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 * How We Organise Ourselves**

An inquiry into the interconnectedness of human made systems and communities; the structure and function of organisations; economic activities and their impact on humankind.

What skills, attitudes and qualifications are required for different career paths? (Form) What can I do now to prepare in order to be successful in the future world of work? (Change) How do/ have professions change over time? (Change) What skills and attributes will help me be successful in the world of work? (Form)
 * How can the learners of today meet the needs of the workforce of tomorrow?**
 * Concepts- Change and Form**
 * Key Questions and Provocations;**



[|Definition of Human Capital]

Take an online quiz to discover your perfect career; [|Test 1] [|Multiple Intelligences Test]
 * Sample activities and starting points;**

-Investigate 'Human Capital' and how humans are now a valuable resource in the workplace. What skills, attributes, attitudes and qualities constitute 'Human Capital'? -Investigate a career which has developed/ been created in the past 20 years and contrast it to one which has diminished/ disappeared in the past 20 years. Look at the contrasting growth and decline and what caused the relative changes. -Investigate and discuss the following statement; "Being a 'learner' enables you to adapt to changes in the world of employment." -Look at and research the distribution of employment and jobs in NZ in 2010. Compare this to the distribution of jobs and employment in 1990. -Survey the employment of BBI parents in 2010. Develop broad categories for sorting this data. Now sample the parents of these BBI parents and create a similar distribution of jobs for their generation. Compare the 2 and identify similarities and differences. -Watch one of the clips on the wiki. What skills/ attitudes and attributes can you identify as being important in the year 2020 for workers to possess? -Contact a local emloyer; what type of employee do they require? Has this changed in the past 20 years? -How do people find a job in 2010? How did they find a job in 1990? How will they find work in 2030? -Investigate the different roles/ responsibilities and activities involved in a modern career. What skills and attributes will be required to do this job? How could this change in the future? -Interview a parent or teacher and use your responses to show how people adapt to change in work and how their skills suit their current role. -Develop a CV thinking ahead to your intended 'dream job'. -Develop an ad for attracting the employees of the future to a job which does not yet exist. -Start to contact employers re. publications and materials and talk to them about how their needs have changed. Invite them to speak to students at BBI about the concepts of change and form in their business. -Perform a skills audit on yourself and ask a close friend to assess your skills and qualities at the same time. Compare your perspective with theirs. -Create ads for recruiting the best people for jobs in the organising team for the careers expo. -Create a job description for the role you will be playing in the development of the careers expo. -Brainstorm various careers. Then categorise according to criteria. E.g. Education, Service, Utilities, Engineering etc etc Then categorise them again into do they need to go to uni, tertiary ed, college, other etc etc. -Great website:[| http://www.careers.govt.nz/] -Invite guest speakers from the community. -Multi Media: Knowledge saturation. Stu getting these together. -Massive career map: Creative task. The students have to choose a career that they want to do. Write steps that they need to do to get there. They draw a road and have others roads off it. The other roads are possible distractions or obstacles. They have to plan for how to cope with those obstacles. Research will come into it. (See Jono for further details) -Interview parents, grandparents or relatives to find out about their jobs. What qualifications did they need? How many jobs have they had? Compare and contrast requirements/qualifications. What jobs no longer exist?
 * Activities and Questions to Investigate;**

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 * Clips**

[|NZ Job Site for Young People Seeking Careers]
 * Resources**