CAREERS GUIDANCE SERVICE

Helping young people make and manage career decisions

CAREERS GUIDANCE SERVICE

Helping young people make and manage career decisions

Aims of today

Find out what you know about your options

for after Year 11?

How are you going to choose those options?

Looking ahead.

What are your Post 16 options?

Options @ 16

WHICH DIRECTION?

Employment with

training or education

CollegeApprenticeships

(Work Based

Learning)

Sixth

Form

• Local Sixth Form schools: Spalding High School, Spalding Grammar School, Bourne Academy, Bourne Grammar, University Academy Holbeach. Do you know any more?

• Selection of A Levels and BTEC at some.

• Familiar environment of school

• GCSEs qualifications

• Application form and predicted grades

• Which subjects to study?

• Open days, taster days, application form and predicted grades

• What do I know about the subjects I want to study: coursework, exams, both?

• Progression: What can I do after study?

Sixth

Form

• Wider range of courses

• Different course levels

• A Levels

• BTEC Level 3 (A Level Equivalent):

• Work-related courses: Engineering, Plumbing etc.

• New start!

• Which course and level?

• What grades do I need?

• Application form and predicted grades

• What do I know about the course I want to study: coursework, exams, both?

• Progression: What can I do after study?

College

• Peterborough

Regional College

• The College of

West Anglia

• Boston College

• New College,

Stamford

• Lincoln College

• Greater

Peterborough UTC

• Lincoln UTC

College

• Work with training and gain a

qualification

• Practical/on the job learning

style

• Assessed at work or college

• Available in many areas such

as accountancy, law

health care, business admin,

teaching assistant

• Predicted grades from school

• How do I find one?

Use contacts and network

www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship

Register with training providers

Social networking sites like Twitter,

Linkedin and Facebook

• What do I know about the company?

• Progression: What can I do after an apprenticeship?

Apprenticeships

• National Apprenticeship Week – 3rd-9th

February

• 5th February –lunchtime drop-in session in S7 with Mrs Bushell

• 6th February – lunchtime drop-in session in S7 with Mrs Bushell and former SHS student

• 7th February – study period careers information session in Room 1 – three former SHS students talk about their apprenticeships

Apprenticeships

• Chance to gain employability skills

• Could be a volunteer placement, instead of employment

• Could be a place in the Forces, the Army, RAF or Navy

• At least 20 hours per week

• Must include a RECOGNISED training or education programme, which leads to an accredited qualification – 280 GLH

• Progression: What can I do next?

Employment with

Training/Education

If you want to stay at

Spalding High School

Sixth Form

• A wide range of courses available some of which you

will not have studied before (Criminology, Law,

Psychology, Sociology and Photography) plus a

developing enrichment programme

• You are familiar with the surroundings and the

teachers and don’t have to start again

• Lots of support, some small teaching groups, staff

know you well.

Work out which

option is

Make sure you have

at least one

Making a decision?

Making the right decision!

Which qualifications do I

need for my future

career?

Which qualifications

do I need to go to

university?

Do I enjoy school?

Is an academic

qualification right for

me?

What are the career routes available?

Is an apprenticeship suitable for me?

Are there any local opportunities?

Websites

Check UCAS to

see which entry

qualifications

are required.

Speak to

employers

Work Experience

Speak to

Teachers

What are my skills,

qualities and values?

The World of Work is changing

CAREERS GUIDANCE SERVICE

Helping young people make and manage career decisions

Change in the pattern of careers

As an adult you will have changed

your career 2-3 times during your

adult life and have 10-14 jobs by the

age of 38. A lifelong career with one

company has gone!

Jobs unheard of in 2004

Digital Marketing

The Cloud

Services

Manager

Windfarm Engineer

An App Developer

The world of work has changed

• The pace and extent of

change in employment has

increased over the past 50

years.

• Great grandparents,

grandparents and parents

have had to respond to

such changes.

• The pace and extent of the

changes in the world of work

will continue to increase in

the future and people will

have to respond and

adapt.

What’s needed in Lincolnshire?

Agri-food (75,000 employees).

Manufacturing and Engineering (contributes £1.9 Million to the Lincolnshire economy. (41,000 employees).

Visitor Economy (39,000 employees). The 4th most popular holiday resort in the UK.

Care sector (58,000 employees).

Port and Logistics (handles £59 million tons of cargo per year).

Low carbon (up to 12,000 employees).

http://www.greaterlincolnshirelep.co.uk/growth

Some of the major companies in

South Holland and surrounding

areas:

Bakkavor Perkins Engines Gist Fowler Welch Ideal World BGL group Dalehead Foods Premier Foods Nestle Foods

• Keep your eyes open

• Be ready to take action

• Build up your networks - 65% of Jobs are not advertised

• Get involved… volunteer!

• Build up your employability skills

• Take a risk and seize the opportunities

• Feel the fear and do it anyway

• Believe in yourself and stay positive

How do I increase my chances

in the 21st Century Labour Market?

MY FUTURE CHOICES

HIGHER EDUCATION

SPONSORED DEGREES

EMPLOYMENT

SELF-EMPLOYMENT

GAP YEAR

DEGREE APPRENTICESHIPS

Or SCHOOL LEAVER PROGRAMMES

APPRENTICESHIPS

INTERNSHIPS

www.nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/

www.allaboutschoolleavers.co.uk/

www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship

www.ucas.com

Further opportunities for

support

Tuesday 25th & Wednesday 26th

February – Careers drop-in session at lunchtime in S7 with Mrs Jacqui Gilman, Mrs Bushell and Mrs O’Brien.

ANY Questions?