It is our pleasure to write to you as we celebrate the third anniversary of Essex Work Skills. Essex Work Skills was created in 2014 with a simple, yet vital, objective – to help schools and colleges to ‘Prepare their Young People for Work’. We work with students from across…
The extent to which schools used their curriculum to prepare pupils for the world of work was largely dependent on whether school leaders considered it to be a priority…………. This was the first and key message of a report released by Ofsted in December 2016 following inspections of 40 schools…
Building meaningful networks and partnerships with The Careers and Enterprise Company For the past 12 months, Essex Work Skills has been heavily involved with the Careers & Enterprise Company’s Enterprise Adviser Network and has been successfully building productive strategic partnerships between education leaders and volunteers from the business world from…
One of the really (really!) enjoyable parts of our business is building networks of like-minded people. In our case, the major connecting factor is the desire of everyone who works with us, or alongside us, to help young people be as prepared as possible for their future career and life in the world…
Close the company and build a movement instead!! That rather drastic and dramatic notion was one suggestion that emerged from a recent discussion I had with my business coach (I have his details if anyone needs them but this blog isn’t meant to be an advertorial!). The inspiration for our…
I’ve been at my desk most of today working on a new project. For some of that time, building and creating content for our brand new, never before delivered, ‘Digital Marketing Day’ has come easily. However there has also been quite a bit of head scratching and slow, or even…
“We have worked with Mark and Anne on several projects, including our Preparing for Interview programme. Their commitment, professionalism and organisation meant that all 280 of our year 11 students received a high quality interview with a skilled and experienced business interviewer, an experience their feedback confirms they found extremely…
Anne Page explains how businesses and their staff can help ‘Prepare Young People for Work’ by participating in Essex Works Skills Mock Interview events
Mark Sexton explains the benefits to schools and colleges and the advantages to students of participating in an Essex Work Skills Mock Interview Event