Friday Futures Sessions – Careers

KES Futures – Careers Sessions! 

This is a new series of 6 sessions for Yr10s focussed on preparing students for the future beyond KES. (There will be a block of 6 sessions which repeats, 2 of which we are hoping to include input from our Old Edwardians).

The sessions are an hour and a half & begin at 13.50 – 15.20.

Do you have expertise and experience that you would be happy to share with our students to support them with their career development? We have many exciting opportunities for Old Eds to connect with school, get back into the classroom, and give back to our students.

Careers/Industry Talks

• Old Edwardians are wanted to come in to school to talk with a class of 20 – 25 Yr10s about their career or industry with plenty of time for Q&A
• Talks can focus on pathways into the career, application, assessment and recruitment processes, skills used in the job, the future of the sector or current issues impacting
• You can set the group a related project or task if desired e.g. a job application/project proposal/piece of research.

Interview Skills

• Old Edwardians are wanted to come in to school to lead a session with 20 – 25 Yr10s about interview skills.
• A suggested structure for the session could be a short talk/presentation about the speaker’s experiences of interviewing/being interviewed with some interview tips and advice
• This would be followed by some interactive group work and role plays where the students practice their interview skills with the visitor supporting/observing and giving feedback.

The above opportunities would be a fantastic way for you/your business/organisation to do some of your allotted ‘volunteer hours’/ CSR/ Early Careers Outreach work. If you have colleagues who you would like to work with, you are welcome to attend as a pair/three.

You can find a list of the dates below: 

Drop us an email at oldeds@keschools.org.uk if you can help or if you have any questions.