Career Information for Employers
Can you help?
Can you help maximise our students’ opportunities and expand their aspirations by providing them with work experience or becoming involved with career guidance?
We are looking for employers and businesses in every sector that can engage with our students, impart their skills and knowledge, and open their eyes to career opportunities.
There are several ways in which you can help our students – many of them taking just one hour of your time periodically (please see below).
Ways to be involved
| Site Visit – let our students visit your organisation and see how it works | 1-4 Hours |
| Interview Techniques – How can our students ‘sell themselves’ at interview to a potential employer? | 20 mins - 1 hour |
| Traditional Work Experience – Introduce students in Years 10 &12 (14/15 & 16/17 years old) to working life within your organisation, through on site practice . |
1 week (5 days) |
| Remote Work Experience – Introduce students in Years 10 &12 (14/15 & 16/17 years old) to working life within your organisation, through the delivery of remote working projects. | 1-5 days |
| Meet the employer talks – Become a speaker at one of our talks which provide a spotlight on various careers. | 20 mins - 1 hour |
| Future Fridays – Work with small groups of students with an interest in your sector. | 20 mins - 2 hours |
| Big Interview - Take part in our Big Interview were our students practice their interview technique. | 4 Hours |
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Employability skills – What makes a person employable? Help our students to become the workforce of the future through developing their attributes to potential employers. |
20 mins - 1 hour |
| Offer Volunteering Work – All Three River’s students are expected to complete volunteering hours as part of their DofE. Is your business able to offer this? | N/A |
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Provide Apprenticeships – Could you provide an apprenticeship scheme to those students wishing to venture into the working world through this route? |
Ongoing |
Contact Us
We are always looking for innovative ways to improve our careers programme; if you would like to be involved with the careers programme at Three Rivers Academy or know someone at your workplace who could be of any assistance, please complete this form or contact:
Careers Lead - Michael Rossi (Assistant Principal)
michael.rossi@threerivers.thpt.org.uk