Learning from Career Journeys

Long-Term Career Planning – Full Unit

Long-Term Career Planning – Full Unit (Careers Education / Personal Development) 7+ Lesson Bundle • Workbooklet • Quiz • Editable Resources Support students in making confident decisions about their futures with this forward-looking careers unit. Learners explore long-term goals, resilience, career challenges, business start-up ideas, and how modern tools (including AI) can support their journey. Designed to help Y11 students prepare for post-16 transitions with clarity and self-belief. Perfect for Careers Education, Personal Development, tutor programmes, transition support, or enrichment days. 🎯 What’s Included A fully editable, ready-to-teach unit featuring: 1. Career Challenges & Setbacks Teaches students how to handle disappointment, build resilience, reframe failure and bounce back with purpose. 2. Decision Fatigue & Career Planning Explores why too many choices can overwhelm us and provides strategies for making clearer, more confident decisions. 3. How Can AI Help in My Career Journey? Shows students how AI tools can assist with skill development, research, planning, revision, and preparing applications — safely and ethically. 4. Learning from Career Journeys Students analyse real-life career pathways, detours, pivots and success stories to inspire their own planning. 5. Long-Term Career Goals & Planning Guides learners through vision-setting, milestones, reflection, and building an adaptable long-term plan. 6. Starting a Business as a Teen A motivating lesson covering youth entrepreneurship, idea generation, side hustles, legality, risk and reward. 7. Work–Life Balance & Career Planning Explores wellbeing, boundaries, burnout prevention and how personal priorities shape career choices. 8. End-of-Unit Quiz Ideal for assessment and consolidation. 📘 Student Workbooklet A structured resource full of activities, reflection tasks, planning sheets, and applied scenarios. ✨ Key Skills Developed Long-term planning & goal setting Resilience & coping with setbacks Decision-making under pressure Digital awareness & use of AI career tools Entrepreneurial thinking Work–life balance & wellbeing Career research & transition readiness 📂 Format Fully editable PowerPoint lessons Printable / editable student workbooklet Quiz (interactive + printable) Teacher notes + optional extension tasks 💡 Perfect For Careers Education (Y10–Y12) Personal Development programmes Transition preparation (post-16) Tutor time & pastoral sessions Aspirations and enterprise days