Employer engagement

World class careers education doesn’t exist without the input and insight from industry leaders. This resource looks at the ways in which Careers Leaders and Enterprise Advisers can work together to ensure careers education is reflective of the fast-changing labour market.   

This resource has been created by Doncaster College and University Centre.

It takes key information from the SPELL Framework developed by The National Autistic Society as a starting point.

The Toolkit is for secondary schools, Academies and other education establishments - a guide for Head Teachers, Careers Leads and operations staff. It covers setting up and effectively managing and supervising placements or work experiences and has a number of standalone useful checklists and forms.

Award winning self-awareness tool that empowers young people to discover their own skills and qualities and realise how amazing they are! 

This is a costed resource.

Developed by Black Country Careers Hub and Cadent gas Cornerstone Employer.

These videos can be accessed by neuro-diverse pupils to inspire them to be what they what to be and challenge those stereotypes.

Teachers, careers colleagues and support staff: Download your FREE UniTasterDays Teachers' Guide to University brochure.

The government's Careers Strategy means that all schools and colleges should have a named Careers Leader in place by September 2018. This guide for secondary schools explains the role and how it can work in your institution. 

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.

We challenge you to change the future of retail. The challenge involves the creation of an investment business case, and accompanying presentation, within a number of fictitious retail scenarios.

These Technology pages produced by Thomas Pocklington Trust by staff with lived experience of a vision impairment show what can be achieved with technology adaptations.

These fun and informative online lessons, delivered by Tech We Can teachers, are aimed at inspiring children aged 8-14 to consider a career in technology.

A teacher encounter provides an opportunity for teachers to engage directly with employers to see and learn about the different career pathways relevant to their subjects, and to observe how their subject is applied practically in business.

The benefit of Teacher Encounters as part of a whole school approach to teacher development, watch this video.