Exploring a Career in IT

Exploring a career in the IT Industry Booklet

This scenario based booklet (which is editable), encourages students to explore the process of finding and starting a job in the IT sector, through a series of Theory and Tasks.

• User needs – what are the users’ requirements.
• Different types of jobs
• Job titles and job roles
• Looking at job advertisements
• The IT industry
• Personal skills & qualities
• Different Types of Organisations
• Researching Local IT Organisations

This booklet is suitable for year 9 to 11 students.

Summary of Learning Outcomes

Completing this booklet will enable you tot:

1. Find out about the different types of jobs available within the sector
2. Investigate the different types of organisation and venues in the sector
3. Consider the relationship between lifestyle and job choices.