Junior

Junior Jobmatch! is based on a careers education package used in secondary schools.It has been adapted for use with younger pupils and may play a useful role in helpingto deliver some of the aims of careers-related learning at Key Stage 2.To broaden children’s horizons and raise aspirationsTo challenge low aspirations and stereotypical thinkingTo present a range of opportunities at an early stageTo raise awareness in children and families about choices and options for the futureTo develop within young people the skills to investigate opportunities, plan, makechoices and decisionsTo lay the foundation for the important decisions children make at Key Stages 3 & 4The original version of Jobmatch! is designed for careers education programmes inYears 9 and 10. Through games and activities with playing cards, it aims to helpyoung students become more aware of the wide range of skills and personal qualitiesrequired by many jobs. Some activities also involve self-assessment exercises to helpstudents reﬂect on their own interests, skills and personal qualities, and consider waysin which these may be developed. Rather than match youngsters to the ‘right job’, theprogramme emphasises that, in a changing economy, they must have an adaptableattitude to work and eagerly seize any available opportunities.With its lively illustrations and ﬂexible nature, Jobmatch! has proved very popularwith careers teachers and tutors since it was originally introduced in 1995.

Jobmatch! consists of a Tutor’s Manual, 40 jobs cards, 36 demand cards and 4 jokers.In the junior version of Jobmatch!, the demand cards are called skill cards and havebeen replaced with a pack of cards illustrating young people in the appropriate agerange drawn from variety of ethnic groups. The descriptions on the cards have beensimpliﬁed for younger readers but the numbering of each card remains the same.

A job card A skill card A jokerThe main Tutor’s Notes contains several games and group activities which are easilyadapted for use with younger pupils. For example, here is a simpliﬁed version of theJobmatch! game described in the notes on pages 5-7.

Junior Jobmatch!

Corridor Brieﬁng (or memory jogger)

: This is a game in which small teams taketurns at matching skill cards to selected job cards.

Purpose

: The aim of the game is to help young students become more aware of thewide range of skills and personal qualities required by many jobs today. It shouldhelp them appreciate that although a job often demands one or more distinctive skills,it will require other skills and personal qualities which are not always immediatelyapparent.