Moving On magazine Careers and Qualifications for School Leavers

Daniel Clark, Guest Editor of the April/May issue of Moving On magazine tells us why work experience is so important for him and his future career prospects. My name is Daniel Vito Clark, I am 19 years old and I was born in Brussels, Belgium. My family is centred on living in and being a part of the EU. My ... Read More »

Get some career advice from Theo Paphitis who talks about the importance of employability skills. When should young people start learning about work and employability skills? As young as possible! At school is a great place to start discussing the workplace and the types of jobs young people might like to do and the employability skills they’ll need to do ... Read More »

Finding the right work experience is one of the best ways to boost your employability skills and to big yourself up on your CV. Saskia Godley told us about her work experience as a CAD engineer at Optilan – a telecoms systems integration company based in the West Midlands. “I thought long and hard about what type of work experience ... Read More »

Compulsory work experience was scrapped back in 2012 and although some young people still benefit from taking part in work experience, many others do not. 82% of over 3,000 employers who were polled by the British Chambers of Commerce have now said that all under 16s should be offered work experience. The benefits of meaningful, high quality work experience are ... Read More »

News came out yesterday that a hospital trust was charging £500 for work experience placements. The opportunities referred to are medical work experience placements, sold to young people as an opportunity to “increase their confidence and self-esteem to make an application to start their career in healthcare” is seen by many as entirely unfair and unsupportive of attempts to increase ... Read More »