CAREERS AND THE WORLD OF WORK MATTER!

“The honest truth ... is there has never been a golden age of careers advice.” 

Nicky Morgan, Secretary of State for Education

PASSPORT TO YOUR FUTURE: LESSON PLANS FOR DEVELOPING KEY EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS!

The Erasmus+ Project ‘Passport to your Future’ aims to boost the employability skills of European teenagers through a collaborative project involving schools from the UK, Finland, Spain and Slovenia.

SOMEONE SPECIAL SENT ME THESE RULES FOR LIVING THE GOOD LIFE!

IT'S A LOVELY DAY TODAY... HAPPPY SUNNY SUNDAY!

"It's a lovely day today

So whatever you've got to do

You've got a lovely day to do it in, that's true...

A CAUTIONARY TAIL.... JUST REMEMBER!

WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE!

Four years after we pioneered and developed this work in Sheffield with the Cutlers' Company and Sheffield City Council recognising that young people need skills and attributes as well as knowledge and understanding, it is good to see that the Department for Education and OFSTED are increasingly talking about the importance of skills, character and employability within the offer we make our children and young people. 

GREAT STUFF: PASSPORT TO YOUR FUTURE!

I was at Meadowhead School last night for a celebration event at the end off their Erasmus+ Project ‘Passport to your Future’. The aim of the project is to boost the employability skills of European teenagers through a collaborative project with four partner schools from the UK, Finland, Spain and Slovenia.

TOO MANY STUDENTS ARE OVERLOOKED AND LEFT BEHIND!

"The transition from school into work is a vital point in the lives of young people. Making a successful transition through a high quality and valued pathway can mean a successful career. Becoming trapped in poor quality and under-valued alternatives can mean a lifetime of poverty."

The report of the House of Lords Select Committee on Social Mobility "Overlooked and left behind; improving the transition from school to work for the majority of young people" is essential reading.

BETTER LEARNERS, BETTER WORKERS: MADE IN ROTHERHAM!

I was in Rotherham yesterday at the Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust.

GET SKILLED UP.... JOIN US!

WHY NOT COME AND JOIN US!

We are looking to further develop an innovative employer led programme which targets, coaches, mentors and supports young people from harder to reach communities and gives them the skills needed for success in school, work and life generally.

LET'S GET THIS STRAIGHT, SOFT SKILLS AND PEOPLE SKILLS MATTER MOST!

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD OF WORK, SKILLS AND WORK EXPERIENCE MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE!

The Cutlers’ ‘Made in Sheffield’ programme is a consistent and coherent, employer-led approach. It develops, in young people, the skills needed for employability and the world of work.