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Planning for success Kate Amis Manager, The Geography Ambassador Project

Planning for success Kate Amis Manager, The Geography Ambassador Project. Thinking ahead. What do you want in the future? Do you have any plans? What is at the top of your ladder?. Making plans . Looking at my future from here . Your Career as a Ladder . My career choice.

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Planning for success Kate Amis Manager, The Geography Ambassador Project

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  1. Planning for success Kate AmisManager, The Geography Ambassador Project

  2. Thinking ahead • What do you want in the future? • Do you have any plans? • What is at the top of your ladder?

  3. Making plans Looking at my future from here

  4. Your Career as a Ladder My career choice My university or training Course choices 16+ Work experience choices Course choices 14+ Here and now choices

  5. The first rule • Research • What careers are available? • What do the careers in each sector involve? • How can I find out more? Contacts, work experience, visits, internet, library.

  6. The second rule • Planning • From the future ...........backwards ! • Establish some long term goals. • They do not have to be set in stone.

  7. The third rule • Target setting

  8. ? Creative Arts and Design Geography ? ? Geography Mathematics Geography Photography ? ? ? Geography English Geography Sport Geography Politics ? ? Geography Business Geography ICT ? Geography Biology Activity 2

  9. Career Areas • Settlement • Society • Geographical techniques • Physical systems • Travel, leisure and tourism • Economic world • Development and global issues

  10. Settlement • Are you interested in shaping the relationship between people and their environments? • Regeneration officer • Landscape architect • Town planner • Environmental consultant

  11. Kate – Surveyor I studied geography at Cambridge and on leaving I got a job with my current employer, Allsop Property Consultants. I did a masters degree for two years and qualified to become a Chartered Surveyor.

  12. Leisure, travel and culture • Are you interested in discovering, exploring and promoting different places, cultures or sports? • Sports venue manager • Event manager • Travel or tour operator • Youth and community officer • Museum educator

  13. John – Co Ordinator 2012 London Olympic Games .

  14. Physical systems • Do you enjoy being in the landscape and working with the natural environment? • Coastal engineer • Flood protection officer • Weather presenter • Environmental consultant

  15. Lucy – Sky News weather forecaster and presenter I love the changing patterns of geography; no day is ever the same and geography keeps me on my toes.

  16. Economic world • Do you want to make key decisions that shape the commercial world? • Lawyer • Retailer • Accountant • Financial analyst

  17. Antony- Retail location analyst I am currently working for a large retailer doing location planning. This involved plotting store locations and customer details onto a digital map.

  18. Development and global issues • Are you interested in world events? Do you want to work towards improving social inequality across the globe? • Diplomat • Overseas volunteer • Aid worker • Charity co-ordinator

  19. Tania – DEFRA & United Nations I work on projects for DEFRA with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Sustainable Development Programme. I help organise meetings, write speeches and prepare briefings. I often visit New York and Nairobi.

  20. Environment and Sustainability • Do you care about the future of the planet? • Resource manager • Recycling officer • Forestry manager • Cycle route planner

  21. Matt – Carbon budgets Our project is developing ideas for introducing a personal carbon allocation, which would give each of us an incentive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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