Careers website links

St. Joseph's Careers Department

Essential summer term links

With exams coming up and careers on the horizon for many, this term is a big moment in students' lives. To help make sure they get the best advice, we’ve brought together some essential summer links for our website.

1. The best revision techniques for exams – Everything from creating a study routine to completing past papers.

2. What job should I do? – We help students answer the question all school leavers should be asking themselves this term.

3. How can transferable skills help my career? – How students can put the skills they’ve learnt at school to use in the workplace.

4. What jobs can school leavers do? – An overview of the job options open to students leaving school this summer.

Do parents know about apprenticeships?

With a number of new apprenticeships on the scene, young people can now get paid to train for highly skilled work straight from school or college – and even work towards a degree on some schemes. Parents and students can understand what's out there by exploring these links:

Advanced apprenticeships – Start with GCSEs from age 16 and train as a chef, IT technician or digital marketer.

Higher apprenticeships – When you leave education at 18, train for skilled jobs in industries from finance to broadcasting. Some courses even offer the chance to do a degree!

Degree apprenticeships – Complete a university degree while training for a highly skilled profession such as aerospace engineering or laboratory science.