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With its lively illustrations and flexible nature, Jobmatch! has proved very popular
with careers teachers and tutors since it was originally introduced in 1995.
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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 have
been replaced with a pack of cards illustrating young people in the appropriate age
range drawn from variety of ethnic groups. The descriptions on the cards have been
simplified for younger readers but the numbering of each card remains the same.
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! A job card A skill card A joker
The main Tutor’s Notes contains several games and group activities which are easily
adapted for use with younger pupils. For example, here is a simplified version of the
Jobmatch! game described in the notes on pages 5-7.
Junior Jobmatch!
Corridor Briefing (or memory jogger): This is a game in which small teams take
turns at matching skill cards to selected job cards.
Purpose: The aim of the game is to help young students become more aware of the
wide range of skills and personal qualities required by many jobs today. It should
help 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 immediately
apparent.
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Players: Each individual game requires four small teams containing from one to four
players.
Resources: You will require one pack of job cards and one pack of skill cards.
Procedure
(ii) The job cards are shuffled and one card is turned over to reveal a job.
(iii) The teams take turns at finding and describing a link between one of their skill
cards and the selected job. For example: 9. I am calm in an emergency would be a
good link with the job of a police officer.
(iv) Each time a link is described and agreed, one point is awarded to the team
(v) When the players are unable to find any more links between the job and the cards
they hold, another job card is selected and the game continues until a range of jobs
have been covered.
(vi) The winner of the game is the team with the most number of points
To assist a referee, pages 19-20 in the Tutor’s Notes provide a list of jobs, their
descriptions and related skill cards.
Review. Page 7 of the Tutor’s Notes provides some useful discussion topics
following the game.
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The other five activities in the Tutor’s Notes require very little adjustment for a
younger audience. They are:
What’s My Line? To help pupils study the duties and demands of different jobs
Links: To help pupils appreciate how different jobs share common skills
My Skills: To help students assess their skills and personal qualities and to consider
ways in which these might be developed.
! 40 Job Cards
! 36 Skill Cards
! 4 Jokers
! The Tutor’s Notes for the original version of Jobmatch!
The sets of cards could be copied on a suitable card material for handling.
Feedback. If you use this material with your pupils, any comments to
crowley@macace.net would be much appreciated. As they say on Ebay, please ask
any questions and thanks for looking!