Good morning and welcome to your careers session.
Today we are going to gather some information from you, show you careers resources, information and advice and help you get started with your career planning.
If you are S6 then complete this survey
And this survey as well
If you are doing this in period 2 start by completing this survey NB give the email address you use most often
Here’s your results! period-2-results
If you are doing this in period 3 start by completing this survey NB give the email address you use most often
Additional survey
The results will appear here during the session
Download the following documents to your folder (right click and save as)
careers-newsletters5-ross
newsletter-planning-2009-with-blog11
Good , you now have your newsletters and links on your folder for future use.
Try the following sites to get you familiar with the range of courses on offer
Higher Education
UCAS
This site has all the UK degree courses and you will need to get familiar with it over the coming year. If you are planning to go to university from S5 you must let your guidance teacher know asap.
Now click on Course Search, then courses starting in 2010, search by subject, choose Aeronautical Engineering, then select All Aeronautical Engineering Courses. You now have a list of all 144 courses!
Further Education
Jewel and Esk College
Pick Courses from main menu, then from Subject Area choose Care, then Early Education and Childcare NC, look at the entry requirements – what do you need to become a Nursery Nurse?
This is Edinburgh’s Telford College site, go and explore if you like!
Further Education
Stevenson College information
Further Education
Oatridge College
Employment/Careers
This is the Careers Scotland site, feel free to search, register and use as necessary.
Careers/courses
Planitplus, go to the Careers Zone, Job Profiles, A-z, pick your job/career and find out what it’s all about.
Career Planning?
Nice advice!
Medicine/Law/Architecture/Vet Medicine try this site
Make sure you register asap.
Gap Year
Go on, have a look!
Personality Test
Take the Personality Test, it’s fast, fun and pretty accurate so make sure you save it to your documents as you may want to use some of this in the future.
Now it’s time to start turning all that information, advice and knowledge into action!
Download the Action Plan cpoa-s5-blank and start completing and we can update as necessary when you request a careers interview.
Add your name and the date at the top.
Try and identify which stage (1 to 6) you are at now – don’t worry too much just look at the options and choose. Then you move onto what you need to think about and complete as much as you can. the final section is Actions so try and think of practical ways you can move your ideas/planning forward and the ‘When’ box will help you decide the timescales involved. Don’t give yourself too long a timescale now!
Now, if you want to get all this stuff in one place, why not visit here, register and start your own portfolio
This blog is for you to use as well and on the left hand side are sections where you can ask questions, look at previous questions and answers, find out what ex students are up to and even listen to some podcasts. To ask a qustion you simply fill in the appropriate section and send, that’s it! There are links to colleges and other sites on the right hand side so be creative, go explore, ask questions, make suggestions and use this resource to your advantage!
If you’ve managed all this then log onto Pathfinder, a careers interest guide located on the school server under applications, it has a yellow logo. Remember to use your full name so I can retrieve your password if you lose it! The results from Pathfinder includes a personal profile, job and higher education suggestions so take your time and make sure you look at the information provided.
Mick
