ABSTRACT
Although colleges and schools have excellent careers departments, they will need you to advise and support individual students in their applications to higher education, a gap year or employment. As we saw in Chapter 6, understanding the demands of higher education and the reality of living away from home is essential if your students are not to be part of the growing group of drop-outs in their first year at university. The tasks you may be asked to undertake as part of this process are:
• exploring opportunities available at 18-plus; • developing an awareness of the local and national labour markets and higher education; • developing individual career plans by helping students to make a realistic assessment of
their strengths and aspirations; • understanding an application process; • completing the application form; • supporting students in writing personal statements and letters of application; • teaching students interview techniques; • helping students to understand the rudiments of employment law; • exploring financial planning, accommodation and legal issues.
