If you have a specific career in mind, research all the possible ways you could achieve it. Think wider: apprenticeships, professional courses which often have no entry requirements , access courses, entry-level roles, work experience, volunteering.
For example, if you're good at English you might want to look into careers like journalism and marketing as these professions value strong writing skills and often prefer candidates to have valuable work experience rather than university degrees. Be careful not to rule out careers based on your assumptions about them or dated stereotypes.
Many people think that you have to be a Maths genius to have a career in accountancy or finance, but this is just one of many myths about these professions. It's important to remember that there's no 'right' way to start your career and many people find their passion whilst doing something else or by taking a more unconventional route.
Similarly, Amy studied performing arts but took a temporary job with an accountancy firm where she discovered her love of accounting and finance and decided to make it a permanent career. Go out and find them! Uni's not for everyone and professional qualifications are a great alternative if you don't fancy studying at uni and getting into a lot of debt in the process.
Professional qualifications give you real-world skills and in some professions are valued more highly than degrees for example, CIPD HR qualifications. Take Rachael, who decided not to go to uni and found that a marketing qualification from the Chartered Institute of Marketing gave her the practical skills and knowledge she needed to progress her career. Plus, professional courses can often be studied online at your own pace, so they fit around a job and social life - no more FOMO for you, my friend!
At the beginner level, none of these require any previous experience or qualifications. If you want to get a head start in the workplace, apprenticeships are the way to go. They allow you to get a job and earn money while studying professional qualifications that give you practical skills. Apprenticeships are no longer just for manual jobs, as the stereotype might suggest. There are apprenticeships for accountancy, HR, management and more.
Take your time when considering all your options and remember that you're not alone - t here will be thousands of other students up and down the country in the same position as you. You have your whole life to build a career you love. HR were next door and doing the screening. Basic requirement was 5 passes at GCSE or equivalent. If I had the time again better qualifications would have made for a much easier life.
You need to have a good think about what you want to do next and what you aspire to. Err no, is the notion of making enough money to pay the bills lost on you? If hes the best builder after a year id hate to see the others in ludlow!!! Between me and the two lads I work with we have over 40 years between us in trades.
Ive worked since being a nipper and bin to college to get my nvqs so I could apply for the better jobs. Time served used to mean everything now its a bonus. Catch 22 in my eyes as the old school have the skill but dont have papers but the newbies are fresh from a 4day course and have the certs for sites.
For the op why dont you voulenteer in a couple of sectors you want to work in to get a jist of what you like first. Then find people who have done it a while and ask for feedback.
OP: GCSE English and Maths are very worthwhile, however as mentioned above you have already shown you can string a sentance together better than many regular posters on here. Attitude is something that school doesnt really teach you. If you can show that hard work doesnt scare you and you are willing to learn on the job and muck in to help then you will find a good future.
Then learn a trade and go self employed. At least if you ever wanted to work in another Country you have the skills.
Electrician or Plumbing are always the main two skills needed throughout the world. Take roughly Three years day release at college but Head down and focus then top money. You have time on your side. If you find you want to do a levels do them. You are 16 all options are open, take the o es you want and have fun. Anybody that tells you life is done at 16 is a fool. Go to college. Get apprenticeship you should be able to find 25k per annum. Hi, akaskittles. In short, I left school early at 14 with no qualifications.
It would be a nice way to meet new people as well. Milk the caters service for advice I think the careers service for young people…Connexions? Thought about joining the forces? Great career, lots of trades, great structure, will teach you a lot and great prospects when you finish. What Houns said.. This topic has replies, 63 voices, and was last updated 7 years ago by mikewsmith. Viewing 40 posts - 1 through 40 of total. Anyway, cheers Posted 7 years ago. Education is rather overrated and I got plenty of them but I earn peanuts.
Posted 7 years ago. Cougar Full Member. There are manual labour jobs though, supermarkets, farms etc. Its all grafting. What we do know is that so far a number of institutions including Sheffield Hallam, Nottingham trent and Liverpool University have all gone on the record as holding a positive inclination towards the proposed T-levels.
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