Future Careers

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.

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

www.ucas.com

www.ucas.com/explore/subjects

www.theuniguide.co.uk

discoveruni.gov.uk

www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk

www.unitasterdays.com

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

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?