| The world of work has changed enormously since our grandparents left school to find work. Technology
has made massive changes and we are also much more influenced by Europe and the rest of the world.
To prepare for work, you will need to develop your own individual
skills and qualities. Some skills will be general, others
will need to be job specific and may need special training.
Employers will want to employ somebody who is enthusiastic, rounded and balanced. They will want to know about you as a person. If
you make the best of yourself, it will make you feel good. This inner confidence will show through in things that you do, including
applying
for a job or place at college.
When choosing a career, it helps to know something about the way businesses and companies work. If a business
is a large organisation, for example, a large cosmetics company, then there may be many departments within it and each will contribute
to its success. Some sectors
of business may be:
- Research and development – looking
for new ideas, trying to find out what people want
- Marketing – making a product desirable
to people, selling the product in the right way, and making
people aware that it exists
- Manufacturing – actually making
the product.
- Finance – making sure that the
business is making money and using it in the right ways
- Human resources – looking after
the people in the company, recruitment, training and welfare.
Different companies are run in different ways. Before applying
for a job with a company, you should try to find out as much
as possible about it and the way it works – look at the
company website to find out more about them. Then you are more
informed about whether you might like to work for that company. |
