FREE 2020- 21 World of Work Leicestershire Information for young people on industries across the local area WORTH £25 BILLION 19,000 SKILLED GRADUATES The largest economy in the East Midlands Entering the workforce each year Home of M1 North PREMIERSHIP SPORT J25 to Sheffield, Leeds & The North J24 Melton A great place M1 J23 Melton to start and North West Mowbray Leicestershire develop your Loughborough A46 career! Ashby-de-la- to Newarke FOOD & DRINK COMPANIES Zouch J22 Many local and national Coalville Charnwood products made here M1 J21aj22 M42 Hinckley Leicester and J21 Leicester M42 West Bosworth Oadby to Birmingham M69 & Wigston Blaby Harborough M6 North LONDON ST PANCRAS Hinckley in just over an hour to Birmingham, M1 Manchester Market & The North M69 West Harborough to Birmingham J20j20 Lutterworth M6 CENTRAL LOCATION J19 with unrivalled transport links, M6 East perfect for distribution and logistics to Felixstowe M6 M1 M1 South to London The colours show key locations where jobs and opportunities are expected due to investment and SEVERAL RETAIL HEAD OFFICES regeneration projects. are based here Leicester urban area (Waterside project, city regeneration areas) East Midlands Enterprise Gateway PROFESSIONAL & FINANCIAL SERVICES in the East Midlands Airport area Companies choose Leicester Coalville Growth Corridor Loughborough (Loughborough University Science & Enterprise Park) STRONG ADVANCED MANUFACTURING South West Leicestershire (MIRA & ENGINEERING SECTOR Technology Park Enterprise Zone) Enterprise Zones 2 Introduction Contents The world of work 4 The changing work of work 5 Welcome to 'World of Work Ways of working 6 Leicestershire', a guide to Looking at Leicester and some of the key industries Leicestershire employers 7 Looking at local work sectors 8 across this area, to help you - Health 9 to plan your future. - Social care 10 - Creative and digital 11 This brochure provides an outline - Engineering and advanced of the local labour market, plus manufacturing 12 information on qualifcations and - Food and drink 13 pathways, and advice on looking and - Business, fnance and professional applying for jobs or apprenticeships. services 14 - Education 15 If you are starting to career plan, it - Space 16 is helpful to be more aware of the - Construction 17 broad range of diferent roles across - Logistics and distribution 18 - Low carbon 19 sectors of work, and any work trends. The Covid-19 lockdown has afected Some other local sectors both the local and global world of Retail, sport, tourism and hospitality, work and we still do not know the long public sector 20-21 term impact; in this guide we have Be an entrepreneur! 22 focused on a broad range of sectors, Enterprise Zones 23 some of which are growing, to help Qualifcations and pathways 24-26 you to be more aware of potential local Looking for work and apprenticeships 27 opportunities. Looking for work if you're disabled 28 Show your skills 29 Leicester and Leicestershire have some Gaining work experience 30 large businesses with a base here, When can I get a part-time job? 31 such as IBM, Amazon, Hastings Direct, CVs and covering letters 32-33 Next, 3M, Caterpillar, Triumph, Dunelm, Job and apprenticeship applications 34-35 Santander and Samworth Brothers. Useful websites 36 Along with well-known names, there are thousands of micro, small, and medium sized employers, who may have career opportunities. LEICESTER AND ECONOMY WORTH With just over 490,000 jobs in the area and 42,345 registered businesses, read £25 BILLION on and explore the local world of work. POPULATION 1.06 MILLION LEICESTERSHIRE 3 World of Work Leicestershire The world of work The world of work is continually changing and you may wonder what future employment opportunities will look like. Looking at future trends, the area around you, and the diferent ways in which we work can help you to plan your future career. What is the ‘labour market’? Labour market information can tell you: What jobs and skills employers are looking for Which industries are recruiting and where they are located The number of people in certain types of jobs Growing or declining job areas and general employment trends When thinking about your career ideas it is useful to consider what is happening in the labour market; assess trends around you, and always have ‘back up’ ideas. See the grid opposite for some of the key factors that may afect the labour market. Work facts for the 21st century Lots of new jobs are going to be created over the next 15 years. How much do you know about the jobs listed below? They are all out there right now! NANO-MEDICINE TECHNICIAN E-COMMERCE MERCHANDISER SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGIST AVATAR TUTOR BROKER ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ENGINEER GREEN FUNERAL DIRECTOR The majority of jobs available now and in the future require at least level 3 qualifcations because many roles are increasingly using advanced technology. What is STEM? STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and maths. Employers value the skills you develop in STEM subjects and careers. Why? Because there are going to be more skilled jobs available in these areas in the future and young people like you will be needed to do those jobs. Being creative is also important, to be innovative in solving work place challenges. What kind of STEM jobs exactly? Some really exciting ones! Just think, you could be responsible for: Inventing a new low carbon Creating the biggest transport videogame of all time Curing an illness or disease Building the tallest tower in the world 4 World of Work Leicestershire The changing world of work What is How can it afect Which job areas will Think about it! changing? jobs? be important? A serious national or Greater demand for key Key services are essential to keep Health and social care global pandemic, like workers, manufacture the country functioning and to help Food retail and manufacturing Covid-19. of food and protective the sick and elderly. Government Public services equipment and services need to action how to deal Utilities scientifc research to with the pandemic. A treatment Transport services fght the virus. needs to be found. Science and innovation Digital skills New technology is New technology is the Self-service machines. Electronics being developed all main reason for old jobs Robots on production Robotics and AI engineering the time. disappearing. lines. Greater demand Creative and media for people with IT, ICT and big data electrical and Aerospace engineering skills to fx Cyber security them and develop new ones. People are living People will need more More care, health and social workers Health care longer. health care and social needed to look after them. Demand Social care care support. for more drugs research. Bioscience More products and technology that Pharmacology assist the elderly. Leisure The skills of people There is more China and India both have more than Education around the world are competition from the twice as many graduates as the UK. Science improving. rest of the world. Apprenticeship programmes in Engineering countries like Germany are highly Creative and media regarded and well established. (including gaming) Manufacturing ICT Finance We must take More research into If we all start driving electric cars Engineering (including motor more care of the saving energy and we’ll need skilled mechanics to vehicle) environment. developing greener maintain them. Chemical processing technologies. Making processes and products more Recycling efcient and sustainable. Agriculture Reducing pollution. Energy and utilities Innovation People are thinking Demand for services Some farms are turning to tourism Health and beauty carefully how they such as catering, ftness, on top of farming. Sport and leisure spend their money, health spas and gaming. More overseas visitors. Hospitality and tourism especially on their More hotels ofering spa facilities. Creative and media wellbeing. Sales and marketing Covid-19 and the world of work The Covid-19 pandemic has afected the economy, but we do not know yet what the long-term impact will be. We do know that some areas of work are expanding (like IT, health, social care, and life sciences) but other areas have been hit by job losses, including some parts of retail, some parts of manufacturing, and some hospitality work. Higher levels of unemployment across the country will mean that there is more competition for jobs, but there are also some new Government schemes (Plan for Jobs 2020) that encourage employers to recruit young people. More info: www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-plan-for-jobs-documents/a-plan-for-jobs-2020 As at September 2020 the details in this guide are correct, and we will update resources on our website as the area adapts to changes in the area post lockdown. See: www.llep.org.uk 5 World of Work Leicestershire Ways of working There are several diferent ways of working, which can vary based on the organisation and the job; the standard 9am to 5pm working pattern that was typical in the past has very much changed. The Covid-19 pandemic has greatly altered the way people work, with many businesses increasing their online services and lots of people having to work from home. Work places are becoming more fexible and the pace of work place change is speeding up! Diferent work patterns today include: Temporary or fxed-term contracts – employers recruit more people at busier times, such as in logistics or agriculture. Flexi-time working – employees do not work to set hours every day, such as 8.30am to 4.30pm. Shift work – people who work in factories, hospitals or warehouses often work shifts as they’re needed through the night or early in the morning. Zero or low hours contracts – sometimes employers need fexibility; a zero hours contract means that you might not know how many hours you will work from week to week.