The Careers team are here to offer support and guidance to students considering their future plans including finding and applying for university, apprenticeships and employment. 

If you have any questions or would like to discuss any concerns you have any concerns, please contact us via: careers@barton.ac.uk 

A parent and carers guide to apprenticeships...

A new digital guide packed full of vital information to help parents guide young people as they decide whether an apprenticeship could be for them.

Sponsored by the National Audit Office, the fourth edition of our Apprenticeships Guide contains insider insights from employers, interviews with today’s apprentices – and in-depth information about apprenticeship programmes across 17 industries.

Please follow the link to download your copy....

Here 

Amazing Apprenticeships: Parent resources

Amazing apprenticeships have a number of new resources covering different options available to 16-24 year olds. 

Please see link to these resources: https://amazingapprenticeships.com/resource/rapid-read-what-are-traineeships/ 

Young Professionals 'You're Child, Their Future' Webinar:

At Young Professionals, we have run two parent / guardian focused 'Your Child, Their Future' events back in September 2021 and February 2022 and across the two webinars we had a staggering 5000+ parents and carers attend virtually from all over the UK. I'm writing to announce that we have our third parent / guardian information evening taking place this November. 

The job market for students leaving school or university can be difficult to navigate and now more than ever we need to help our young people by making them aware of all the opportunities available to them, as well as providing them with advice and tips on securing the very best opportunities when they enter the workplace. We would like to extend our invitation to all parents and guardians to attend our 'Your Child, Their Future' Event on Thursday 24th November from 6:00pm – 7:30pm.

We have leaders from some of the biggest employers in the world including KPMG, BT Group, Capgemini, British Airways, Linklaters and more who will each come along to talk to you, as parents and guardians, about how your son/daughter/young person can best navigate the job market to find some incredible work experience/internship placements, as well as graduate and apprenticeship opportunities. We will be sharing some useful tips around psychometric testing, how to prepare for assessment centres, putting together a CV, filling out application forms, as well as advice on how you can prepare your child/young person for the working world.

This event is completely free of charge, and it will be running via Zoom on Thursday 24th November from 5:00pm - 6.30pm. We encourage you to join this event virtually with your son/daughter/young person, or the whole family and ask any questions that you may have, directly to leading employers. 

The registration link can be found below here, so please do sign up if you would like to attend. The zoom link will be emailed to you closer to the time.

Registration Link:

https://www.survymonkey.com/r/YP-Information-Evening

‘The Parent Perspective’ Podcast

“The Parent Perspective” is an exciting podcast series for parents and carers, helping them to support their children with careers advice and guidance. Series 2 is bigger and better than ever, led by our brilliant new host, Rachel Burden!

Together with Not Going to Uni, we want to make sure that we are supporting parents to feel informed and confident in providing careers support and guidance to their child, so that they ultimately make the best decisions for them.

Through the podcast Rachel and guests offer a fun and informative space for listeners to:

• Explore which careers are available today

• Showcase the experiences of interesting and diverse role models

• Provide real-time insights into how the world of work is changing

Each episode Rachel speaks to a diverse mix of parents, bringing their burning questions to expert speakers from the careers world. Together they uncover practical solutions and informative answers, to help you and your child make informed decisions on those all important next steps.

Please see link to listen to podcast: 

https://amazingapprenticeships.com/the-parent-perspective-podcast/

Success at School are offering FREE Parent guides to University and Apprenticeships

Brand new 2022/23 Parents guides to university and apprenticeships will be released digitally on the week commencing 12th September. Both guides will be available for parents and carers to access for FREE and will be sent directly to your inbox along with a free bonus STEM careers guide.

To sign up for these guides please follow this link: https://mc.successatschool.org/guides22?goal=0_65c6d67e71-cc959da236-211874117&mc_cid=cc959da236&mc_eid=a5b72fe5e4