Employer engagement

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Gatsby BM1, 2, 3, 8
Key stages

Xello (Cascaid)

Xello is an engaging online program that prepares students for post-secondary success in academics, career and life. With Xello, you’ll have everything you need to help your students build the skills and knowledge to create actionable plans for the future, regardless of their chosen pathway.

Gatsby BM1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7
SEND
Key stages
Campaigns

Work It series

Developed by the The Careers & Enterprise Company, Work It is a series of careers talks with young people, for young people. 

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Gatsby BM2, 4
Key stages

What is a key growth sector?

Developed by Inspiring Worcestershire. 

Learning more about Worcestershire’s key growth sectors will enable you to understand a variety of important information which could aid you in the decision-making process surrounding your potential career pathway and the choices you make during the remainder of your journey through education.

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Gatsby BM2, 3, 6
SEND
Key stages

Virtual Work Experience – Barclays

Barclays virtual work experience gives students the opportunity to find out what it is like to work in financial services and the range of job roles and core transferable skills which are used within a bank. LifeSkills also has a range of virtual work experience resources for students to use within a classroom environment to help upskill them for jobs across any industry.

Gatsby BM1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
SEND
Key stages

Transition Guide from Primary to Secondary: enhancing careers education and supporting parental engagement

This resource is designed to support Careers Leaders and other staff involved in the transition process from Key Stage 2 into Key Stage 3, exploring opportunities to embed careers activities and parental engagement across the full range of transition opportunities.

It takes you through the three phases:

  1. Decision making (Y4,5,6) while children and parents /carers are still considering their options
  2. Decision made (Y6) once the children have been allocated their secondary school
  3. Started (Y7) once the children have started their secondary school.
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Gatsby BM1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8
Key stages

The Skills to Succeed Academy

These free resources have been developed by Accenture (national).

Resources are relevant, realistic training preparing learners for the entire journey of choosing the right career, finding a job and being successful in the workplace:

  • Features innovative simulations providing a safe environment for learners to practice for real life situations e.g., a job interview, first day in a new job.
  • Choose from 108 bite-sized, interactive and highly effective online learning modules and 26 downloadable activity packs to consolidate learning.
Gatsby BM1, 2, 3, 4

The Parents' Guide to

The Parents’ Guide to provides parents with the information they need to help their teenage children make the right choices to create successful futures after GCSE and sixth form. We provide schools and colleges with a range of resources designed to support your parents/carers with relevant, unbiased and up-to-date guidance. 

Gatsby BM2, 3, 4, 8
Key stages

The ERIC App

A *completely free* career app for students and schools that gives personalised career advice about the 16 creative industries within seconds.

Age group it's available for: 16+

Cost: FREE to download for all young people, teachers, career advisors & other school contacts.
 

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