A guide to support planning, delivering, and evaluating encounters with employers/external providers as part of a wider careers programme.

This simple Excel database is designed to help you capture all communication with businesses who can support your careers programme and activities. 

A platform that allows you to raise requests seeking support for career-related events and activities with businesses across the North East.

A simple and effective way to link learning to the wider world. Developed with teachers, it connects primary schools with diverse workplace volunteers to take part in aspirational activities and talk with children about their jobs.

STEM Ambassadors help bring STEM subjects alive and provide real-life examples of industry careers, facilitating an invaluable link between schools and industry.

I’m a Scientist is a student-led STEM enrichment activity. It connects school students with scientists through energetic real-time text-based Chats.

Find out how career profile pages were introduced to make encounters with employers more meaningful for pupils.
 

An example of a template used by pupils at Toner Avenue Primary School to reflect on encounters throughout school.

An example of a template used by pupils at Jarrow Cross Primary School to reflect on encounters they have had as part of a careers event.

Explore trusted, high quality resources from a variety of sources to support your planning and progress towards delivering the benchmarks.

We’ve collated a list of providers and organisations who can help to inspire and provide young people with an insight to the world of work.

Explore news, case studies and other useful information

Our audit tool gives Careers Leaders the opportunity to analyse your school’s strengths and weaknesses with regards to your whole school careers provision.