CAREER MANAGEMENT SKILLS
Career Management Skills are skills for life empowering us to strengthen our understanding of the four themes: Self, Strengths, Horizons and Networks.
They help us to make informed decisions and realise our potential at any point. If you feel confident that you have a good understanding of these four themes and can demonstrate this then you will be well equipped to cope with developing your career.
The four areas are:
SELF is about understanding what you like.
STRENGTHS is about understanding what you are good at.
HORIZONS is about understanding what options might be available to you.
NETWORKS is about understanding who can help you, and how.
CAREERS ADVICE FROM SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SCOTLAND
Skills Development Scotland (SDS) is Scotland’s careers service national skills body. They provide support to people with managing their career throughout their career journey - from school and beyond.
Skills Development Scotland offers free and impartial advice on education, training, careers and jobs.
S3 Parents Pres with Audio - Final Copy.mp4Subject Choices
Subject choice at school can have an impact on what you can study at college or university and what hobs you can go for in the future. Skills Development Scotland Careers Advisers are on hand to support you at subject choice time.
My World of Work can help you prepare for the chats you will have with your Careers Adviser, teachers, parents or carers.
When choosing your subjects ask yourself:
What are my strengths?
What do I enjoy learning?
What are my interests?
Leaving School
Careers advice and support is also available from Skills Development Scotland for school leavers. They have a dedicated post-school team to work with school leavers to help support you with your next steps.
Your local centre is at 381 Union Street, Aberdeen, AB11 6BT.
Parents and Carers
When it comes to making career decisions, you’re one of the first people your child will turn to for help. Use My World of Work to access reliable and accurate career information and advice to help you to support the child in your life through those big career decisions.
Skills Development Scotland Online Services
Apprenticeships.Scot: Apprenticeship vacancies across Scotland
Digital World: Developed in collaboration with industry to promote careers in Scotland's digital technologies sector
My Kid's Career: Help for parents and carers to support their children to make career decisions, guided by information on the future world of work
My World of Work
My World of Work helps you with up-to-date information, advice and tools when you need it most.
Subject choices: understand your strengths and make better choices about your subjects and future pathways.
Leaving school: find a career that interests you and understand the skills you need to get the job you want.
Exam results: are you going straight into a job or onto further/higher learning? Whatever your grades, find help in planning your next steps.
Preparing for a job: discover Scotland’s industries, search for jobs, build your CV and practice for interviews.
Modern Apprenticeships: consider earning as you learn. Find out what apprenticeships are available in Scotland and how they work.
Parents and Carers: support your child in choosing their future pathways.
