Careers Advice & Guidance
Careers Advice and Guidance
With the rise in tuition fees and the current uncertainty in the employment market, Sixth formers are looking for the best opportunities to maximise their options.
Here at Ashton on Mersey School Sixth Form, students are given the opportunities to developed skills that should enable them to making informed choices about their future.
The Careers Adviser offers individual careers guidance appointments helping students explore their career ideas and choose a pathway after sixth form. This includes guidance on choice of degree subjects or apprenticeships. She holds weekly lunchtime drop-in session in the i-site, where students can call in to discuss any issues without an appointment.
Support on offer to students includes:
- Applying to university
- Full time employment
- Higher Apprenticeships
- Gap Year
- A Year in Industry, then on to university
The Sixth Form Team
Mr B Kelly, Head of Sixth Form
Mrs Gill Fox, Sixth Form Manager. gfox@aom.trafford.sch.uk
Mrs Evelyn Eyong, Careers Advisor. eeyong@aom.trafford.sch.uk
Careers Policies
Useful Websites
www.careersoft.co.uk/higherideas
Apprenticeship and Employment
Ashton on Mersey Sixth Form is sometimes notified of vacancies from local companies which are usually on display on the vacancy board in the Common Room. Students are encouraged to be proactive in their job search looking for vacancies on Job websites and the local Job centres. Searching for a Job is a full time job in itself and students should cast their nets far and wide and really prepare particularly in this very tough economic climate.
- Will support students when they are looking for work shadowing placements and voluntary work
- Helping students to Individual tailor their Job search
- Helping students with their Application forms and letters of application
- Helping students to Write a CV
Useful Websites that will help jobseekers
Other Job Websites
The following are just some of the many commercial job search websites. They carry vacancies for thousands of jobs in the UK and, sometimes, overseas. You can post your CV on many of these websites.
www.jobs.theguardian.com
Resources
The i-site contains information on a range of careers. This includes up-to-date books and magazines and guides offering support for Higher and Further Education choices and offer advice on UCAS applications.
Other books provide information on GAP year opportunities, student funding, apprenticeships and CV writing. There is information on how to apply for jobs, create CV’s, complete applications and prepare for interviews.