Careers | Oathall Community College

‘Take OFF’ – a new local employability advice website for young people

9th October 2014A Oathall

Three year 11 Oathall students, Toby Clifford, Ed Curtis and Jack Heslop, along with students from other local schools, have been involved in the development of a new online employability advice website called Take OFF ‘Our Future First’.

Take OFF is set to become a powerful tool to help school students and other young people to develop skills that employers are looking for in future candidates. This online resource offers top tips on how to look and apply for jobs, how to deliver the perfect interview and understanding what employers expect from young people joining their business. (more…)

Post 16 Information and Advice

16th September 2014J Godbolt

Following the recent Post 16 Opportunities Evening students in year 11 should be planning their choices for continuing their education after their final year at Oathall. Advice and information about colleges, qualifications, apprenticeships and the application process are all available under the work related learning section.

Students are advised to check courses and entry requirements on the colleges’ websites as their prospectuses may already be out of date with the new A levels being introduced over the next three years.

The deadline for all applications is Monday 24 November 2014. All applications must be brought to Ms Hart in the Careers Office. (The exceptions being St Paul’s and Collyer’s.) If you are unsure about anything connected with this process please speak to Ms Hart.

Year 10 Work Related Learning Week 2014

11th July 2014J Godbolt

Students in Year 10 have just completed a range of work related activities aimed at broadening their experiences and helping to inform future career choices.

Students visit Sainsburys in Haywards Heath

During the week students participated in visits to local businesses, trips to colleges and universities and workshop activities led by employees from Barclays Bank. This included a formal mock job interview which was subsequently graded. One senior Barclays advisor said of the experience “I would happily employ any of the students I’ve interviewed today”

As well as these activities, two former Oathall students, Dr Daisy Moffatt who is training to be a GP and Ben Higgins, Director of HR at the Societe Generale Bank returned to talk to students about their experience of work. Daisy and Ben are both members of the Oathall Alumni Association which is set up to keep in touch with former Oathall students. A short movie of the week’s activities was collated and shown to students at the end of the week.

Careers Speed Dating a Success

20th January 2014Oathall

Year 9s putting an employer through his paces

Our Year 9 students recently made a date with experts representing more than twenty different employment sectors from around West Sussex including media, hospitality, the sciences, construction, professional services.

The students gathered in the sports hall and discussed roles, responsibilities, qualifications and routes of entry for various sectors in small groups. (more…)

Year 10 Work Experience 2013

9th July 2013A Oathall

It is with much pride and satisfaction that I can report to you a hugely successful Work Experience week has been recently completed by all Year 10 students.

Students were offered placements in a wide range of employment sectors including retail, finance & insurance, sport & leisure, catering & hospitality, education, pharmaceutical, uniformed services, travel, marketing, veterinary medicine & animal care, motor vehicle, IT & design, engineering, farming & horticulture, building services, medicine & dentistry, hair & beauty, performing arts. Some students independently secured their own placements whilst others used the area data base and College contacts to find a suitable company to visit for the week. (more…)

Year 9 Careers Speed Dating

12th February 2013A Oathall

To support the KS4 options process, on 18 January our Year 9 students made a date with experts from twenty-five different professions from around West Sussex including computer animators, doctors, publishers, scientists and airline engineers. They filled the sports hall and spent the morning on rotation around the space. In groups of around 5, with 5 minutes per session, the students fired questions at the experts, discussing aspects of their work and trying to get as much information from them about what their job entailed, the qualifications required and the routes they took to get there.

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