Employability- Career Development in Schools- A Research Author: Carla George
(March 2018)
Abstract The paper reflects on my investigation into employability in schools. Overall young students are not fully aware of the opportunities that will allow them to make the right decisions towards making the right decisions to support their choice of career and education. Ensuring that students are well equipped will allow for them to enter the world of work.
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Introduction
The charity I currently work with are supporting secondary schools by providing an opportunity towards young people allowing them to participate within projects that will allow them to develop their employability skills and ease transition from school into the world of work. The current group I am overseeing are creating live businesses and marketing products of their choice to their existing target market. 1.1
My Research
Study took place within a school where I had the opportunity towards being a mentor I also organised the group of students in focus groups where they had the opportunity towards discussing their career opportunities as well as developing their employability skills. The main areas of topic were future aspirations, job skills, interview techniques and legislation. In the exact same manner as within my first investigation I ensured that the whole process were more a conversational style rather than set questions as I also wanted to gain an insight into their experiences structured interviews are very limited to the questions set whilst semi structured interview you have flexibility towards setting the scene that is suitable. We advertise newsletters and stories of success from our learners to reflect the results of our practice and including social media. The organisation overall adopts most Wenger’s approach as she expresses individuals as brokers where they are fully engaged with the process developing models and they have different approaches in developing new practices whether they are drifters, developing personal relationships or thrive on additional information and feedback to others. This is truly positive this shows that everyone has a sense of togetherness to ensure success and achievement within the organisation.
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