Encourage your child to:
- Talk about their ideas relating to their future
- Research various careers
- Discuss their ideas with their tutor, teachers and careers lead
- Find out about the requirements for further training, college, and university entrance
- Develop their skills by taking part in school and external clubs and activities
As you begin to support your child to make informed decision about their future career paths and aspirations:
- Be open to ideas and encourage them to explore all their options
- Challenge stereotypes
- Keep in mind that your child’s choices and decisions should be based on their aspirations and abilities, not on what you think they should do!
- Emphasise life is fluid! Not everyone has a clear idea what they want to do so your child's career ideas are likely to change as they get older
- Recognise that our aspiration and ideas change
We recognise that the world of work has changed somewhat and is growing and adapting even still. Many jobs open to young people today didn’t exist 100 year ago and 85% of the jobs that will exist in 2030 haven’t been invented yet.