Upcoming Careers Events this term:Â
CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT HOW CAREERS IS LINKED TO CURRICULUM SUBJECTS
Labour Market Information
Education Development Trust LMI Bulletin Sept 2022
LMI stands for Labour Market Information. In short, it refers to any relevant information about the current state of the jobs market.
LMI can include information like:
If you’re job hunting or will be soon, learning about LMI will help you to understand what opportunities are available to you and how you can best take advantage of them. If you’re already in a job, LMI can give you some insight into how you might be able to grow in your career, what opportunities to advance are available to you, and how
Based on LMI, you can decide things like:
Wildern students can access up to date LMI information through a number of sources, most notably being their Career Pilot accounts, but also through the newsletters and websites below:
National Apprenticeship Week 2023 will take place from 6 to 12 February. This annual week-long celebration of apprenticeships, brings together businesses and apprentices across the country to shine a light on the positive impact that apprenticeships make to individuals, businesses and the wider economy. The theme for National Apprenticeship Week 2023 is ‘Skills for Life’. The week will reflect on how apprenticeships can help individuals to develop the skills and knowledge required for a rewarding career and help businesses to develop a talented workforce that is equipped with skills for the future.
Additionally, we are providing a free guide entitled ‘The Parents’ Guide to Apprenticeships’ which highlights the benefits of apprenticeships and answers some of the many questions you might have. A selection of the most common questions are referenced below for your convenience.
Access your FREE university and apprenticeships guides for parents and bonus STEM guide now by clicking the images above!
Personal Statements
We encourage all students to pay attention to what they write in their personal statements to ensure they don’t forget to include everything that helps them stand out from other applicants. Do share the link below with parents, which includes step-by-step reminders of things to consider as well as our personal statement mindmap: The Parents' Guide to personal statements
UPDATE - WINK and Assembly links 09/09/22 and 15/09/22:
UPDATE - Careerpilot Post 16 Parent Webinar:
On November 9th we were lucky enough to be invited to join 6 other schools for a GIS day workshop at the Ordnance Survey Headquarters. We took 8 wonderful year 8 students to complete several activities that showed how Geographical Information Systems (GIS) are used in a wide variety of careers.
We looked at how maps would be used if we had a Dinosaur Apocalypse, this showed the students how Geography can be used by Emergency Responders as well as Local Government after a crisis.
They were then tasked with creating their own map on a computer programme ‘Digimaps for Schools’. This gave the students a practical experience of how professionals dealing with maps can use data to overlay information.
The last activity of the day allowed students to become City Planners. The students had to decide where the best place to build a new housing estate was based on a wide set of data they have available.
Our day at the OS HQ really opened the students eyes to how many careers use mapping software. We were told about all the different companies that task OS themselves with creating maps for them.
Miss M Jones
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You may have seen the alumni poster around the school and on the electronic screens. We are always looking to add to our alumni so if you have anyone at home or know of any ex-Wildern students then please forward them to this form so that they can register their interest!
https://forms.gle/v7Y5EBCXuhwc3JSB8
A careers library is available in the Learning Resource Centre. Students can go there at any time to access the information that will help them as they move on from Wildern.
Wildern school works closely with the Careers and Enterprise company to ensure it regularly assesses and evaluates its provision with the Gatsby benchmarks for good career guidance.  This is reviewed at least annually, ensuring the programme is up to date and relevant. The school-wide careers policy is reviewed at least annually, ensuring the programme is up to date and relevant. The school-wide careers policy is reviewed regularly too, with the next review due: October 2021. Â
Access the Careers Policy here
General Careers Websites:
Specific Careers:
Apprenticeships:
University:
Volunteering:
 For volunteering and work experience opportunities:
LRC Careers Section:
The Learning Resource Centre has a large selection of Careers related material for you to access including:
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The Careers Team are located in the Careers Office in the LRC and Mr Hensers Interview Room in Block 3
Mr Fenner - Senior Leader of Learning for Careers | Mrs O'Leary - Careers Coordinator | Mr Henser - Independent Careers Advisor