Keynote Career Speech at Hitchin Girls' School

About the Business Leaders

These business leaders have been chosen because their companies are growing quickly.

About the teacher and students

The event was created by Jane Shipley for 100 students at Hitchin Girls' School aged Age 14 - 14.

Event description

Discover Believe Become - an interactive, engaging whole-day programme for year 9 students

Discover, Believe, Become is a whole-day programme where students explore careers, beginning to understand the skills and qualities required by today’s employers. Qualifications required, potential salaries and progression routes through self-assessment, allows the young people to build a personal profile. They begin to see pathways for personal development and give attention to their future plans.

A successful business leader can inspire a group of students by talking about the journey they took from school through their career. This format usually includes one business leader talking for a short period of time. Each speaker generally talks for approx. 10 minutes.

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