It has been a busy and successful start to the year for the Work Experience team. Since the beginning of the year the team has co-ordinated four work experience seminars across the South West delivered in a wide range of sectors. A big thank you to Wessex Water for hosting the Bath and Dorset Seminars and to The National Marine Aquarium…
On Saturday 19th March, several of our careers advisors took part in a very busy ‘Apprenticeship Jobs Fair’ at Plymouth Guildhall. The event, organised by Building Plymouth and the Plymouth Manufacturers Group (PMG) attracted more than a 1000 job seekers of all ages. Those who popped along were able to try their hand at taster activities,…
Careers fairs are a great way to meet employers up close and explore a huge array of industries.However, as they can be a bit overwhelming, here are our tips for coming away with useful information and advice – not simply a bag of pens and stickers! You’ll probably only have a few hours to explore before…
The great thing about National Careers Week is that we get to celebrate careers support in all its guises, and this includes the huge impact made by employers who offer young people work experience. If you’re one of these businesses already, you’ll be well aware of the benefits to the students coming into your workplace,…
During a week focusing on careers guidance what does it mean when your local school or college achieves the Quality in Careers Standard through Investor in Careers? The clue is very much in the title! It means they have invested in obtaining the highest quality award for careers education; but let’s place this decision in…
National Careers Week is a chance to reflect on good CEIAG, and dispel any misunderstandings we might hold regarding what careers advice and guidance is actually about. Whilst ‘careers advice’ can involve things like signposting to information about learning and work opportunities, ‘careers guidance’ is more in-depth and enables the adviser to explore interests, skills,…
This week is the 11th National Careers Week, which allows us the opportunity to focus on the impact of great careers guidance and support. It’s also National Apprenticeship Week, celebrating apprenticeships and the benefits they present to both individuals and businesses, as well as the UK economy as a whole. CSW Group has championed positive…
The CSW Enterprise team’s Generation STEM programme will be offering employability skills, workshops and week-long work experience placements to Year 10 students (aged 14-15) across the South West region, designed to give them an insight into what employers expect of young people and raise awareness of the fantastic opportunities in science, technology, engineering and maths…
CSW Group’s Big Bang Team are busy creating and planning the Big Bang South West Regional Fair as well as The Big Bang Fair @ Exeter and are very excited to share all the details from both Fairs! The Big Bang South West Regional Fair will take place on Wednesday 27th June at UWE Bristol…
Cornish engineering ambassadors, career professionals and engineers from across Cornwall are this week teaming up with government and hundreds of industry partners to launch the Year of Engineering –a national campaign to inspire the next generation of engineers and widen the pool of young people who join the profession. Throughout 2018, young people and…