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A full list of what you can offer and local contacts if you need help
Below you'll find a full list of opportunities you can offer schools and colleges in your area:
This type of opportunity helps pupils and students learn a range of skills around employability, enterprise and soft skills like tips on how to find and keep a job. You can also outline what is required to work in your industry and the entry routes available.
Here are some examples:
An inspiration event helps bring industries to life. Offer site visits to your workplace, deliver workshops on specific jobs or provide young people with a real life business challenge to solve. Inspire young people to explore their career options and raise their aspirations.
Some examples can include:
Explain the job opportunities and routes into your industry at career events. Offer work placements to provide real-life experience of your sector or hold sessions with parents, carers and teachers to give them more knowledge of Scotland’s job landscape.
Career insight can include:
Your regional DYW group can support you to engage with schools and colleges in your area. We've listed the groups actively using Marketplace below:
Aileen Goodall, Lead Official
Leanne Hastings, Industry and Education Partnership Manager
Leona Seaton, Programme Director
t. 0141 204 2121
e. nicola.mcgowan@glasgowchamberofcommerce.com (FAO Leona Seaton)
Douglas Ormiston, Programme Manager
Our customer services team can provide support and troubleshooting.
Email: marketplace@sds.co.uk
Phone: 0800 783 6000
Between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday
We've developed two guides to help you.