What employment is available?

You will need:
  • to be ready for the workforce...

Key terms:
  • Self-Employed 
  • employment
  • wages

Tasks
  1. As a class Brainstorm - What might employment issues involve
  2. Use the internet AND Textbook to complete the glossary worksheet attached below. 
  3. As a refresher, use the internet to research information about different types of employment. Organise the information into the table contained with the 'Types of Employment' worksheet attached below. 
  4. Complete worksheet titled 'Jobs for All' , attached below.

RESEARCH
Use http://www.seek.com.au/ to find three job advertisements that you would be interested in pursuing. 
Answer the following about each advertisement:
  • What type of employment is it ?
  • What skills are needed for the job?
  • What experience is required for the job?
  • What questions would you ask the employer if you had an opportunity to speak to him/her?

Figure: 'TRENDS of Employment'

GLOSSARY ACTIVITY
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TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT
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JOBS FOR ALL
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Australia's highest paying jobs....

Current Trends

You will need:

Key terms:
  • trends
  • indusrty
  • industrial relations

Tasks
  1. Copy the table to your right into your books. Leave space for extra rows. What do you already know about employment in the past and employment today? Write this into the table. 
  2. Read pages 112-113 of the textbook and then add to the table. 
  3. Comprehension: Complete questions : 1-8 in your books.
  4. Create a brainstorm as a class of the reasons for a changing  work patterns (technology, education, aging population).

VISUALISE THIS...
  1. Create a cause and effect chain, for example :
Job for life (old view)-> more retraining options/changing demand -> Sense of personal control/switch between more than one job 
ABS - Recorded Work pattern and trends
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Benefits of education and training

A day in the life of...
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You will need:

Key terms:
  • ATAR
  • VET
  • TAFE
  • Apprenticeships

Tasks
  1. Brainstorm: What are you going to do after school?
  2. Copy down the notes as we go through the powerpoint
  3. Complete the questions into your books as we go through them. 

RESEARCH
  Research what education or training is needed to be able to do your dream job.
  1. Select a career that you are interested in. 
  2. Use the internet to find out what the educational requirements are for that career, and where study may be undertaken. 
  3. Suggest school subjects that might be helpful to you in achieving this career.
  4. If you need to go to Uni , check what ATAR you need at this link http://www.uac.edu.au/undergraduate/course-search/
  5. ATAR CALCULATOR - If you have time, go to this link http://hsc.atarcalc.com/   Type in the subjects you have chosen for next year, what marks you think you will get (be realistic) , and estimate your ATAR. Remember this is just a website and your actual ATAR may be very different. 

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOU?

  1. What educational options are available to school leavers?
  2. Rank them in order of the most beneficial form of education and explain why.
  3. Thinking about a possible career for yourself (Or one just for fun) complete the document to the left 'A day in the life of'. You will need to do a bit of research in locating the required information for that particular career path. This needs to be completed as an individual.
  4. Consider the following scenario for your chosen career/profession.
"Course enrolments are at an all time low. School leavers do not seem interested in pursuing this career. We need you to put together a publicity campaign which convinces school leavers to do this course. The main selling point will be the types of things this course can offer as well as the positives and advantages about pursuing this career."

Use the worksheet below to help you with the information, however the most persuasive campaign will be rewarded!
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GETTING TECHNICAL

You will need:
  • Concepts in Commerce textbook 
  • Internet

Tasks
  1. Using the list of Key terms to the right you are to create a crossword puzzle using YOUR OWN SUMMARY to use as clues. Within these clues you MUST use the following;
  • 4 straight up definitions
  • 3 synonyms 
  • 2 Example/scenario based clues
  • 1 Acronym
  • (Remaining terms may be a mixture)
WORD LIST:
  • AIRC
  • AWA
  • award
  • TAFE
  • certified agreement
  • employment
  • enterprise agreement
  • enterprise bargaining
  • negotiation
  • cadetship
  • redundancy
  • white-collar
  • unemployment

  • workforce
  • HSC
  • wage
  • full-time
  • casual
  • employee
  • entitlements
  • fringe benefits
  • industrial relations
  • VET
  • trade union
  • contract
  • apprenticeship

Types of Employment Contracts
You will need:

Key terms:
  • award
  • common law
  • enterprise agreement
  • Multi-enterprise agreement

Tasks
  1. In your books you are to view the employment contract powerpoint.
  2. You need to copy the diagram on slide 3 and summarise the relevant information
  3. You need to complete the six questions contained within the PPT. 

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
  1. Read 'Types of Employment Contracts 1' on pages 120-121 of the textbook. 
    Complete questions 1-8 on page 121 of the textbook

REVISION: Click and complete http://goo.gl/forms/Jvkeb2g4dL  


RESEARCH ACTIVITY - AWA's
  1. Use the internet to research the changes introduced to Workplace Laws by the Howard Government (Australian Workplace Agreements), and the efforts made to undo them, by the Rudd Government.
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UNEMPLOYMENT

You will need:

Key terms:
  • unemployment rate
  • labour force

Tasks
View the following two links to see current labour force and unemployment statistics. For each example calculate the Unemployment rate:

UNEMPLOYMENT GAME

RESEARCH ACTIVITY

The following is a link to a Google Search Results page about Unemployment in Australia. When you click on the link you will see many articles about unemployment. Pick three useful articles and write a summary for them. Ensure you record the date , author , newspaper and title of the article. You may conduct your own search also. 

http://www.google.com.au/search?q=unemployment&oq=unemplot&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l5.3603j0j1&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=0&ie=UTF-8&gws_rd=ssl#safe=active&tbm=nws&q=unemployment+au

IMPACTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT ON SOCIETY

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You will need:
  • Your exercise books

Key terms:
  • unemployment rate
  • labour force

Tasks
1. View the presentation to the left and write summary notes into your books by answering the questions on the first slide. (Remember to summarize and not copy word for word)
2. Using these notes AND your articles from last term create a mind-map answer to the following question into your books.

                EXPLAIN THE RECENT TRENDS FOR                               UNEMPLOYMENT IN AUSTRALIA?


In your answer you must include:
  • Definitions for the different types of unemployment
  • Unemployment statistics
  • References to at least TWO articles