On the 25th of October 2015, Gemma Mackay,
Careers Adviser from Skills Development Scotland, visited Stronsay School to
speak to all of the secondary pupils, mainly the S4s, about careers and the
future. Skills Development Scotland can
help with subject choices, career options, interview skills, CVs, applications,
job search, student finances and courses and entry requirements. We focused on
the area of Career Management Skills which includes:
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Self: knowing who you are
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Strengths: knowing what you are good at
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Horizons: knowing what I out there and
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Networks: knowing who can help you
We focused on Horizons where we thought about job roles, discussed our opinions
on different options after school, looked at different possible routes we could
take after school and learnt what each other thought of the future options.
She held group sessions and is coming back to Stronsay in 2 weeks to have one-to-one
appointments with the S4s. She spoke to us about our options after school such
as college, University, work and apprenticeships. To get us thinking about our
options we each had to write positive and negative sides to each of the
available routes after school. We then participated in an activity where we had
to guess what job was being described by the skills needed.
We all found the session really helpful as we now have a clearer idea of what
future options are available to us. It has also helped us to prepare for our
work experience placements.
By Molly, S4
