Careers Defender FCDI RCDP
@careersdefender.bsky.social
Careers Education Consultant | Board Member of @QualityCareersS | Member Careers Writers Assoc| #Careers #CEIAG| views my own | Fellow of The Career Development Institute www.outstandingcareers.co.uk
Are you panicking about meeting the new #EmployerEngagement and #WorkExperience requirements? Panic no more, read my latest article explaining how to find, keep & organise your employer network without overworking. #CareersLeaders #SLT #CEIAG careersedforallweekly.substack.com/p/keeping-tr...
Keeping track of Employers
Whilst not working yourself into the ground.
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New to the Careers Leader role? My latest article explores how to prepare for the 2026/27 year, inc: ✔ Gatsby Benchmark planning ✔ Statutory guidance ✔ Employer engagement ✔ Careers programme development Read and subscribe 👇 #CareersLeader #CEIAG #GatsbyBenchmarks open.substack.com/pub/careerse...
I’ve started a new series sharing quick, low-prep careers activities for use in classrooms & tutor groups. The first is “What’s the Job?” — a simple clue-based challenge linked to GB 2 and 4. #CareersEd #GatsbyBenchmarks #CEIAG #TutorTime #CareerLearning #Schools open.substack.com/pub/careerse...
Do You Need Resources For Careers Learning?
Ready to go or adapt them in a few minutes.
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New resource for Careers Leaders and curriculum teams 👇 A ready-to-use Diamond 9 activity to help departments identify barriers to linking subjects to the working world and improving Gatsby Benchmark 4. Perfect for department meetings and CPD. open.substack.com/pub/careerse...
Teachers actually WANT more careers education… The question is... 👉 how do we make careers education easier to deliver in every classroom? We’ve created a simple teacher-ready resource to help. #CareersEducation #CEIAG #GatsbyBenchmarks #TeacherCPD open.substack.com/pub/careerse...
Careers leaders and school staff… If CEIAG becomes more outcomes-driven, what’s the 1 thing your school would need to improve first? There’s a big shift coming, schools that prepare early will find it much easier. open.substack.com/pub/careerse... #CEIAG #Careers #CareersLeaders #SLT #governors
Why does the DfE always seem to announce changes during the school holidays?
If I were a cynic, I’d say it was because they don’t want us to notice.
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Careers records = not just admin. Done well, they mean: ✔ no repeated conversations ✔ better guidance ✔ smarter decisions Done badly… they sit untouched all year. New blog breaks it down + gives you a simple yearly cycle. open.substack.com/pub/careerse...
Careers leaders: if tutors need to “plan” LMI, it probably won’t happen. Make it: • short • simple • ready to go Here’s a 12-week tutor-time model that works 👇 👉 open.substack.com/pub/careerse...
Labour Market Information, so important but so dry?
It doesn't have to be.
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Choosing post-16 options isn’t always straightforward for families. I’ve written a short guide explaining A Levels, T Levels, V Levels and apprenticeships in simple language for parents. Schools can drop it straight into newsletters or options information. open.substack.com/pub/careerse...
The ever changing qualifications landscape
An article to save time building student and parent understanding of the changes.
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Spring term = decision season. But uncertainty at 16 or 17 is developmentally normal. New subscriber resource: • Leadership blog • Parent article • Printable conversation guide All ready to use. open.substack.com/pub/careerse...
National Careers Week is not a strategy, It's a spotlight. New blog for Careers Leaders and SLT on embedding careers into weekly routines instead of cramming everything into two themed weeks. Careers culture is built week by week. #NCW2026 open.substack.com/pub/careerse...
Planning whole-school careers CPD is more than pulling together a few slides. My new post breaks down how to approach teacher training in a way that respects staff time and leads to real impact in classrooms. Save yourself some stress! open.substack.com/pub/careerse...
Do your student's parents understand what a #CareersAdviser does? Does your #SLT? This post provides an outline of the benefits of qualified #RCDPs & it's #SoMuchMoreThanTalkingAboutJobs It also provides short SM posts ready to share. careersedforallweekly.substack.com/p/careers-gu...
Careers guidance: #SoMuchMoreThanTalkingAboutJobs
A message for Careers Leaders to share with parents.
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Is your school concerned about attendance? How can you use this to raise the profile of #CEIAG? My latest blog suggest ways to leverage the role of CEIAG & get #SLT & #Governors on board. Downloadable resources are provided to savetime. #Timepoor #CareersLeaders open.substack.com/pub/careerse...
The third of four posts about creating an employer network to support your #careers programme. A time saving resource for #CareersLeaders & #CareersAdvisers #RCDP #CEIAG #CIAG #Education #SLT #EmployerEngagement #TimeSaving open.substack.com/pub/careerse...
This is my way to wish you a happy new year! Get ready for the scramble that is option choices. Resources include a parents eve PowerPoint and a Gateway Subjects flyer as well as a shareable advice for parents #Careers #CEIAG #OptionChoices #Education #SLT open.substack.com/pub/careerse...
My latest post deals with linking #D&T with #Careers and includes ideas for four different objectives from the KS3 curriculum that support meeting #GatsbyBenchmark 4 It even includes customisable lesson plans #CEIAG #DesignAndTechnology #Teaching #Education open.substack.com/pub/careerse...
In the 3rd article on building effective and time saving approaches to #EmployerEngagement we look at making the 1st contact effectively It includes downloads of editable word docs to save you time. #Careers #CEIAG #CareersLeader #Education #SLT #Teaching open.substack.com/pub/careerse...
This weeks' post deals with the thorny issue of helping colleagues see the value of good CEIAG to your students and includes some fantastic time saving adaptable resources. open.substack.com/pub/careerse... #Careers #Education #SLT #Governors
Do you want an effective employer engagement network for your school or college? Do you want to save time? Then make sure you read the 2nd in my occasional series of posts on how to do just that. Paid subscribers have access to ready made resources. open.substack.com/pub/careerse...
How to get started building an employer network.
The second article in a series about building good employer networks for schools and colleges.
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This weeks' blog explores how hashtag#careers learning can be linked to hashtag#KS3 hashtag#Citizenship, thus meeting hashtag#GatsbyBenchmark4 and includes lesson plans to share with teachers #Gatsby #GatsbyBenchmarks #HomeLearning #HomeEducation #Citizenship open.substack.com/pub/careerse...
If you're wanting to subscribe to my Substack, you can save 25% by subscribing directly, it saves me the cost of the credit card fees. So £60 not £80. Well worth the time it takes to just drop me an email to subscribe@outstandingcareers.co.uk and I'll do the rest. #Careers #CEIAG #GatsbyBenchmarks
Come on, lets ask the Government to #MakeCareersStatutory Read my blog and use the pro forma email to contact your MP careersedforallweekly.substack.com/p/the-curric...
Sad to see that the curriculum review headed by Becky Francis decided that careers education, information and guidance were outside the terms of reference for the review.
One of the most time consuming aspects of being a #CareersLeader is building an employer network. Here I start a mini series of blogs on the topic by sharing some ideas to find professional associations. open.substack.com/pub/careerse... #Careers #CEIAG #Gatsby #CareersLearning
After a fair bit of reading last night and this morning. My thoughts on the Skills White Paper. It is free for everyone to access in full, but please become a paid subscriber if you possibly can to enable me to continue to support you in this way open.substack.com/pub/careerse...
Lots of reading to do today. Firstly working on a blog detailing how the new skills white paper may well affect schools and CEIAG in the 11-19 arena AND A new book published by @trotmanpublishing.bsky.social by Tom Corry. I love finding new ways of working that others have found useful.
My article in the CDI's Careers Matters Magazine is landing on doormats around now, I'd love to know what you think. Does it answer questions you have been looking for answers for? Will you be sharing it with your SLT? The full article can be accessed via the CDI members portal
@vodafonegroup.bsky.social I won't bother ringing your help line, it's obvious you've got severe problems but it's blooming annoying #VodafoneIsDown
