Careers Information and Resources

Careers Directory

Here you will find lots of information about which careers you could pursue for a specific subject: Careers Directory 2021

Career Pilot   careerpilot.org.uk

This website provides information to help students aged 11 - 19 and includes information on:

• Different job sectors

• Routes to different qualifications including apprenticeships and university level study

• Your skills and how to use them

There is also a parent zone, providing information on:

• Apprenticeships and Traineeships

• Higher Education (including HE provided at local colleges)

• Job sectors and growth

• Funding and support

• Further Education College

Prospects   www.prospects.ac.uk

• Explore indepth job profiles or take a careers quiz

• Explore apprenticeships 

• What else I can do with my degree?

• CVs, Cover letters and interview tips

• Higher education, gaps years and studying abroad

• Guidance on applying for uni, self employment, work experience and internships

UCAS   www.ucas.com

• Learn everything you'd need to know about university, personal statements and how to apply, student loans and bursries, gap years and clearing

• Explore all degrees on offer in the UK and the entry requirements

• Explore information on post 16, apprenticeships, employment and work experience

Health Careers www.healthcareers.nhs.uk

• Explore over 350 job roles within health care
• Working in the NHS
• Real life stories, videos and resources

Unifrog   www.unifrog.org

Explore Careers Videos

ICOULD icould.com

Careersbox Click here

BBC Bitesize Click here

Ralph Allen School Enterprise Adviser

We are delighted to be in working in partnership with BANES Local Authority and have been planning ways in which BANES can work with our school to help prepare and develop our students for their future endeavors as well as bringing employment opportunities to those considering a career working in the Local Authority and our community.

Margaret our Enterprise Adviser will be working with our Year 10 students supporting their development in employability through CV, cover letter and interview workshops within work experience week. 

Margaret will be sharing "day in the life" videos of the teams and departments within BANES with our students to raise the profile of the roles within Local Authority, supporting our young people careers exploration and increasing awareness of the local labour market.

We are looking forward to working with BANES and thank Margaret for her introductory Biography:

Margaret-BANES-Local-Authority-Biography.docx

Network N

Network N are a Bath-based fast-growing media business focusing on gamers, gear and e-sports, reaching over 60m+ unique users per month across a network of websites. Their vision is to create better channels to target gamers globally across owned media and partners.

Network N are keen to work with schools in the local area and have kindly offered us two work experience placements (WEX).

As preparation for this, two personnel from Network N  came into school to work with nine  year 10 students who had  expressed an interest in a WEX with them.  Students were invited to attend a  2 hour workshop which covered writing a CV and cover letter as well as general interview skills.

Students were then given the two WEX job descriptions and invited to apply for the position. Two weeks later,  Network N returned and interviewed each student.

Network N were very impressed with our students and decided  to offer five work placements, rather than the original two. These were awarded to: Arlo Radcliffe and  Ben Andrews (in the Operations Department) and  Noah Turner, Riley Ashdown and  George Thompson (in the Publishing department). We hope that the skills that all students have learnt will be useful to them in the future.

We are enormously appreciative to Network N for their time, interest and commitment to our year 10 students and look forward to continuing this working partnership.

My Career Journey

This poster shows some of the opportunities students will experience as part of the careers curriculum

UCAS Let's Talk Podcasts

Explore Careers, Education and Training.

Degree or Degree Apprenticeships? Are Uni degrees more valued? Why are apprenticeships becoming increasing more prominent? Let's answer some of those questions!- Click Here

Let's Talk Science Degree Apprenticeships Vs  Uni Degrees- Click Here

Let's Talk Nursing Degree Apprenticeships Vs Uni Degrees- Click Here

Let's Talk IT and Digital  Degree Apprenticeship Vs Uni Degrees- Click Here

Let's Talk Law Degree Apprenticeships Vs Uni Degrees- Click Here

Let's Talk Engineering Degree Apprenticeships Vs Uni Degrees- Click Here

Let's Talk Finance and Accounting Vs Uni Degrees- Click Here

Let's Talk Business and Administration Apprenticeships Vs Uni Degrees Click Here 

Let's Talk Creative and Design Degree Apprenticeships Vs Uni Degrees Click Here

Let's Talk Pro's and Con's of a Degree Apprenticeship Click Here

All the information you need to know on apprenticeships

Apprenticeships- www.apprenticeships.gov.uk/apprentices

Apprenticeship Guide

Explore over 1500 apprenticeships that's currently on offer in the UK- apprenticeshipguide.co.uk

Government Funding for small and medium sized businesses

Small and medium-sized business get funding for apprentices, so this is helpful to know should they want to consider taking the you on. 

For guidance on employing an apprentice and funding please follow: Employing an apprentice: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) 

Where to find apprenticeships

For all apprenticeships vacancies from level 2 to 7 Post 16 to Post 18

Western Training Provider Network  Weekly apprenticeship vacancies- Apprenticeship Vacancies - West of England (wtpn.org.uk)

Rate My Apprenticeship - www.ratemyapprenticeship.co.uk

Get My First Job- www.getmyfirstjob.co.uk

Not Going To Uni- www.notgoingtouni.co.uk

Careers Pilot Apprenticeship Vacancies- Click here

Bath College Apprenticeship Vacancies- Click here

Wiltshire College  Apprenticeship Vacancies- Click here

SGS College Apprenticeships Vacancies- Click here

City of Bristol Apprenticeship Vacanices- Click here

Green Light- Everything Construction- www.greenlightsc.co.uk

Outdoor Activities Instructor Vacancies Channel Training - Channel Training

16 and 18 years +

Civil Service- Business- Policy- Finance- Commercial- Digital, Data and IT and Project Delivery Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship schemes - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Royal Navy-  From Engineers to Chefs RFA Apprenticeships | Royal Navy (mod.uk)

Army Apprenticeships

Did you know that nearly all soldiers begin an apprenticeship when they join? There are 40+ apprenticeship schemes from animal care to vehicle maintenance. See here for a video about apprenticeship opportunities

Wessex Water- Office and techincal/ engineering apprenticeshipsApprenticeships (wessexwater.co.uk)

Kaplan- Tax, accountancy, data, IT, banking and financial services. Become an apprentice in a professional role | Kaplan UK

Babcock International- Engineering, finance, project management, business, quality and much more Early Careers Videos - Babcock International

Babington- Finance, business admin, IT, retail, learning and development,, customer service, digital marketing and much more. Apprenticeships in Accounting, HR, Digital & IT | Babington

St Monica Trust- Care, administration, catering, estates, housekeeping and laundry, 

18 years +

Higher and Degree Apprenticeships- UCAS | jobs | Choose from 10,775 live vacancies

PWC- TAX- Consulting- Business- Operations

School and College Leaver jobs | Early Careers | PwC UK Careers

EDF Energy- Chemistry- Electrical Engineering- Finance- HR  and much more

Apprenticeship schemes in the UK energy industry | EDF (edfenergy.com)

Create a job alert by entering information on what types of roles you are looking for, the location and your email address, and apprenticeships vacancies will be emailed to you.

Everything you need to know about employment and getting a job!

National Careers Service- nationalcareers.service.gov.uk

For all the information you'd need on how to get a job, such as how to write a CV, prepare for psychometric tests or how to create a Linkedin profile, head over to the National Careers Service- Click here

Barclays Lifeskills- barclayslifeskills.com

Want an interactive interview opportuntity, want to learn about what work experience is like or build a CV using a step by step easy to use CV builder, head over to Barclays Lifeskills to learn more. Click here

Working from 13 years old- BANES/ child employment

Considering looking for part-time work while at school? Please follow the link to the BANES website for the guidelines on working at school age. Click here!