Employer information
Employers and businesses
Careers Leader information
Mr Asif Takolia - Careers Leader asif.takolia@coventry.gov.uk
Why support us?
Engaging with employers helps to inspire our pupils and prepare them for the fast-changing world of work. Research shows that if a pupil has more encounters with employers, they are less likely to become NEET (not in education, employment or training).
We really value the help and support of employers and businesses to help raise our students’ aspirations and ensure they are better prepared for a successful future. It is our aim to provide encounters with employers and employees and experiences of the workplace, as set out below:
Gatsby Benchmark 5: Encounters with Employers and Employees
- To ensure that students receive at least ONE meaningful encounter with an employer during every year they are at school.
- Increase the number of activities which are conducted within school with the support of local employers and parents.
- To ensure that students have the opportunity to improve employability skills and their understanding of and awareness of entrepreneurship
- To enable learners to gain the confidence to compete in the labour market by providing opportunities to gain the practical know-how and attributes that are relevant to gaining employment.
- Develop marketing materials for employers which will help them easily understand the impact of their involvement, the breadth of options available to them and the ways in which they can show they meet their corporate social responsibility.
- Create mechanisms where parents and alumni can express their interest to actively support employer related activity taking place within the school.
Gatsby Benchmark 6: Experiences of the workplace
- To ensure that students receive at least ONE meaningful experience of the workplace by the end of year 11
- To increase the number of employer workplace visits which will take place to enable students to gain more of an understanding of the wide range of employment opportunities available within specific industry sectors
Can you support?
- Work Experience for Year 10
- Industry Insight visits
- Talks and presentations to groups of students
- Support with interview practice and CV writing
How can you help?
We appreciate that your time is precious and you will have a very busy and hectic work schedule. Please see below a variety of ways you can become involved in our careers programme. Any way you can engage is extremely valuable to us.
Please note that we are always on the lookout for new ideas and are open to suggestions.
- Careers talks
- Employability Skills Workshops.
- CV Workshops and Interview Preparation.
- Careers Fair – Autumn Term (around October).
- Site visits – provide the opportunity for pupils to experience the workplace.
- Workshops/Challenges/Projects – careers related.
- Financial advice workshops.
- Numeracy week (May) – guest speakers in assembly or delivering a workshop around the topic of numeracy in the workplace.
- Mentoring - Supporting pupils going into your industry with visits/talks on being a successful employee
We look forward to hearing from you.