MoreCareers Advice
Planning and preparing for your future requires you to be proactive from an early stage. Mosslands is here to support every student with their career planning. We work in partnership with Elish Crilly, our dedicated independent Career Connect Careers Adviser.
Elish is available in school three days per week offering individual guidance appointments, delivering careers sessions and organising careers events that allow our students to explore, aspire and work towards their individual career goals.
If you would like to make a careers appointment please email Elish directly or request a meeting through the 6th form office.
elishcrilly@mosslands.wirral.sch.uk
What can you expect from a careers meeting?
Elish will treat you with respect and work with you to explore your ideas and goals. Elish will do this by listening to you and talking to you about your interests, motivations and ideas. Elish will not make fun of any of your ideas or dismiss anything you say, but will encourage you to develop a realistic and achievable plan to work towards your goals whatever they may be. Elish will never make a decision for you or push you into something, but will support you in finding opportunities and making plans.
You can have as many appointments as you like whilst in school, just drop in at the Careers Office located in the 6th form common area to make an appointment.
Career Choice / Career Information & Advice
Here are some websites that can help you in exploring your career interests further:
www.careerconnect.com - Registration Code: 19230
www.plotr.co.uk – careers matching quiz
www.nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk - Job profiles & links to relevant industry websites
www.kent.ac.uk/careers - includes interactive interview practice tool
www.careersbox.co.uk – YouTube style videos about a wide range of careers
www.icould.com – Includes the Buzz Test, which allows you to explore your strengths, motivations and qualities
https://careerpilot.org.uk/information/buzz-quiz – Includes the Buzz Test, which allows you to explore your strengths, motivations and qualities
https://www.skillsforcareers.education.gov.uk/pages/young-people
Remember you can also always speak to Elish, our Careers Adviser in school. Elish operates an Open Door policy and when you are next time in the 6th form common room, just drop in for chat about your future.
Opportunities 18+
Following from your 6th form studies you have a variety of opportunities in education, employment and training.
University, apprenticeship, job, GAP year, volunteering, work experience and training programmes are all opportunities previous 6th formers have embarked on after being at Mosslands.
To find out more about these visit the following websites. Also make sure to speak to Elish about your individual situation.
Higher Education:
www.ucas.com www.prospects.ac.uk
www.unistats.direct.gov.uk www.university.which.co.uk
www.studential.com www.bestcourse4me.com
www.studentfinanceengland.co.uk
Apprenticeships:
www.apprenticeships.org.uk www.schoolleaverjobs.co.uk
www.getmyfirstjob.co.uk www.schoolleaverjobs.co.uk
www.allaboutschoolleavers.co.uk Apprenticeship Hub
Traineeships:
Employment
www.indeed.co.uk www.fish4.co.uk
www.totaljobs.co.uk www.gov.uk/jobsearch (Job Centre data base)
www.rec.uk.com (Recruitment agencies)
Volunteering / Gap year:
www.do-it.org.uk or contact your local Volunteering Centre
www.etrust.org.uk/the-year-in-industry
Further Education Colleges:
www.wmc.ac.uk - Wirral Metropolitan College
www.liv-coll.ac.uk - Liverpool Community College
www.sthelens.ac.uk - St. Helens College
www.hughbaird.ac.uk - Hugh Baird College
www.west-cheshire.ac.uk - West Cheshire College
www.reaseheath.ac.uk - Reaseheath College
Getting involved with the Careers Programme at Mosslands 6th Form
Mosslands School and 6th form works closely with local and national employers to prepare our students for employment. We offer our students insight into employment opportunities and industries through visits, talks, workshops, and work experience opportunities.
If you are an individual or company who would like to get involved with Careers at Mosslands, please do not hesitate and contact Elish via email: elishcrilly@mosslands.wirral.sch.uk or call the school on 0151 638 8131
Useful Links
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| For those seeking voluntary work |
www.do-it.org - Voluntary Work
www.advice4me.org - Citizens Advice
www.wmc.ac.uk - Wirral Metropolitan College
www.liv-coll.ac.uk - Liverpool Community College
www.sthelens.ac.uk - St. Helens College
www.hughbaird.ac.uk - Hugh Baird College
www.west-cheshire.ac.uk - West Cheshire College
www.reaseheath.ac.uk - Reaseheath College