Your Next Steps Planning for Your Future

Honing your skills

Question - How do you prove you are the right kind of person to get a job ?
Answer - Start building your brand image by doing some of the following:

• Join a sports club - don’t give upBecome a member of the local cadets

• Take up a hobby in something that really interests you

• If you are asked to do voluntary work - do it even if it is for one day.

• Tidy up your digital footprint, once a picture is shared on the internet, you can never get it back. 

You could also have a go at the skills audit - which skills do you already have and which ones do you need to work on?

Starting to think about your options

The presentation we looked at in lessons, covering your main options post-16 is here.  There is also good information about the different routes here.

What’s Next? is a booklet that gives Gloucestershire students information and advice about choosing GCSE options, post-16 study, the world of work, and preparing yourself for adulthood.  Click here to download the What's Next booklet. 

A really good place to start is by doing the SACU - student quiz which will give you a 'wordle' map of all of the sorts of careers you might like to follow.  You will need to sign up for an account first.

Further Education college courses

A huge array of different courses are available at colleges in the local area.  Some of these courses are A levels and BTECs, similar to those offered in Sixth Forms.  Colleges also offer a range of different vocational training courses designed to help you into a variety of professions.  You can find out more about Further Education colleges here.

Traineeships

Traineeships are courses that prepare you for work or an apprenticeship.  They are paid jobs, that lead to some kind of formalised qualification, for example attending evening classes at college for English and Maths, or pursuing professional qualifications such as in marketing, accountancy and financial services.  You can find traineeships here.