The World Economic Forum estimates 170 million new roles could be created while 92 million may disappear.
SOL OSC Year 10 · offline v5.1
The future won’t follow one job title.
At Year 10 and 11, thinking about a future career can feel difficult. Jobs are changing all the time—and people’s working lives change too. You do not need to predict one perfect job today.
Work will change. So can you.
Research cannot tell us exactly what your future will look like—but it does show why being adaptable, staying curious and using your skills in new ways matter.
That was between ages 18 and 58—a sign that working life rarely means one employer forever.
Changing direction can be a normal part of building a working life.
Source note: World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report 2025; US Bureau of Labor Statistics, NLSY79 release 2025; Indeed Career Change Report 2019. These are global or US indicators—not predictions about any one student.
So what do we do?
Use a challenge mindset: begin with problems worth working on, then explore the learning that could help you make a difference.
Which future problems, opportunities or communities really interest you?
Which learning areas could give you useful knowledge, tools and different ways to think?
Ask better questions and choose a broad Year 11 starting mix that keeps possibilities open.
Today: find three challenges you might want to work on.
Your results will help you investigate Year 11 subjects at Ormiston Senior College and prepare useful questions for subject-choice conversations.