Careers and Jobs Event at Dixons Fazakerley Academy

About the Business Leaders

These business leaders have been chosen because their companies are growing quickly. Combined they employ 32+ people.

About the teacher and students

The event was created by Kathleen O'Neill for 81 students at Dixons Fazakerley Academy aged Age 15 - 17.

Students from the following other schools also took part:

• The Langley Academy – 36 students
• St John's RC High School – 8 students
• Knox Academy – 26 students
• Presfield High School and Specialist College – 10 students

Event description

Business: Where can it take you?
***This event will take place on MSTeams***

**This session is designed to inspire young people across the UK in their future career path. Attendees will be aged 14 & 15 and about to choose which subjects to take at exam level.

These sessions will help them to think about what career the subjects they are studying can lead to and will increase their knowledge on future pathways.**

Business subjects offers a range of disciplines available to young people to study and we want speakers who have studied these at school to tell young people about how they have shaped their career.

The sessions will be 30 minutes long, and we are looking for 2 speakers to provide a 10-15minute presentation which will be followed by a Q&A.

They are a great way for you to showcase your company and industry to the future workforce and shape the choices of young people.

In this session, we want Speakers to share insights, lessons, and tips to motivate and inspire pupils to make informed decisions about their future. We want you to tell your story about you career journey:
- What you do
- What inspired you to choose your career path and why it was a good fit for you
- The sorts of skills you use most in your job: as well as the technical skills you use, we’re particularly interested that young people hear about the ‘human skills’ you use in your job (e.g. communication skills, collaboration, problem solving, creativity, team working)
- The people that have supported your career journey
- Subjects you studied and how these are relevant now
- Your successes, as well as times where you didn't achieve what you set out to and what you learned from the experience
This will be followed by a Q&A session.