CAREERS NEWSLETTER
2017-‐18
ISSUE 4 – Friday 17 November 2017 Welcome to Issue 4! Since our last edition, the new Careers Centre has been officially opened and the current edition of The Wheatleyan has been compiled. There will have been half a dozen circulars by the time w e reach the Christmas Break. Thank you for your kind comments about Mrs Mair’s redesign for this newsletter and encouragement with relating our #18Before18 message to each year group.
Emma Rosen Inspires Our U6th
We were delighted to welcome Emma Rosen to Bablake for an U6th Enrichment talk. Emma’s story is a compelling one – after gaining very good A levels, completing her university education successfully and starting a sought after graduate job, she found herself unfulfilled and felt, while she had the skills to make a success of her job, something was missing. At that point she decided to test 25 careers before her 25th birthday. Her talk d ocumented many of those tasters and she explained some of her exciting plans for the future. After reading about her journey, I spoke to Emma in the Spring when I was looking to revamp Bablake’s Careers programme, as I could see parallels with 18 year olds leaving school education with the skills and grades, but, understandably, often little awareness of what a profession actually entailed. Emma told our students to picture their ideal job and working environment, and consider portfolio careers. Everyone was receptive to her ideas, with Mollie O’Sullivan commenting: ‘Emma’s talk was very good. She showed how each job has so many aspects and, naturally, is often a lot different from our initial impression. Her advice to ‘try before you buy’ made excellent sense, and the ’18 Before 18’ idea will help Bablake students make decisions.” Emma was, in turn, impressed with the questions from our students, both in the formal session and individual discussion after her talk. To read more about Emma’s journey, see www.25before25.com. She is also interviewed in the December edition of ‘Cosmopolitan’. www.18before18.com looks to help solve the type of crisis Emma found after her formal education.
18 Tasks Before 2018 The Autumn term is always lively for the Careers Department. We have the following 18 tasks (and more) on our planner before the end of term! 1 Plan 2018 Careers Convention: Thurs February 1st 6pm – 8.30/ 9pm. 2 Proofread 2016/17 Wheatleyan. 3 Appoint 2017/18 Wheatleyan editors and team of reporters. 4 Update Careers website. 5 Publish a series of blogs. 6 Develop the ‘18 Tips’ series. 7 Plan Spring Careers Forum sessions. th 8 Interview all 5 Year pupils. th 9 Launch 5 Year CV Challenge. 10 #BablakePupilsEverywhere features. 11 Canvass parents for support. 12 Plan 3 careers newsletters. 13 Prompt L6th plans beyond Bablake. 14 Attend ‘The Skills Show’ (NEC). 15 Host 3 Thursday Careers Sessions. 16 Lead a session on social media platforms at CDI Annual Conference. 17 Offer usual 1 to 1 support. 18 Tweet daily from @bablakecareers.
Don’t forget to collect a free #18Before18 planner from Careers -‐ designed by The Jade Studio & Mollie O’Sullivan.