Information and guidance for young people aged 13-19
Why do jobs change?
All jobs change over time:
150 Years Ago in Hertfordshire
♦♦ Trade and commerce
♦♦ Hospitality (Inns)
♦♦ Brewing
♦♦ Leather manufacture
♦♦ Transport
Food production in the 1890s
Most jobs involved manual work and there weren’t as many jobs to choose from as there are today.
Hertfordshire Today*
Broxbourne
Dacorum
East
Her>ordshire
18.2
Hertsmere
18.0
North
Her>ordshire
St
Albans
Stevenage
Three
Rivers
11.5
16.7
Wa>ord
7.2
Welwyn
Ha>ield
0%
10%
10.7
17.6
8.4
12.6
20%
30%
Financial
&
business
Health
InformaRon
&
communicaRon
Arts,
leisure
&
recreaRon
Public
administraRon
&
defence
40%
3.7
50%
4.2
10.2
60%
5.4
5.3
70%
Professional,
scienRfic
&
technical
Catering
&
accommodaRon
Wholesale
Transport
&
logisRcs
Motor
trades
4.2
4.6
6.4
4.6
6.3
3.3
2.0
3.6
2.1
5.4
3.6
9.4
1.6
5.6
1.7
3.6
3.5
4.5
2.5
4.4
12.5
2.7
4.1
1.8
3.7
1.8
4.4
4.9
3.3
7.5
8.7
11.2
14.2
35.6
4.2
2.6
13.0
3.4
7.0
9.3
6.6
4.5
6.7
3.8
2.4
14.1
9.3
5.3
7.3
4.8
4.8
8.7
5.9
9.3
4.1
2.1
3.1
5.0
5.5
5.8
5.2
8.7
5.1
6.1
3.3
5.2
10.0
12.8
16.3
12.2
7.2
12.0
10.2
6.9
11.2
13.1
20.2
6.7
7.1
7.2
9.4
12.0
7.4
12.4
8.4
7.7
9.3
7.5
1.5
8.0
9.7
9.2
8.9
12.6
8.4
6.4
8.9
11.0
9.9
10.9
7.2
3.1
4.5
18.3
13.4
18.5
3.7
4.9
1.5
4.5
1.7
2.0
3.2
3.0
2.4
2.1
1.7
1.2
3.4
80%
4.9
90%
5.0
1.6
100%
Retail
EducaRon
Manufacturing
ConstrucRon
Some jobs that were once very popular have all but disappeared. Many of these industries have made way for jobs
which we would now say belonged to the service sector such as hospitality, distribution, retail and financial services.
Other jobs have gone due to advances in technology.
* Figures don’t include agriculture or self-employed. Source: Business Register and Employment Survey. Please note: all Business
Register of Employment Survey references in this guide are taken from the 2013 release (latest at time of going to print).
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