Virtual Work Experience

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Calling all YEAR 11,

Curious about a career in technology? Looking for work experience that’s fun, exciting and where you can get stuck in?

You don’t have to be tech-savvy to take part; we’re open to everyone. We’ve got a mix of live sessions along with modules you can do at your own pace. You can select from technical and non-technical modules and hear from people talking about the variety of roles in the technology industry. Hear from people who do these jobs every day to see first-hand what it’s like to work for Cisco and inspire your choices for a career in IT.

Open to students in Year 11, S4 (or equivalent), our work experience programme will be running online. Spend a week learning all about Cisco and what happens in the different business areas. Improve your employability skills with one to one speed interviews, hear from different parts of the business in a sort of virtual careers fair, work virtually in a team and present your ideas back to our Dragons. Plus, you’ll get to learn loads through the targeted activities that link to your chosen workstream.

Workshop highlights include:

An introduction to the IT industry and Cisco
Presentations from Cisco employees ranging from apprentices to senior execs
Demonstrations of some of our leading-edge technology
Learn about the wide variety of IT roles
Employability skills

Creating virtual interactive encounters for young people with the world of work

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Creating virtual interactive encounters for young people with the world of work - Education and EmployersWe know that for children and young people meeting a diverse range of volunteers from the world of work makes a real difference to their life chances. The research we have carried out over the past 10 years has proven that these activities help inspire and motivate young people, which in turn leads to...

Our evidence also shows that it helps broaden horizons and raise aspirations and challenges the stereotypical views that can be formed at an early age about people and the jobs they do based on their gender, ethnicity and social background.

we have pioneered virtual interactive ways to enable children and young people to connect with volunteers from the world of work across all different backgrounds and sectors. 

The sessions aim to motivate and inspire students to see the value in their school subjects, challenge stereotypes and raise their aspirations. Accompanied by polls and with Q&As as a major element of the activities, the sessions ensure an interactive and engaging learning experience. It enables young people to ask direct questions of the role models in real time and get their response.

We have created videos to demonstrate how virtual activities work.

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On this page we going to list all the opportunities for virtual work experience. These will help you get an Idea of what the world of work is like and give you a flavour of what it might be like to work in your dream career. We will try and update this regularly so you have the latest opportunities. All virtual work experience undertaken will count towards you pledges in years 7,8 and 9 so make sure you record it!

All of these experiences are FREE and can be done from you home using you phone, tablet or laptop.

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