What Next After School ?: All You Need to Know About Work, Travel and Study, 8th Edition

Copyright
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Table of contents
......Page 20
Preface......Page 34
Acknowledgements......Page 36
Introduction......Page 38
Part One Career planning......Page 42
1 Being your own life coach......Page 44
Becoming your own life coach......Page 45
Keeping an eye on the bigger picture......Page 47
A word about change......Page 48
Facing problems......Page 49
Summary......Page 50
2 Decisions......Page 51
Decisions – the issues......Page 52
Where to go for help......Page 65
Summary......Page 67
Planning your career and next steps......Page 70
Tracking progress......Page 80
Summary......Page 83
Part Two Education......Page 90
Reforms affecting 14- to 19-year-olds......Page 92
Thinking about further education......Page 94
Summary......Page 97
What to study in FE......Page 98
Where to study in FE......Page 106
Summary......Page 109
6 Choices in higher education (HE)......Page 110
What to study in HE......Page 113
The main qualification groups......Page 115
Choosing a university......Page 117
Starting your course......Page 122
Summary......Page 123
Part Three Work......Page 194
Getting work at 16......Page 198
Getting work at 18......Page 202
Types of work......Page 205
Summary......Page 214
Work experience......Page 223
Apprenticeships......Page 233
Summary......Page 235
What do you want to do?......Page 243
Where to look for vacancies......Page 245
Applying for jobs......Page 247
Writing a CV......Page 252
Making speculative applications......Page 257
Summary......Page 259
What are interviews?......Page 260
Preparing for the big day......Page 261
The day of the interview......Page 262
Psychometric testing......Page 266
Possible outcomes......Page 269
Pay......Page 270
Starting work......Page 271
Summary......Page 273
Part Four Travel......Page 274
Travel – is it right for you?......Page 276
Studying abroad......Page 279
Working abroad......Page 283
Summary......Page 286
A gap year......Page 287
Volunteering......Page 296
Coming home......Page 297
Summary......Page 299
Part Five Other options......Page 300
13 Self-employment and beyond......Page 302
Self-employment......Page 303
Alternatives......Page 308
Summary......Page 313
The voluntary sector......Page 315
Summary......Page 322
Unemployment statistics......Page 323
Jobcentre Plus......Page 324
Benefits......Page 325
Work Trial and Employment on Trial......Page 326
Summary......Page 328
Part Six Practical issues......Page 330
Living away from home......Page 332
Summary......Page 343
17 Money......Page 344
Money management......Page 345
FE and money......Page 350
HE and money......Page 351
Your first job and money......Page 361
Summary......Page 363
Careers advice......Page 365
Special needs and equal opportunities......Page 369
Summary......Page 372
Feeling down or depressed......Page 374
Stress......Page 378
Summary......Page 384
Part Seven Spotlight on key professions......Page 386
Accountant......Page 392
Accounting technician......Page 403
Actuary......Page 405
Account planner......Page 411
Media executive......Page 412
Advocate/barrister......Page 416
Barrister’s clerk/advocate’s clerk......Page 421
Court clerk......Page 423
Court usher......Page 424
Court reporter......Page 425
Legal Services Commission research assistant......Page 427
Paralegal......Page 428
Legal executive......Page 431
Solicitor......Page 432
Clinical embryologist......Page 435
Medical laboratory technician......Page 436
Phlebotomist......Page 437
Medical illustrator......Page 441
Checkout operator......Page 444
Display designer/visual merchandiser......Page 445
Retail store manager......Page 446
Sales assistant......Page 447
Appendix: Useful information......Page 449
Index......Page 462
Index of advertisers......Page 472