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he resources by year groups
he resources by year groups
Year 11
Year 11
As you begin your consideration of potential career pathways and higher education options over years 11 to 13, there will be many pieces of information that are presented to you as "important" in helping you to consider your options and to prepare yourself for higher education once you finish at Island School. In Year 11 you may want to consider:
Summer programmes
Making the most of your CAS experiences
Choosing your year 12 and 13 subjects with a view to university and higher education options
Work experience
Campus visits
In particular, the summer and other school holidays and breaks are great times to expand your horizons and develop your skills and interests. In this section we will describe some of those opportunities, which you may want to consider and incorporate into your holidays at some point in the next three years.
Work Experience, CVs and Resumes
Work Experience, CVs and Resumes
Why do work experience?
For some courses, such as medicine and veterinary science, work experience is an essential prerequisite to an application for these courses. For others, work experience as a school student offers many benefits, including being able to explore potential areas of work and helps you consider courses of further and higher education study that help equip you for careers in those areas.
I have never done work experience before. Is it scary?
The thought of doing work experience can be intimidating. But it is a wonderful opportunity to develop your skills and can be a great and positive experience. In addition, the Higher Education Team want to help you! We can assist by helping you look for (or make your own) work experience opportunities, reviewing your CV and covering letter, giving you interview tips and practice and more…
Do I need a CV?
Yes you do! It is good practice to start developing your CV from now in any event –beginning the habit of keeping a CV and keeping it up to date will help ensure that you will always have it ready to go. This may seem unnecessary now, but consider this – you may have up to 14 different jobs by the time you are 38! Will you remember all the great things you’ve done if you don’t keep it up to date?
I don’t know how to write a CV. Where do I start?
Start by using your Naviance Family Connection account resume builder! Check out the CV part here.
You can also get great tips online, try this sample teen cv for ideas. Also, don't forget that if you are using MS Word (or similar) you don't have to start from scratch in making your CV - you can use the examples in a template wizard to get you started.
Careers Workbook & Career Development Tools
Careers Workbook & Career Development Tools
This year you will be exploring & learning more
about careers and career development tools you can use as you prepare to for life after secondary school!
Year 11 Careers Workbook links:
Year 11 Careers Workbook links:
Career Development Tools:
Career Development Tools:
Information interviews - an essential tool!
Work experience and "job shadowing"
Creating a great CV and covering letter
Finding good 'Summer Schools'
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