May 1961

CAREERS It is inevitable, in providing information and advice about careers, that the emphasis should appear to be on those in business and industry. This is because such work is more remote from the lives of the majority of Public Schoolboys, who are probably accustomed to meeting representatives of the more traditional professions and so finding out informally about the work and opportunities in these professions. As far as industrial careers are concerned, there are three methods of providing the right sort of information by giving boys direct experience or by bringing them into contact with a wide range of people who can share the benefits of their long experience.

The first method is one-day visits by parties of boys. These are valuable both for those thinking of industrial careers and also to broaden the education of those who will never go into industry.

They do, essentially, give a very superficial impression of the companies concerned, but they do at least show those who have never seen a large factory before what to expect as an environment if they ever go into industry. Two such visits were arranged during the Easter term, one to Dorman Long's new rolling mill at Lackenby, near Middlesbrough, and the second to the headquarters of RollsRoyce at Derby.

The second method is the Short Works Course. During the Easter holidays ten boys from this School, out of sixteen who applied, were offered places on Courses which ranged from banking through electrical, mechanical and civil engineering to chemicals and iron and steel. All these boys were given a thorough introduction to the organisations they joined for about a week, and it helped them greatly to clarify their ideas about the future. For some years we have not had many applicants for these Courses but it is hoped that from now on we shall always have a good response.

Full details of the Courses for the Summer holidays can now be seen in the Careers Room and applications should be made as soon as possible.

The third method is to attend a General Course, where a wide range of careers is put before the boys and where they can discuss points raised by the speakers. Each Raster the Public Schools' Appointments Bureau arranges a Course at Ashridge College and one in Manchester. The Ashridge Course is specifically designed to show to the non-scientific boy where he can fit into the world of commerce. This Course takes place in very pleasant surroundings, in a large country house surrounded by three hundred acres of gardens. This year two senior boys from the School attended and found that, apart from the very pleasant time they had there, they were given a great deal to think about and that it was possible to spend a good deal of their time discussing their problems with one another and with representatives of business and the Bureau. The 15