There are many different employment options, what might fit you best?
Take a look at these videos:
- At Northumbrian Water we’re keen to demonstrate that gender is irrelevant when it comes to doing a job well. Meet some of our Water Women and get a sense of what they do at Northumbrian Water.
- Apprentices are learning a wide variety of roles at Northumbrian Water, you can hear about some of their experiences here and see how our work places vary here
Ben Mason, Founder & CEO, Globalbridge gains a lot of insight into education and career options for young people because of what he does, he also has made a significant career change relatively recently. Take a listen to what he has to say.
Ivan Jepson is Director of Business Development at Gateshead College - Getting to know what options there are.
Wayne Harrison, Founder / Managing Director, Peer Tutor. Wayne has developed an innovative peer to peer learning app that enables young people to access vital support with homework and revision. Here a bit of his journey.
Here are a few links to get you going – there will be many more if you look and talk to people.
| USEFUL LINKS |
| Globalbridge - provides students with links to key functions, inspirational videos, relevant opportunities and partner organisation profiles. You can create digital, multi-media records of achievement that ensure you fully showcase your talents, evidence your experiences and stand out from the crowd. globalbridge are offering the opportunity to set up your own profile and access information and opportunities from education and industry, click on the link and enter your details at the bottom of the page writing 'Innovation Festival' in Organisation Name. |
| Entrepreneur accelerator programmes - definitive list of business and start up accelerators offering investment, training and network access and other support. |
| Transmit Startups - help you get a Government-backed business Start Up Loan, plus mentoring and loads of help to make a start up business a success. |
| The Princes Trust - is a youth charity that helps young people aged 11 to 30 get into jobs, education and training. |
| The Topcoder Community - is the world’s largest network of designers, developers and data scientists. You can choose not to live a 9-5 lifestyle, here some Topcoders share a bit about their lives. |
| Newcastle start up week for entrepreneurs |
| What is social enterprise |
| Setting up a social enterprise |
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Prospects guide millions of students to make the right choice |
| Target Jobs – Career Planning |
| Target Jobs – Employer Profiles |
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Rate my Placement – Work Experience Employers : Search and apply for student placements and internships. |
| Milkround - a go-to student and graduate career resource, with hundreds of internships, placements, graduate jobs and schemes to apply for – Sector Guide |
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TED Talk - Leveraging The Gig Economy, Patricia Romboletti - This talk provides useful tips on how to stay agile, flexible and adaptable in a constantly changing business landscape. |
| TED Talk - Emilie Wapnick – Why some of us don’t have a true calling - What do you want to be when you grow up? Well, if you're not sure you want to do just one thing for the rest of your life, you're not alone. In this illuminating talk, writer and artist Emilie Wapnick describes the kind of people she calls 'multipotentialites' - who have a range of interests and jobs over one lifetime. Are you one? |
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TED Talk - Scott Dinsmore – How to find work you love - The speaker quit a job that made him miserable, and spent the next four years wondering how to find work that was joyful and meaningful. He shares what he learned in this deceptively simple talk about finding out what matters to you — and then getting started doing it. |
| Arnold Schwarzenegger - His 5 tips to success - Sharing how he went from a poor kid in Austria, to 7 times world body building champion, to highest paid Hollywood actor, to U.S governor. |
| READING | |
| Bill Gates – Top 15 Books | |
| Malcolm Gladwell | Outliers |
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World Economic Forum |
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Wired |
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