Careers
Lead: Mrs T Hartley
Y10 Careers Survey
For Employers:
We run a variety of opportunities for students for careers that would only be enhanced with local businessess gettting involved. Please take a look out our Careers Programme and see if there are any areas that you could help us out with.
When you're interested please email: thartley@smestow.org and introduce yourself and what you can help us with.
For Parents and carers:
There an excellent range of website to help your child with careers advice. Here are some of the top picks:
| Career Alchemy | Target Careers | Parents Guide |
| National Careers Service | iCould | SACU |
| BBC Bitesize | Workbox | Career Pilot |
| how2become |
Apprenticeships
Below are some excellent links for information about apprenticeships
| Success at school | Government | Apprenticeship Guide |
| Amazing Apprenticeships | Step into the NHS | Not Going to Uni |
| Institue for Apprenticeships | All About School Leavers | Student Ladder |
University
Please follow the links below to find more about university
| UCAS | Which? Uni | Open Days |
| Student Room | Complete University Guide | Discover Uni |
Labour Market Information
The links below provide very useful information about the local area and employment and sector growth
| Advanced Manufactoring | Retail and Visitor Data |
| Building Technologies | Services |
| Environmental | Transport |
Other careers advice:
The National Careers Service also offer the following services:
Webchat
Chat with an adviser using webchat. This service is open from 8am to 10pm, 7 days a week.
Phone
Call 0800 100 900 to speak to an adviser. Lines are open from 8am to 10pm, 7 days a week. Calls are free from landlines and most mobile numbers. If you need advice in a different language, choose option 5 to speak to an adviser using an interpreter.
Web Form
Use the web form to ask your question and they’ll get back to you as soon as possible.
Callback
Leave your number and they’ll call you back.
Face-to-Face Advice
Call 0800 100 900 to find out if you’re eligible for a face-to-face appointment with an adviser.
Text
Text your name and the word ADVICE to 07766 413219 and a National Careers Service adviser will call you back for free. You can also use this text number to ask for information like telephone numbers and addresses.
