For the latest NL Employment Opportunities – click here
Email: james.corry@sds.co.uk mobile: 07785517204
or visit myworldofwork.co.uk
Brannock High School also welcomes Caroline Greenan to the Team.
S4 students/parents can contact Caroline at: Caroline.Greenan@sds.co.uk
You can also access further career services by calling your local centre to speak to one of their qualified advisers.
Find your nearest centre at www.myworldofwork.co.uk/centres
You can also find services for parents/carers online at http://www.myworldofwork.co.uk and http://www.mykidscareer.com
Skills Development Scotland Updates
Due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the closure of the school, Skills Development Scotland cannot deliver career services face to face, but they are still there to help. Pupils and parents can contact our school Careers Adviser, James Corry for career information, advice and guidance, using the contact details at the top of the page.
SDS have also put together a helpful resource showing some key agencies offering support at this time. You can access these by downloading the file below:
LATEST UPDATES
7th OCTOBER 2022
North Lanarkshire Modern Apprenticeship vacancies for winter recruitment for 16-24 year olds (or *16-29 year olds – see criteria).
22 JANUARY 2022
Parents and carers – want to discover how SDS can help you have meaningful career conversations with your young person? Join a free webinar to learn some practical hints and tips and put your questions to SDS Careers Advisers.
Register here: https://meaningfulcareerconversations.eventbrite.co.uk
7 JUNE
For the latest NL Employment Opportunities – click here
1 JUNE
For the latest NL Employment Opportunities – click here
18 MAY
For the latest NL Employment Opportunities – click here
2 MARCH
New College Lanarkshire are offering young people the chance to book into 1-to-1 sessions with lecturers in a variety of subjects, where potential candidates can ask questions about the course from a real expert.
One-to-ones with our course experts
If you’re thinking of applying to New College Lanarkshire, join us online between Monday 1st and Friday 19th March at a time that suits you. Our one-to-one sessions allow you to explore, discover and interact directly with our very own course experts. You can ask them questions, explore the course in more detail and discover the many ways you can progress within the college, onto university and into employment.
Book online today for sessions available in:
Sport
Animation and Digital Design
Photography
Art and Design
Law
Travel & Tourism
Hairdressing and Barbering
Business Management and Marketing
Accounting and Administration
Beauty and Nails
Professional Cookery
Hospitality
Social Sciences
Music and Sound Production
Nationals and Highers
More sessions will be added over the coming days, so make sure you check back regularly!
Don’t see the area you are interested in? Please email hello@nclan.ac.uk and we will arrange a one-to-one with a course expert at a time that suits you.
To find out more about New College Lanarkshire and the range of courses we have on offer, please visit our website.
12 FEBRUARY
Helping your child with S2/3 subject choices – support for parents and carers
Skills Development Scotland (SDS) is offering parents and carers an online opportunity to find out more about how they can help their child make their S2/3 subject choices for the Senior Phase. Scotland’s national skills agency has organised the virtual session on Thursday 25 February which will also give parents and carers information about accessing a wide range of SDS support.
Careers advisers Joan Duncan and Gemma Smith will be providing expert advice for parents and carers of young people in S2 and S3.
Joan said: “Thinking about what options to choose at school can be daunting for young people and their parents and carers. As well as this session, SDS also has a Subject Choices tool on SDS’s My World of Work website which helps pupils explore where options choices can take them.
“It gives young people and their parents and carers the opportunity to explore job profiles, industries, Foundation and Modern Apprenticeships, refine their search by what someone is most interested in and use the tool as many times as they like to find out more about different options. There are other tools to try and the more tools you try, the better career suggestions we can give.”
This virtual event, which is from 6.30pm until 7.15pm, will also have a question and answer session.
To take part please register here.
29 JANUARY
As schools across Scotland are closed to the majority of pupils, Skills Development Scotland Careers Advisers will continue to provide careers information and advice by phone and digitally. Our Advisers will contact pupils who were scheduled to have a face-to-face appointments to make alternative arrangements.
Subject Choices
If your child is choosing their subjects, their school careers officer will be available, if required, to provide support over the coming weeks to help them think about their choices, including a one-to-one conversation. You can contact our Careers Adviser, James Corry on 07785 517 204 or james.corry@sds.co.uk to arrange this.
There’s also the opportunity for you – as a parent or carer – to join the conversation and discuss where their options might take them in the future. As current government guidelines don’t permit these conversations to take place in person, we’ll seek to make alternative arrangements by phone or video conference. You’ll also find lots of helpful tools and information to help with subject choices, on the careers service website, My World of Work
4 JUNE
School leaver webinar
A fun and informative series of short, 30 minute webinars to support you with the next steps of your career journey!
Join our advisers, Nicole and Jen for our third session Thursday 18th June at 3pm on:
Applying to College-
- Further Education applications, interview process and funding
- Understand how Skills Development Scotland can help you
- Get actions and links to resources that you can do yourself
- Get involved with questions and comments
- Find out what future webinars to look out for
Click the link to join – CareerJam 3 College
Missed the first two sessions? Don’t worry, a recording including subtitles will be available on www.myworldofwork.co.uk/pupils
Available now CareerJam 1 – Acknowledging the situation and how your careers adviser can help you
Available soon CareerJam 2 – Interviews Hints and Tips
28 MAY 2020
SDS School Leavers Webinar
A fun & informative series of short 30 minute webinars to support you with the next steps of your career journey!
We understand everyone is facing challenges just now and your plans may have changed or seem unclear due to the current situation. We want to let you know we are still here to help and provide you with the career information and guidance you need for your future.
Join our advisers, Hilary & Erin for our first session on Tuesday 2nd June at 3pm as they take a look at:
- Acknowledging the current situation
- Looking at the positives
- What skills could come from this?
- Understanding how Skills Development Scotland can help you
- Learn about the future sessions we will be running
- Some actions & links to resources that you can do yourself
- You can also get involved through the poll questions and comments
Click the link to join – JOIN CAREERJAM SESSION 1
