work & careers

What jobs do young people do?

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If you are keen to start work you will be wondering what sort of work is available in our area. If you have a look at the type of jobs recent Northumberland school leavers went into, you will see that the biggest area was construction (the building trades).

In 2010 321 Year 11 leavers went into work or training. This chart shows how many went into each occupational area listed.

The chart shows that:

13% of young people entered jobs in skilled construction.
12% entered jobs in hairdressing and related occupations.
9% entered jobs in metal forming trades.
8% entered jobs in vehicle trades.
7% entered jobs in agriculture, forestry and fishing.
5% started clerical and secretarial jobs.
3% entered jobs in sales.
3% started jobs in catering.
3% started jobs in protective services.
3% entered other skilled trades.
2% entered a range of other occupations.
2% entered jobs in childcare.
2% entered jobs in healthcare.
2% entered labouring jobs.
2% start work in other personal service jobs.
1% work in skilled engineering.
22% entered occupations that were unknown.