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Of Special interest to LCVP National Career Skills Competition WorkXperience REACH+ Career & College Preparation Programme

Aimed at TY, LCA, LCVP & LC Students who have undertaken a Work Experience Complete a Career Investigation Demonstrate an understanding of a career observed Discuss the Career Skills developed Explain various educational pathways into the career Provide a Careers Skills Statement Promoting the awareness and development of Career Skills through a work placement

Career Skills Statement (max 600 words) a written summary of five Career Skills developed Useful when it comes to activities such as job interviews and creating your CV Recommend the STAR approach: What was the SITUATION? Situation – details: what, where, when, etc. What was your TASK? Task – the job you got done: goal/objective What ACTION did you take? Action – SKILLS you used What was the RESULT? Result – how it worked out Minimum of three skills from Work Placement

Now in 5 th Year 27 winning schools Over 300 schools Over 4,000 students Over 25K in prizes Award Ceremony at Dept. of Education & Skills in May Entries and standard increasing every year Closing date 12 th April

WorkXperience.ie … Practical way to help students find and gain valuable work experience Free to use Encourages community support… Schools and organisations supporting each other Students can search for work experience opportunities in their areas Schools can manage all their students on line and keep a record of all contact details Insurance details, thank you letters etc can all be viewed in a central location

WorkXperience.ie … Provides schools with a centralised programme to manage their work experience Encourages best-of-class work experiences Promotes the awareness and development of employability skills Builds community involvement by bringing schools, students, parents and employers together

How to get involved: Register as a Teacher on the WorkXperience section of CareersPortal.ie Once registered, put up your school placement details and any other forms your students need access to Your students can now register their placements directly on line

Career and College Preparation Programme