The Redhill Academy believes that you should have high-quality, independent career guidance to encourage you to be aspirational and well-informed when making educational and career decisions. Our Careers Programme contains a wide range of activities to help develop curiosity and confidence, allowing you to work towards a positive and fulfilling career.
OUR CAREERS PROGRAMME
Our Careers programme can be viewed in our Careers Policy, but you can expect the kinds of activities and opportunities listed below:
- PSHE units which look at a variety of career related topics.
- Themed weeks - such as National Careers Week, which provides a range of talks, activities and virtual resources.
- Careers Assemblies.
- Regular updates via Social Media and Class Charts.
- Access to the online careers platform 'Unifrog'.
- Access to specialist advice via group or 1:1 Careers appointments.
- Drop-in sessions for information, advice and application support.
- Engage with external speakers from the world of work, Further and Higher Education, some of whom are Redhill alumni!
- Trips to Higher Education institutions, Technical training establishments and workplace visits.
For more information, download the Careers Policy at the bottom of the page.
CAREERS ROADMAP
PATHWAYS INFORMATION
These sites will help you to explore a range of different options open to you as you get older:
Informed Choices – www.informedchoices.ac.uk
Get the Jump: Skills for Life – nationalcareers.service.gov.uk
BBC Bitesize – www.bbc.co.uk/careers
MY PATH – Careers Videos – www.youtube.com/mypath
Apprenticeship Resource Hub – www.apprenticeships.gov.uk
Amazing Apprenticeships – amazingapprenticeships.com
Apprenticeship Standards Website – www.instituteforapprenticeships.org
Apprenticeship Occupational Maps – www.instituteforapprenticeships.org
How to prepare for a careers' appointment – www.youtube.com/prepare
CAREER MANAGEMENT SKILLS
As you get older you are likely to need help to develop your career management skills. Take a look at the links below to help you:
CVs
jobhelp.campaign.gov.uk/career-advice/cvs-and-cover-letters/
www.ucas.com/careers/getting-job/how-write-cv
Interviews
www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/znpwvk7/interviews/1
jobhelp.campaign.gov.uk/career-advice/interview-tips/
nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/careers-advice/top-10-interview-questions
nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/careers-advice/how-to-do-well-in-telephone-interviews/
https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/careers-advice/how-to-do-well-in-video-interviews/
Psychometric Testing
nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/careers-advice/how-to-prepare-for-psychometric-tests/
Assessment Centres
www.prospects.ac.uk/careers-advice/interview-tips/assessment-centres
HIGHER EDUCATION
These sites help you to explore Higher Education institutions and courses
QUIZZES AND TOOLS
You have access to a number of resources to help you explore careers. See below for the Careerometer and Skillsometer tools, as well as links to other websites including Unifrog which is our online careers platform.
Careerometer
Skillsometer
Unifrog
Sign in page is here – www.unifrog.org/sign-in
Need to reset your password? Enter your username here (this is your school email address) www.unifrog.org/reset-password
Access quizzes, careers libraries, know-how guides and search tools.
The Buzz Quiz
Link here to a fun way to explore careers – which animal are you? www.ucas.com/careers/buzzquiz
SACU-Student – sacu-student.com
Why not create a login and try their Careers Quiz which generates a word cloud of careers, courses or apprenticeship roles?
LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION
Here are some further links that provide Labour Market Information (LMI)
The D2N2 Start Profile provides access to regional labour market information – d2n2.startprofile.com/page/d2n2-area-overview
National Careers Service Job Profiles – nationalcareers.service.gov.uk
icould – icould.com
Prospects – www.prospects.ac.uk
Sector specific sites
Law – www.lawcareers.net
NHS – www.healthcareers.nhs.uk
Medic Mentor – medicmentor.co.uk
Social Care – care4notts.org
Construction – www.goconstruct.org
Electrical Careers – www.electricalcareers.co.uk
*Please contact me if you need signposting to other sectors!
CONTACT OUR CAREERS MANAGER
Trust Careers & Aspirations Lead
Mrs Kary Jane - k.jane@theredhillacademy.org.uk
Tel: 0115 926 1481 ext. 124