Keynote Career Speech at Thornhill Community Academy

About the Business Leaders

These business leaders have been chosen because their companies are growing quickly. Combined they employ 173+ people.

About the teacher and students

The event was created by Linda Garside for 150 students at Thornhill Community Academy aged Age 13 - 14.

Event description

Inspire our students

We would like a Raising Aspirations speaker who could spend the day at our school and deliver a one hour presentation in our Hall as part of a drop down SMSC Day for Year 9. Group size would be approx. 30 students per session as the same talk would then ideally be repeated over the day so that all Year 9 have had the opportunity to be involved by the end of the day.
A successful business leader can inspire a group of students by talking in-depth about the journey they took from school through their career. A business leader can ‘tell a story’ about their career journey:
• What inspired them to choose their career path
• Why they find it high impact
• What they enjoy most about their career
• What subjects did the study and what decisions did they make along the way
• What mistakes did they make and how did they learn from them
• What skills is their company currently looking for in their new hires

As the Keynote Career speech generally have less business leaders, the speakers can offer a more focussed, in-depth and comprehensive discussion. They will take students through their entire journey and reflect on their successes and failures in the world of employment. There will also be a Q&A session so that students can ask their own questions.

These meaningful encounters inspire students and have a positive impact on their future life choices.