Young Chamber supports students at Christleton High School during Sixth Form Career Conference

Year 12 students at Christleton High School in Chester recently gained valuable insights and experience from Young Chamber sponsors during the school’s annual Sixth Form Career Conference.

The West Cheshire and North Wales Young Chamber programme collaborated with Christleton High School to showcase various career pathways to the students through a series of talks by industry experts. Students also had the opportunity to participate in a mock interview with sponsors, enhancing their real-world skills and preparation for the academic world.

Monday 8th July

During the first day, the students heard from a variety of different businesses including accountants, healthcare professionals, and local authority representatives, who delivered talks about their journey from academic studies to the working world.

Tuesday 9th July

Ahead of the second day, students prepared for a mock interview based on a role that they had previously chosen. Eight Young Chamber sponsors, who were provided with the job descriptions for reference, conducted interviews with the students. Experiencing a mock interview allowed the students to gain a sense of what skills potential employers, colleges and universities are looking for during the recruitment process. The n Sponsors of the Young Chamber programme provide students with the invaluable experience of a mock interview

Young Chamber sponsors helped amplify this knowledge for students, by providing feedback forms that highlighted both strengths and areas for improvement, further preparing them for future real interviews.

Jenny Davidson, Events & Young Chamber Manager at WCNW Chamber, commented: “The Christleton Sixth Form’s Careers Conference is an event that the Young Chamber programme is delighted to support each year. Allowing the students to hear talks from a wide range of employers and also experience a mock interview creates a fantastic opportunity for them to learn new skills, knowledge, and be inspired while receiving valuable feedback. We’d like to give a huge thank you to all the Young Chamber sponsors who gave up their time to support over the two days.”

Thank you to the following Young Chamber Sponsors for helping make these events a great success:

•Altimex Ltd

•Atlas Copco

•Bennett brooks Accountants

•Cheshire West & Chester Council

•Cogent Breeding

•Complete Education Solutions

Young Chamber was established to tackle the skills gap that businesses were reporting and to help pupils, at schools and colleges from across the region, develop the necessary skills to hit the ground running when they leave education.

•Countess of Chester Hospital

•Leap76

•Mitchell Charlesworth

•Nuffield Health

•The HR Dept Wrexham & Chester

•Wrexham University the students to hear talks from a wide range of employers and also experience a mock interview creates a fantastic opportunity for them to learn new skills, knowledge, and inspiration while receiving valuable feedback.”

It does this through the running of events at schools and colleges that are part of the programme. These include career talks, interview days and workshops, all designed to give students an insight into the world of work and to help them as they start their careers.

Welcome to our new Young Chamber Sponsors

If you are not a sponsor of the programme but you want to help the programme to continue to support students across our region, please email youngchamber@wcnwchamber.org.uk for more information.