences
• Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security

• PART 3. On the third stage the students were asked to do the quiz at home using their PC. The aim was to find out which jobs are right for them with a free career quiz.
• Any student can use this hyperlink to discover the right career: http://www.quizrocket.com/career-quiz .

• Then we asked the students to discuss the Pros and Cons of different professions in groups at the English lessons . The results are represented in the table.

Pros

The caring professions

Cons

(nurse, teacher, veterinary, doctor)

The chance to meet lots of different people.

The creative professions

(journalist, designer, beautician, hairdresser)

You are able to use your imagination.

Your services are greatly appreciated.

The office professions

Salary is low.

Money can be quite good;

Good chance for promotion;

(secretary, bank worker, receptionist)

Great emotional involvement and responsibility.

The forces

The work is hard to get into.

Immense job satisfaction; Varied work.

Travel;

(policeman, officer, firefighter)

Can be glamorous occupation.

Can transfer to other branches.

It can also be unstable.

Can get boring if your duties never change;

There’s strong sense of comradeship;

Little chance of meeting different people.

You are away from your family a lot;

Good promotion opportunities.

A strict way of life and routine; can be

dangerous.

• Part 4. The Ranking Task. The next task was to put the universities in the ranked order according to the degree of importance for students. The list of the universities was the following:

1. Moscow State University

2. St. Petersburg State University

3. Moscow Medical Academy

4. Moscow State Linguistic University

5. Kaliningrad State Technical University

6. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

7. The State University of Management

8. The Bonch-Bruevich St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications

9. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

10. ITMO University

11. Smolensk State Academy of Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism

12. The Moscow University of Finance and Law Regional Campuses in Kaliningrad

• The last task consisted of close- and open-ended questions. The aim of this task was to determine:

Conclusion

• We have analyzed the best paid graduate jobs in the UK and Russia. Most of them were mentioned in the practical part. We have done and analyzed the research. Thus, our hypothesis was proved because career tests, quizzes and tips gave our students the idea of what career path suited them. Many of the students have already decided what career to choose and some of them are on the right path of choosing a career. To know more about job market in Russia you can download the brochure:  https://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/int/Russia.pdf .

• Our research work is not only a useful guide for all the students to help them out on one of the biggest decisions of their lives, but also a chance to practice their language skills.

• It has some useful suggestions and tips to help them. In this research work any student will easily find the right way on how to choose a career. If you need help choosing your future profession, try our tests or contact us and we will help you to choose the right option for you.

Thank you for your attention!