Labour Market Information (LMI) is a useful tool to help research future jobs in the local area, understand the skills needed for certain roles and the demand for future employment.
Check out these great LMI posters from C+K Careers.
Futuregoals is a great website to find out more about LMI.
Click on LMI For All and you can discover the job that you would like to do by taking part in the Skillsometer quiz. This can help you discover what jobs you might like to do in the future. You select emoji’s that shows how you feel against statements. You will be given suggestions of jobs linked to what you most enjoy doing.
Or you can type in your ideal career on the Careerometer. You can explore and compare information about occupations, it will help you to learn about different occupations and identify potential careers. Simply type in the title of the job you are interested in and it will provide a series of options from which you can select the most relevant to you. You can then look up another two occupations and compare. You can also select ‘display the UK average’ and compare the information with the occupation you have selected. Here is what it looks like:
Check out icould for real-life career videos by job type or subject. They also have a fun quiz to complete.