{"id":58,"date":"2020-04-30T14:46:40","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T14:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/stmatthewsacadlib\/?page_id=58"},"modified":"2023-07-14T12:55:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T12:55:42","slug":"careers-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/stmatthewsacadlib\/st-matthews-library\/careers-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Careers Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myworldofwork.co.uk\">My World Of Work<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planitplus.net\">PlanitPlus<\/a> are 2 excellent websites and would usually be the starting point in careers reseach. All pupils are encouraged to register for My World of Work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Other useful websites worth looking at<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apprenticeships.scot\/\">Apprenticeships Scotland<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bitesize\/careers\">BBC Bitesize Careers<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk\/\">Complete University Guide<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/find-a-job\">Find A Job<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apprenticeships.scot\/become-an-apprentice\/foundation-apprenticeships\">Foundation Apprenticeships<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mykidscareer.com\/\">My Kid&#8217;s Career<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjobscotland.gov.uk\/home\">My Job Scotland<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk\/\">Skills Development Scotland<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.s1jobs.com\/\">S1 Jobs<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucas.com\/\">UCAS<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strath.ac.uk\/studywithus\/undergraduate\/howtoapply\/ucasapplications\/\">UCAS &#8211; 5 useful tips<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatuni.com\/\">What University<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myworldofwork.co.uk\/tutorial-writing-personal-statement-ucas-or-college-application\">Writing a Personal Statement<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucas.com\/undergraduate\/applying-university\/how-write-ucas-undergraduate-personal-statement\">Writing a UCAS Personal Statement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Some local further education colleges websites<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www1.ayrshire.ac.uk\/\">Ayrshire College<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofglasgowcollege.ac.uk\/\">City of Glasgow College<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowclyde.ac.uk\/\">Clyde College<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westcollegescotland.ac.uk\/\">West College Scotland<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">We have a small careers section in the library. It consists of prospectuses for scottish universities and local colleges and a selection of books giving advice on creating CVs, applying for jobs, going for interview as well as job profiles.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-153 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/public\/stmatthewsacadlib\/uploads\/sites\/18505\/2020\/05\/19083750\/MWOW-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-154 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/public\/stmatthewsacadlib\/uploads\/sites\/18505\/2020\/05\/19083804\/Planitplus-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"273\" height=\"87\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Mrs McPhee works regularly with PSE classes particularly during options\u00a0 and applying to university\/college times.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Mrs Rodgers and Mr Brackenridge are our Skills Development Scotland Careers Coaches. You can request an interview by completing a self referral form available from your guidance teacher, Mrs Graham or Mrs McPhee, popping in to the office or emailing directly<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alison.rodger@sds.co.uk\">alison.rodger@sds.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-157 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/public\/stmatthewsacadlib\/uploads\/sites\/18505\/2020\/05\/19085202\/Career-Planning.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Whether looking for part time work or your first job after leaving school it is useful to have a CV (Curriculum Vitae). Having a CV gives you the opportunity to show what qualifications, skills, interests and experience you have to potential employers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myworldofwork.co.uk\/getting-job\/building-cv\">MWOW CV<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">If you&#8217;re lucky enough to get an interview find some useful tips to help you prepare<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myworldofwork.co.uk\/interviews-0\">Interview Tips<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; My World Of Work and PlanitPlus are 2 excellent websites and would usually be the starting point in careers reseach. All pupils are encouraged to register for My World of Work. Other useful websites worth looking at Apprenticeships Scotland BBC Bitesize Careers Complete University Guide Find A Job Foundation Apprenticeships My Kid&#8217;s Career My &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/stmatthewsacadlib\/st-matthews-library\/careers-resources\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Careers Resources<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4829,"featured_media":0,"parent":6,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-58","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/stmatthewsacadlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/stmatthewsacadlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/stmatthewsacadlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/stmatthewsacadlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4829"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/stmatthewsacadlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/stmatthewsacadlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1427,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/stmatthewsacadlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions\/1427"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/stmatthewsacadlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/stmatthewsacadlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}