MyBigCareer

Jayne Lyell and Tom Marshall from the MyBigCareer team joined Teleperformance and Rt Hon. Justine Greening today for a parliamentary reception with the Social Purpose Coalition. Such important profile for our work with our partners Teleperformance supporting the social mobility of young people in North East England. #socialpurpose #socialvalue #socialmobility

What an amazing day yesterday with the team at Kerridge Commercial Systems! Thank you so much for hosting and helping young people learn about what skills are valued in the workplace. If your business would like to get involved and help us inspire a future workforce, get in touch.

Great news, we've been shortlisted to benefit from the Shell SkillsTransition Fund for our work in the North of England. Please vote for us to be the winning charity on the Shell app or by visiting Action Funder here: https://lnkd.in/ehF7udaj Thank you for voting for MyBigCareer, we need your vote! #futureworkforce #socialmobility #energytransition #careersguidance

Make sure you're following our Instagram tomorrow so you don't miss MyBigCareer's takeover! 📸 @nechamberuk The team at My Big Career will be taking us through a day in the life of the charity, so keep your eyes peeled 👀

Reflecting on my career as a teacher, it’s alarming to hear that such dramatic cuts to teaching posts are having to be made. At MyBigCareer we see every day how stretched the resources are for the schools we support in areas of multiple deprivation. Inevitably this means it’s increasingly challenging for the teaching staff to provide a careers programme that meets the Gatsby Benchmarks, where students are empowered and informed of the breadth of opportunities available to them. With 45% of North East schools facing staff cuts - the highest in the country - it is no coincidence that we are seeing rapidly increasing demand for our programme in the North East. Our schools partners are dedicated to their learners and want to do the very best to provide quality careers education and experiences for students with employers, but they’re needing our help more than ever to do so. But we’re at full capacity right now in the North East and can’t offer our programme to any more schools until we secure further funding. Could your company help us meet this demand? Message me or drop us a line hello@mybigcareer.org to find out more

Fantastic day at Wiggin on Tuesday, as they hosted local students from All Saints Academy in Cheltenham. It was wonderful seeing the students so engaged and eager to learn more about the legal profession. The interview practice sessions and negotiation workshops were particularly popular! Every student who attended agreed they benefited from the event and gained skills that will help them in their future careers. Some of the students highlights from the day: “I really enjoyed the interviews and discussing different law routes with real professionals.” “I enjoyed the tasks we were given as it helped me learn new skills. I also found it interesting talking to people who worked here as I learnt more about law which I am considering doing.” Thank you to the team at Wiggin for hosting such a brilliant day for the students! Please reach out if you would like to get involved and help us inspire a future workforce. #futureworkforce #socialmobility #employability #partnerships 

Great news, we've been shortlisted to benefit from the Shell SkillsTransition Fund for our work in the North of England. Please vote for us to be the winning charity on the Shell app or by visiting Action Funder here: https://lnkd.in/ehF7udaj Thank you for voting for MyBigCareer, we need your vote! #futureworkforce #socialmobility #energytransition #careersguidance

Incredibly excited to welcome onboard LCP as a Future Maker! Our corporate partners are vital to our work in supporting young people's employability. They help us to provide young people with career guidance, workplace exposure, and professional connections. Together, we work to open underrepresented students' minds to the opportunities they can reach for! If you want to help us empower a future workforce, get in touch. We love to hear from businesses with ideas on how to provide equal access to workplace opportunities.

With the final school term fast approaching, we looked back at what we have achieved so far this academic year. Since September, we have: Supported the employability of 2,902 young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Deployed 105 volunteers to support underrepresented students in London and the North East Hosted 1,987 1:1 career coaching sessions - connecting young people to role models from the working world who listen and build confidence. Thank you to all our incredible volunteers and corporate partners! We couldn't do it without you. You enable the continued success of the program. Together, we work to increase young people’s knowledge of careers and help them secure meaningful employment - irrespective of their academic ability or chosen pathway. #careerseducation #socialmobility #meaningfulemployment

Huge thanks to Casey Bullen, Rachel Cornforth and the amazing Talent Team at Learning Curve Group. We welcomed learners from Monkwearmouth Academy in Sunderland to their Head Office for one of our #InsightDays yesterday. Students learnt about the MPCT Military Academy and also about #careers in Marketing & Branding. We were incredibly impressed with their teamwork skills when faced with a Dragon’s Den style challenge. Learners created a new food brand and Tik Tok video in a very short space of time! It was such a joy seeing their confidence blossom as they experienced CV and Interview workshops to enhance their future #employabilityskills #inspire #careerseducation #socialmobility #northeast #northeastchamberofcommerce