Labour Market Information – January-March 2020
Useful Websites
Useful Links for Careers Research for Students and Parents:
- National Career Service https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/
A comprehensive careers website with job profiles, outlining: the skills required, main tasks, pay levels and career prospects for hundreds of different jobs. In addition, valuable guidance on the different stages involved in getting a job.
- Career Pilot http://www.careerpilot.org.uk/
Lots of useful information to help young people make careers related decisions at 14, 16 and 18.
- Next Steps South West https://nextstepssw.ac.uk/
YOUR JOURNEY – YOUR CHOICES – ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES – Providing you with all you need to know about higher education.
- Unifrog https://www.unifrog.org/
This is used by our Sixth Form students to research higher education in the UK and abroad and to complete the application process to higher education.
- UCAS (University and Colleges Admissions Service) https://www.ucas.com/
A very helpful website for students thinking of applying to higher education. Also contains valuable information on different options, including apprenticeships
- Icould https://icould.com/
Helpful videos about a wide range of job roles.
- ‘LMI in A Box’
- ‘LMI in A Box’
https://www.careerpilot.org.uk/adviser-zone/national-careers-service-south-west/lmi-in-a-box
LMI In a Box – comprehensive information on the jobs market in the south-west. Contains information on the main employment sectors, including the number of people working in that sector and whether the number is projected to increase or fall. In addition there is information on job salaries, relevant subject areas, top employers and types of apprenticeships, with resources for each subject area to use.
- how to write an outstanding student CV
- how to pen an eloquent cover letter
- list of key skills to include on a CV
Useful Websites about Apprenticeships
- CareerMap https://careermap.co.uk/
Careermap is a brilliant resource for finding Apprenticeships in the United Kingdom. You can find and browse thousands of Apprenticeship vacancies across all different industry sectors, and filter them by location according to where you live and where you would like to work.
Up to date information from the Government on how to
you would like to work.
Up to date information from the Government on how to apply and find an Apprenticeship.
- Get in Go Far http://www.getingofar.gov.uk/
A website for anyone wanting to know more about apprenticeships. The website has a search facility for job specific apprenticeships in a particular area.
- Searching for Apprenticeships
https://www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk/apprenticeshipsearch
The Government Portal for finding an Apprenticeship.
Work Experience
- Cornwall Council Veryan Website https://cornwall.learnaboutwork.net/index.asp
Year 10 students receive a PIN to log in to the website from Pip Mathews.
Useful websites for Staff
- ‘LMI in A Box’ teacher resources
https://www.careerpilot.org.uk/adviser-zone/national-careers-service-south-west/lmi-in-a-box
LMI In a Box – comprehensive information on the jobs market in the south-west. Contains information on the main employment sectors, including the number of people working in that sector and whether the number is projected to increase or fall. In addition there is information on job salaries, relevant subject areas, top employers and types of apprenticeships, with resources for each subject area to use
Post-16 Options Research
- Cornwall College https://www.cornwall.ac.uk/
- City College Plymouth https://www.cityplym.ac.uk/
- UTC Plymouth https://utcplymouth.org/