Careers and Jobs Event – online webinar

About the Business Leaders

These business leaders have been chosen because their companies are growing quickly. Combined they employ 12+ people.

About the teacher and students

The event was created by Kathleen O'Neill for 350 students at Dixons Fazakerley Academy aged Age 12 - 16.

Event description

A Career in Cyber Security

Malcolm Warr OBE and Dr Emma Philpott MBE are today's inspiring role models with a background in Cyber Security

They will open up new possibilities, and validate aspirations, and have a significant impact on young people.
We want you to share insights, career guidance, lessons and tips to motivate and inspire students to make informed decisions about their future.

This talk will cover:
- What inspired them to choose their career path
- Subjects they studied and how these are relevant now
- Their successes, as well as times where they didn't achieve what they set out to and what they - learned
- What their company does and why this is important
- What they enjoy most about their career
- Skills they have learned that are relevant in the jobs they are doing now.

A Q&A session will follow where students are able to ask a variety of questions.

How will Students Benefit?
Career Talks allow students to hear from real-life role models who can demonstrate the relevance and connection of what is taught in the classroom - because they are creating the jobs right now!
They also allow students to gain an understanding of what different careers actually entail, while bringing the curriculum to life.

The goal of Career Talks is to equip students with the inspiration and information to make better-informed decisions about their future career paths.

Age Appropriacy: This type of event is appropriate for any student aged 5 through 24. Refer to our white paper pages 9 and 11 for more details. This white paper summarizes more than 100 externally validated research papers on career pathways for students.

Career Education Standard - I Can!
Here is one example per level of the areas of the "I can" framework that would typically be covered by engaging your young people in an employability event. Download the mapping document here for more!
By the end of second level - I can apply my skills to get more information about jobs/careers.
By the end of BGE - I can manage my profile, share it appropriately and justify my choice of evidence.
By the end of Senior Phase - I can draw appropriately on evidence from my skills profile to help me complete application forms, create CVs and when practising interview techniques.