Student Careers Hub
Your CVEA Careers Journey
Your CVEA Careers Journey is designed to help you discover your strengths, explore future opportunities and make informed decisions about your next steps.
From Year 7 to Year 11, you'll take part in a wide range of careers-related activities that will help you develop the knowledge, skills and confidence needed for your future.
These include:
- Careers lessons through Lifeskills
- Employer talks and workshops
- Workplace visits and work experience
- Careers fairs and networking events
- College, university and apprenticeship provider encounters
- One-to-one careers guidance
- Enterprise and employability activities
- Opportunities to develop the skills employers value most
Throughout your journey, you'll be encouraged to demonstrate our Academy values of Ambition, Determination, Respect and Responsibility as you prepare for your future education, career and life beyond school.
The Careers Learner journey is a visual map of the careers programme at Castle View Enterprise Academy from when you start in year 7 until you leave in year 11.
If you have any questions or need any help, please speak to or email Mrs McDermott or Mrs Smith.
Careers guidance
As part of our careers programme, all year 11 students are provided with a one to one guidance interview with our careers advisor, Mrs McDermott (Senior Assistant Vice Principal / Careers Leader).
Students in all years can request a careers guidance interview by speaking to or emailing Mrs McDermott (Careers Leader).
Following your guidance meeting, you will be provided with an action plan to support you with your next steps. This will be shared with you, your parents (with your permission) and your tutor through Unifrog.
Careers talks
We invite people from a wide range of careers into the Academy on a regular to speak to students. Look out for upcoming speakers on the plasma screens, on our Facebook page and in tutor notices. If you have any suggestions for careers you would like to see feature in our careers talk programme, please let Mrs McDermott know.
Virtual work experience
Get involved in exploring your future and improving your digital and creative skills online in your free time. You can use this experience on your CV and college applications to show you're serious about improving yourself and your digital skills.
Places you can get virtual work experience:
Springpod?- Connect with industry experts, complete mini-activities and get noticed by employers
Dig Data?- Online resource for virtual work experience tasks from companies such as Facebook (Meta), Unilever and ITV.
ERIC?- a creative career app helping young people gain experience for their portfolios and CVS
Unifrog - Log into your Unifrog account and search for Virtual Work Experience or explore the courses section for more opportunities
Post 16 and post 18 options
Leaving Year 11 doesn't mean your education ends. By law, all young people in England must continue in education or training until they are 18. Whether you choose sixth form, college, an apprenticeship or another training route, we'll help you find the pathway that's right for you.
Useful links
General information
- National Careers Service - Explore lots of different job profiles.
- National Careers Service Leaflet
- MyPath - Short videos covering a range of different jobs.
- Icould - Has thousands of resources including videos and job profiles. You can complete the Buzz quiz to explore careers linked to your personality traits.
- BBC Bitesize Careers - A range of resources to help you explore careers including short career videos.
- North East Ambition Provider Portal - Provides details of short courses, study programmes and apprenticeships located all over the North East. Use the find a provider" tool below to explore providers who offer what you're looking for, or browse the whole list.
- Skillsometer - Skillsometer can help you discover what jobs you might like to do in the future. You will be presented with a series of statements. Select the emoji that shows how you feel about each statement. You will be given suggestions of jobs linked to what you most enjoy doing.
Writing a CV
- CV Template 1
- CV Template 2
- Completing your first CV
- Advice on writing a CV and letter of application
- How to Write a CV for a 16-Year-Old [Template for First CV]
- How to Write a School Leaver CV [Template & Examples]
- Best Hobbies and Interests to Put on a CV
- What Are Soft Skills? List of the Best Examples
Work experience
Colleges
Sixth forms
- St Robert of Newminster Catholic School and Sixth Form College
- St. Anthony's & St. Aidan's Catholic Sixth Form
- Whitburn Church of England Academy
Training providers (Apprenticeships and training courses)
- Chameleon Training - Motor vehicle training
- Learning Curve - Construction (including bricklaying, carpentry & joinery), painting & decorating.
- Penshaw View Training - Business, customer service, contact centre, warehousing & logistics.
- Phoenix Employment Training Academy Ltd - Bricklaying, carpentry & joinery, warehousing & logistics.
- Seta - Engineering, automotive manufacturing, business administration, customer service, warehousing & logistics, manufacturing & related industries.
- Springboard North-East - Business administration, customer service, construction, creative media, retail, health & social care, hair & beauty therapy, horticulture, childcare, hairdressing, motor vehicle, ICT, sales & telesales, sport, teaching assistant, warehousing and logistics.
Apprenticeships
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