INDUSTRY INSIGHT

Invite a volunteer speaker into your school to give young people an insight into jobs in a particular sector.

What is an Industry Insight Event?

An Industry Insight Event gets young people thinking about what a job in a particular sector would be like. It will introduce the types of jobs available and the tasks that people working in this job would be expected to perform.

What is the impact of an Industry Insight Event?

Industry Insight Events are a fantastic opportunity to contextualise the general career education learning of young people and to start rooting this information in a specific sector. This narrowing process helps young people to make informed choices about their, subject choices, further or higher educational options and to become passionate about their future path. Industry Insight Events are general enough to provide opportunities for larger groups but specific enough to really find, fuel and spark ideas about their future in minds of young people.

Career Education Standard - I Can!

Here is one example per level of the areas of the "I can" framework that would typically be covered by engaging your young people in an industry insight event. Download the mapping document for more!

By the end of second level

  • I can discuss the relevance of skills to the wider world and make connections between skills and the world of work.

By the end of BGE

  • I can demonstrate diverse thinking when exploring learning opportunities and pathways.

By the end of Senior Phase

  • I can identify and access support networks that will help me into a positive and sustained destination beyond school.

Click below for more detailed Curricular Mapping

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