Be­rufs­ein­stieg

The topic of your in­ter­na­tio­nal school pro­ject is “Our fu­ture – our jobs”. To­ge­ther with your part­ner, you are to give a short in­tro­duc­to­ry speech.

Part­ner A

Use the given pas­sa­ges from the Ger­man go­vern­ment’s pu­bli­ca­ti­on on he fu­ture of jobs for your in­tro­duc­tion to the topic and its re­le­van­ce for Ger­man stu­dents.

After this first part, hand over to your part­ner.

Part­ner B

With the help of the given in­ter­view text, out­li­ne Pro­fes­sor Wal­wei’s ad­vice for Ger­man high school gra­dua­tes to your class­ma­tes in a way that will en­cou­ra­ge them. Con­clu­de the speech.

Pro­ce­du­re

Step 1

Sum­ma­ri­zing

Read the text ca­re­ful­ly and make notes for a sum­ma­ry

Step 2

Struc­tu­ring

De­sign a clear struc­tu­re for your part of the speech. Pre­pa­re your no­te­card.

Step 3

Rehe­ar­se your speech to­ge­ther with your part­ner.

Re­sour­ces

Part­ner A

Text A (see next page)

Part­ner B

Text B

In­ter­view with Dr. Ul­rich Wal­wei, ex­pert in labor eco­no­mics,vice di­rec­tor of the Ger­man IAB (In­sti­tu­te of La­bour and Job Re­se­arch)

DIE ZEIT: Be­rufs­ein­stieg: „Nicht auf Si­cher­heit set­zen“

In­tro­duc­to­ry  speech – Main as­pects

Text A

I. Ge­ne­ral: As­pects that are im­portant from the Ger­man go­vern­ment’s view:

• About two thirds of the Ger­man work­force have to do with di­gi­tal chan­ge.
• Vir­tu­al and real world are clo­se­ly con­nec­ted, mer­ging into one ano­ther.
• Suc­cess will stron­gly de­pend on how this chan­ge is brought about in order to use it ef­fec­tive­ly.
• Many fiel­ds of work and eco­no­my will be af­fec­ted by this pro­cess as well as so­cie­ty its­elf its va­lues (de­mo­gra­phic chan­ge, chan­ging va­lues).

• Main in­ten­ti­on: Work will im­pro­ve life and li­ving con­di­ti­ons for all.
• This also means (per­so­nal) free­dom in terms of eco­no­my, so­ci­al fac­tors, sustaina­bi­li­ty.

• Peop­le will work in with ma­chi­nes thus being more free/more fle­xi­ble, also healt­hier and wealt­hier than be­fo­re

• In all this, sustaina­bi­li­ty with re­spect to our li­mi­ted glo­bal re­sour­ces ises­sen­ti­al

Text B

II. Ad­vice: What ad­vice does Pro­fes­sor Wal­wei give?

• 2018 will be a good year for high school gra­dua­tes
• A lot of peop­le re­ti­re while there is de­mand for young qua­li­fied em­ployees/workers
• (At the be­gin­ning of your ca­re­er) you should be eager to gain ex­pe­ri­ence ins­tead of job se­cu­ri­ty
• You have to have fle­xi­ble skills for a va­rie­ty of jobs.
• You can­not be sure to work in the same place all your life.
• Edu­ca­ti­on and qua­li­fi­ca­ti­ons are very im­portant steps.
• (If you are fle­xi­ble) this will help you find a job.
• This is true even for high­ly in­di­vi­du­al sub­jects or for peop­le loo­king for spe­cial jobs.
• Do what you like or what you are in­te­rested in.
• Some know­ledge of eco­no­my and tech­no­lo­gy will make it ea­sier for you.
• Ar­ti­fi­ci­al in­tel­li­gence will play an in­cre­a­sin­gly im­portant role.
• Crea­ti­ve and so­ci­al skills will be im­portant too.
• This is where hu­mans can­not be re­pla­ced by com­pu­ters (more depth).

Con­clu­si­on

• Do not worry.
• Ob­tain a qua­li­fi­ca­ti­on.
• Be fle­xi­ble.
• Do not sim­ply go for se­cu­ri­ty.

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