Sector Awareness – online webinar

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 Kathleen O'Neill for 75 students at Dixons Fazakerley Academy aged Age 13 - 16.

Event description

Career Talk - Engineering

Bryan Maguire - Chief Operating Officer at iQor* will talk to students who have an interest in pursuing a career in the Engineering sector.

This will be a focused event from which young people can gain information about the skills, knowledge and qualifications required by the sector. We want to open up new possibilities, and validate aspirations, and have a significant impact on young people.

Bryan will share insights, career guidance, lessons and tips to motivate and inspire students to make informed decisions about their future.

Bryan will tell a story about his career:

• What inspired him to choose his career path


• Subjects he studied and how these are relevant now


• His successes, as well as times where he didn't achieve what he set out to and what he learned


• What his company does and why this is important


• What he has enjoyed most about his career


• Skills he has learned that are relevant in the job he is doing now.

This will be followed by a Q&A session 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.

Sectoral Skills Assessment - Engineering: Find out about current and future skills demand in this Sector by clicking here

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.