New Opportunities for Women in East Lothian
FREE TRAINING COURSE STARTING JANUARY 2010
3 mornings a week for 12 weeks
Offering women the opportunity to explore options in training,
further study and career choices
An information fair for young people with a disability and their families, about life after school.
Thursday 19th November 2009, between 3pm and 7pm, Main Hall, Brunton Hall, Musselburgh
Drop in to the Futures Fair and get ideas, pick up information and chat to people who may be able to help. We’ll have over 50 organisations there to help you start thinking about life after school, including: colleges, work and training opportunities, day services, social work, money, advice and information organisations, leisure and much, much more!
You’ll also be able to speak with young people and families about their experiences of the transition from school to adult life. The fair is free and refreshments are included.
Find out what’s out there for you in East Lothian! We look forward to seeing you there.
Any questions, please contact:
Catherine Dempsey – Transition Coordinator, Capability Scotland
07843 369 340
catherine.dempsey@capability-scotland.org.uk
I’ve added 3 new podcasts featuring Claire and Julia talking about their student experiences at St Andrews and York and you even get a musical bonus as well!
Claire and Julia return on film this time to give us an update on their experiences at St Andrews and York. Apologies for the gremlins who create some flashing green stills!
Bonus clip - Julia plays piano!
Mick
Whether you have recently graduated or are still en-route towards your degree, the place to be on 13 & 14 October is the Scottish Graduate Fair at the SECC, Glasgow. It’s open to students and graduates from all universities and it’s totally free.
It’s never too soon to begin career planning and some exhibitors will be recruiting for internships and placements for students who have not yet reached their final year.
If your game plan is to continue your studies before seeking employment, come and talk to selectors from several Scottish universities about postgraduate courses and research.
Exhibitors flock to the fair (this year there will be around 100 graduate recruiters) because it attracts around 4,000 visitors. Check this year’s line-up, find out about the ‘Prepare for the Fair’ seminar, free bus service and download a copy of the Fair Guide at www.scottishgraduatefair.org.uk
Hello.
This is the second part of the talk and I want you to use some of what we discussed and start thinking about how career planning is part of being independent.
Take this short survey please.
Save these newsletters to your server as well
This is the Career Plan of Action presentation we watched.
Now download your own copy, save to your server and amend as necessary
More on Machu Picchu
This is the S6 careers talk I mentioned at the evening session. Please feel free to use the sites below (no need to take the survey!) and you can post questions or email me at mick.burns@careers-scotland.org.uk if you require any additional information.
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)
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
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!
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?
Stevenson College information
Oatridge College
This is the Careers Scotland site, feel free to search, register and use as necessary.
Planitplus, go to the Careers Zone, Job Profiles, A-z, pick your job/career and find out what it’s all about.
Nice advice!
Medicine/Law/Architecture/Vet Medicine try this site
Make sure you register asap.
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
High school age?
Need something to do in the October break?
Community Learning & Development
and Edinburgh Napier University
have it sorted.
“Inspiring Futures October holiday Project”
An exciting new series of fun, stimulating and creative workshops for secondary
school age young people.
Led by some of Scotland’s leading professionals, these workshops are absolutely free.
We’ll show you how to develop your interests and talents into career
aspirations or a hobby.
If you have the interest we’ll help with the inspiration.
A week of events AND free lunch!
See attached.
How to enrol
• Call 0131 445 2871
• email sagi.iluz@ea.edin.sch.uk
• or drop into Pentland Community Centre
stating which workshops/events you wish to attend
And if you would like a FREE daily lunch box – please state any dietary requirements.
Download the infomation leaflet pentland_proof4
