Fágaartihkal
Exploring Career Options
Let’s explore a wide range of different career paths and job opportunities. Find out more about what it is like to work in the UK. You might even be inspired to pursue a career abroad!
Govva: eak_kkk / CC BY-SA 4.0
It is hard making a choice when the number of options to choose from seems endless. This is how many young people feel about choosing a career. Listen to this short clip from an interview with a career adviser at MidKent College in the UK. Her job is to help students with information, guidance and support towards making the right decisions about their future careers.
Video: Tom Knudsen, Ole Fossgård / CC BY-SA 4.0
The UK National Careers Service website is a great place to explore a wide range of job opportunities. You can find out what kind of qualifications and skills a specific job requires. You can see how much the average salary is and the number of working hours a week. The lists of day-to-day tasks will also give you an impression of what happens during a typical day at work.
- GO to the National Careers Service website and click on "Explore Careers".
- CHOOSE a job category and then select one of the jobs from the list. Study the information given.
- MAKE a list of 5-10 new words and translate them from English to Norwegian.
- SUMMARIZE the most important information about that particular job in 5 bullet points and add an image and a title.
- PRESENT your work in speech or writing.