b'ApprenticeshipsVocational RouteApprenticeships offer a great opportunityIf you already know what career you would to enter the labour market and gain industrylike to embark upon, then working towards a experience as well as the skills and qualificationsvocational qualification is a great route into the employers are looking for while you earn. Thesector. There are many vocational areas to look growth in all levels and vocational areas ofinto and courses are available at a number of apprenticeship including degree,levels, including university equivalent. Speak make this an option for variousto our Careers Advisers to find out more about vocational pathways. MoreNVQs, BTECs and Foundation Degrees. These information can be found at vocational qualifications are provided by local www.apprenticeships.gov.uk colleges in the region. We have a number of links Generally, if you have studied A Levels/ BTECwith HE and FE providers offering these courses you can start an Apprenticeship at Advancedincluding: Sheffield Hallam University and or Higher level, and in some cases progressUniversity of Sheffield, Rotherham and Sheffield onto a Foundation Degree and even a Degree.colleges. We also have links with many other Apprenticeships are recognised and valued byregional and national universities - Huddersfield, employers as they show you have the skills andLincoln, Derby, Leeds Beckett and Trinity training to perform well in a role, and the abilityuniversities as well the Russell Group institutions to progress. Part of our careers programme willsuch the Universities of Leeds, Manchestersupport you to identify the key skills you have,and Nottingham.irrespective of whether you have developed them at school, with us, or through outside workGap Year or volunteering, and then present them in theTaking a Gap Year after sixth form can give you best possible way to meet the needs of yourtime to decide whether in fact you want to go application.to university, or the time to consider different career paths. Many students use the time to Employmenttravel, gain work experience, or undertake You can enter paid employment straight fromvoluntary workall of which look great on future completing your Level 3 qualification. Thereapplications. Visit www.gapyear.com to find out are plenty of recruitment websites availableloads of important information about taking a listing current vacancies. The most commongap year and ideas for how to spend the time.jobs for sixth form leavers are Business Administration, Childcare, Finance-related, Law,Support Available Engineering, Health and Social Care, ICT andThe careers team are based in Pathways in Retail. The Careers staff at Longley Park offerthe plaza in the heart of the building and are practical advice on applying for jobs, includingavailable to support you throughout your time at employability workshops on completing jobLongley Park. You can attend our weekly drop-applications, and creating and developing yourin sessions (all day Tuesday and Wednesday CV and interview skills. Alternatively, you couldmornings and Friday afternoons) or make a 1:1 apply for a work experience or an internshipappointment via the online booking form to see placement within a company to see if its theone of our Level 6 qualified Careers Advisers to kind of work you want to do. This would give discuss options around your future plans. you the opportunity to gain experience withinYou could also visitthe sector which interests you along withnationalcareersservice. valuable work skills. direct.gov.uk Come and speak to our Careers Advisers at our Open Evenings about where our courses can take you.27'