Benchmark Two - Labour Market Information

Resources from the Careers and Enterprise Company

Gatsby Benchmark 2 | CEC Resource Directory

Parental Engagement in Careers Education

Home – The Careers & Enterprise Academy – free access to a library of online courses

SENCO Understanding Pathways and Careers Opportunities: Explore the various opportunities available to young people with SEND. (free account required)

SENCO: Engaging Parents to Empower SEND Futures (free account required)

Local resources

Leicester and Leicester World of Work Guide: : A guide to industries across the area, to help you to plan your future.

Useful questions to ask when exploring this local guide:

Skills

What are some of the key skills and qualities required for a particular sector, do they match yours? What can you be doing to practise and improve those skills. If you were asked to evidence those skills, what would you say?

Trends

What is happening within the sector? Which jobs are expected to increase, and which are likely to decline? Are those jobs of interest to you?

Pathways

What are the common routes for getting into the sector, is it a route that could work for you?

Local Employers

Who are the local employers in this sector? Have a look on their website, do they have a section on ‘work for us’ or ‘Careers’ or ‘join us’? Do they advertise apprenticeships? What jobs are they currently advertising?

District Snap Shots Guides to summarise information about key local employers across the city of Leicester and each of the seven districts of Leicestershire.

Leicester and Leicestershire World of Work Resources A flexible and interactive multi-use programme that can be shared throughout your school or college. It is full of local information about the world of work in Leicester and Leicestershire.

Leicester and Leicestershire Futures Explore our SEND website created to ensure young people educated in special schools or those that have an EHCP can access careers information relevant to their needs.

PMLD Resource World of Work lesson ideas – a sensory pack of career lesson ideas for PMLD learners to explore the world of work

Sector Profiles for Leicester and Leicestershire View 15 key sectors of interest to the local economy, explore what the future could look like in the short, medium and longer term.