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Work experience
Perfect for any business size
A wide range of benefits regardless of company size
Small business
up to 20 employees
Medium-sized business
20-100 employees
Corporations
100+ employees
Why partner with us?
Easy to support programmes either onsite or remotely
No charge
Providing work experience will bring on many benefits at no cost to you.
No paperwork
Our software makes the process easy to manage for you and your student.
24/7 customer support
Our team will support you every step of the way
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Why should you hire students?
- Access a talent pipeline of students eager to succeed in your industry
- Play your part in bridging the gap between education and employment
- Assigning staff as student mentors can boost morale
- All students pre-screened to ensure a best fit placement for your businesses
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Our easy to use software platform supports you at every stage
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What else we offer
- Project - 25
- T-levels
- Sector Spotlight video
- Industry Insight interview
- Live Masterclass Sessions
- The Futures Panel
- Work Experience
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Project 25 is our initiative to engage with at least 25% of the nation’s hardest to reach young people and match them up to an employer for between 1 & 2 days per week for the entire academic year.
An academic pathway isn’t for everyone, and we find that the cohorts that access the initiative benefit most from accessing the world of work.
You will be genuinely transforming someone’s life and allowing them to kick-start a career in your sector. If you are interested in supporting Project-25, please get in touch with us.
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Technical Levels are new courses that follow on from GCSEs and are equivalent to 3 A levels.
These 2-year courses, launched in September 2020, have been developed in collaboration with employers and businesses to meet the industry’s needs and prepare students for work, further training or study. A mandatory requirement is ‘on the job experience, which must last at least 315 hours (approximately 45 days).
You will be tapping into a future talent with a genuine desire to work in your sector. Supporting T-Levels is an excellent opportunity to add diversity to your talent pipeline and help kick start a young person’s career.
If you are interested in supporting, please get in touch with us.
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Can you make a big impact on a students career in two minutes?
Firstly, we encourage as many employers as we can to record a sector spotlight video – a short snapshot of how you got to where you are today – it will only take a few minutes of your time but is an invaluable resource for our students.
To make it as easy as possible, we’ve scripted seven simple questions for you to use as prompts during your video.
Once complete simply send us your video and we will take care of the rest; professionally editing your clip before sharing on our various platforms once finished.
For step-by-step instructions, download our Sector Spotlight guide here. If you need some inspiration, you can watch other employer videos already released here.
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Your story will inspire others, why not stand up and share it with the next generation?
The industry insight video is a pre-recorded interview hosted by Amos, one of our fantastic careers specialists. The interview is an insight into your journey and how you got where you are today. The interview is an opportunity for us to ask employers about their own career journey and to get tips and advice which can support students wishing to enter this profession.
The interview takes around 45 minutes and gives students the opportunity to get a real insight into your line of work and forms an invaluable part of their work experience week. If you are interested, please get in contact with us.
Below are a few example questions that you are likely to be asked during the Industry Insight Session:
- Did you always want to be in this profession?
- What route did you take into your career?
- Did you study at university?
- What is your day-to-day work like?
- What kind of skills and knowledge do you need to be good at what you do?
- What career tips can you offer to someone who wants to get into your career?
- What are your plans for the future?
- How can people learn more about your industry?
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Our Live Masterclass Session is an opportunity for you to give students a real insight into your world and what you do day to day. Amos will be hosting the live interview, but this will ultimately be an opportunity for you’as the star of the show – to steer the interview.
Imagine you are talking to a new client about your business or your industry. What would you showcase? What would your day consist of? We want to know it all!
We ask students to submit questions to Amos and a selection will be presented as part of an interactive Q&A. This interview is interactive, which the students enjoy, and is an important part of the experience.
The interview takes around 45 minutes and gives students the opportunity to get a real insight into your business and what working life could be like in your industry. If you are interested, please get in contact with us.
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Do you like the idea of being recognised as a thought leader within your space?
The Futures Panel is another live facet of our work experience week. Hosted by our very own Amos directing the conversation, the futures panel consists of a minimum of 3 like-minded industry professionals sharing views and ideas to help students kick-start their career journey.
This is a fantastic opportunity for the audience to get a range of different views from various industry professionals.
The Futures Panel interview is a live event and takes around 45 minutes. If you are interested in being a panelist, please get in contact with us.
Life45 minsOne-off
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Frequently asked questions
Work experience students do not need a CSCS card. The CITB has stopped this because it creates unnecessary barriers restricting student access to construction sites. CSCS does not issue cards to those on work experience placements. “Students perform a non-construction-related activity, and it is the responsibility of the site management team to ensure they remain safe at all times.”
Each site will operate differently, so it is up to the employer to keep those on work placements safe. This often includes the delivery of a site induction highlighting the specific dangers of a site and arranging for individuals to be appropriately supervised.
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More about our services
Sector Spotlight Video
Industry Insight Interview
Live Masterclass Sessions
The Futures Panel
Further guidance video coming soon.
Work Experience
Work experience is vital in helping young people make the right choices and realise their potential. Such experiences can be pivotal for deciding which career path to take and can be an important first step into the world of work. At Changing Education we understand the challenges faced by schools and colleges to encompass a "wider careers model" within their curriculum and the additional cost and resource this can incur.
Project-25
We're on a mission to engage with at-least 25% of the nations hardest to reach young people and match them up to an employer between 1-2 days per week for the whole academic year. In the UK, 35 students are permanently excluded from school every day and only 1% of those go on to achieve the requirement of 5 good GCSE's.
Technical Levels
T Levels are new courses coming in September 2020, which will follow GCSEs and will be equivalent to 3 A Levels. These 2-year courses have been developed to meet the needs of industry and prepare students for work. T Levels will offer students a mixture of classroom learning and 'on-the-job' experience during an industry placement of at least 45 days.
