STIC - Engineering:
The Labour Market
 Research
Skills
ACTIVITY: Brainstorming, small group activity, individual
activity
TIME: 3 hours
LEARNING OUTCOME:
Participants will understand how to conduct labour market research on
their own using libraries and/or the Internet.
DESCRIPTION:
- Explain that in order to stay on top of what is happening
in their field, participants hould be able to gather information
on their own.
- Ask the class to brainstorm sources of information that
would be useful to engineers. Record responses on an overhead projector
or flip chart.
Responses should include:
- Directories
- Government
- Magazines & Newspapers
- Employment Resource Centres
- "Information interviews"
- The Yellow Pages
- The Internet
- Professional association websites
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Organize the class into groups of 3-4; instruct participants
to read the article "Chip maker buys B.C. software firm" on page
9-10
 and
complete the exercise on page 11 (Research
Practice) .
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Take up answers as a class, using the answer
key provided.
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Assign readings from the Resource Package and the exercise
on page 12 (Skills
in Demand) to be completed
individually. If time is a concern, this exercise can be assigned
as "homework".
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Instruct participants to review the material on pages
13-18 (Researching
Companies) of
their workbooks and to complete the worksheet on page
19 . Circulate
the room and comment on participants' work plans with them.
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and overheads.
Research
Skills [183 KB, 13 pages]
- Lesson Plan
- Answer Key
- Participant Workbook pages 9 - 19
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