posted by Isabelle Gall, Principal Teacher Curriculum, Carnoustie High School
Staff from Glamis Castle, Pauline Cawdery and Linda Cumming, visited 
Carnoustie High School on Monday 26th October to talk to the young people about working in the tourism industry.
Mr McInally opened the event by illustrating with statistics the importance of Tourism and Leisure, within the UK as a whole, but especially in Scotland and in Angus in particular. He indicated that, according to the figures on the growth in Tourism, one in five of the young people in S3 will probably find themselves working in this field, so gaining useful skills at school would be a wise plan.
Pauline and Linda explained how best to write a CV and present oneself for a job in Tourism. They suggested ways of gaining valuable experience in order to strengthen one’s job application, including working abroad. The castle guides underlined the usefulness of language skills and Linda gave examples of how speaking four languages had helped her in different posts throughout her varied career. Simply being able to greet guests in their own language can make them feel much more positive about their visit.
The young people in S3 in Carnoustie High now have a challenge to each produce a poster to market Glamis Castle in one of the languages they are learning. The forty best posters will win a visit to Glamis Castle. Modern Languages and Expressive Arts teachers will help the pupils with this task
