Monday 7 April 2014

CAPTIVATING CAREERS SPEED DATING AT HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM

70 students, from a range of different year groups (14-16 Yr olds) at The Howard of Effingham School got to meet a huge variety of business professionals on Thursday 3rd April during a frantic 1 ½ hours of Careers Speed Dating. We had scientists, engineers, a software developer, web designers, a copy writer, a film and video producer, a florist, a creative learning manager, a lawyer, marketing & computer effects manager, an accountant, a psychologist, a life coach, all of whom were passionate & enthusiastic about their chosen careers.

The students were put into small groups and had 5 minutes to quiz their business volunteer, who was only allowed to answer yes or no thereby requiring the students to try & guess their profession. A further 5 minutes of frantic questioning followed to ascertain exactly what they did for a living and how they had got where they were. A whistle sounded and another willing volunteer from a different profession presented themselves for questioning.


It was fast, frenetic and enormous fun with the students commenting afterwards "I enjoyed talking and getting an insight into the different jobs and seeing the different career opportunities.”, and "I am surprised that there are such a wide variety of jobs available and that you can get a long way by working your way up in a company. I enjoyed hearing about the businesses, people's jobs and how they got there." What was clear from their feedback was that it had really changed their perception of what the future holds for them & makes it seem less daunting.

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