2. Destination% of studentsChange from 2011 HIGHER EDUCATION65-3% FURTHER EDUCATION13-2% FOUND EMPLOYMENT7No change UNKNOWN7+3% GAP YEAR4No change SEEKING EMPLOYMENT2 OTHER0No change Unknown – students who did not respond to the college enquiries and no other information was available from UCAS etc. Could be working so difficult to contact, travelling or doing nothing at all!

3.  Art Foundation Courses – essential to do this before some very prestigious art degree courses and also a chance to experience and build on different areas of art before specialising in a degree  A few students returned to college for a third year. This is only agreed in exceptional circumstances. Most students who ask are not allowed to return for a third year.

4.  Planning to go to university in the following year  Reapplying to a new subject/ the same subject as before/ may not have applied while at college  Some students apply for deferred entry during year 13  Make use of a gap year! eg gain experience through voluntary work, travel, take external resits, travel etc Most work part time or full time at some point in a gap year

5. Destination2009201020112012 Seeking Employment 3%2%3%2% Found Employment 4% 7% How does this compare to the doom and gloom headlines for Youth Unemployment? Always more in work than not over the past 3 years and and less seeking in in 2012 Final figures are complied in October. When did students start looking for work? Did they have a break after exams? Things may be different now. We don’t know how many got brand new full time jobs and how many just continued in existing part time jobs, maybe increasing their hours.

6. Asda Stores DebenhamsWoolworths Argos Stores DebenhamsMorrissons Iceland Quality Save Scotts NextMcDonalds DebenhamsPandoraPost Office Asda Stores MorrissonsMcDonalds Co-op Stores There can be opportunities for career progression in retail Eg Arcadia (Top Shop, Dorothy Perkins etc) with experience and training, sales staff can become branch managers as well having graduate programmes for their senior staff Use as a stepping stone to demonstrate face to face people skills, flexible hours, working under pressure, trustworthy (money and stock), teamwork or specific interest in fashion etc

7. Office workRochdale CouncilLadbrookes Rochdale CollegeUnknownRoyal Air Force Tissue DirectCare InternationalLyndhurst Care Ltd ManufacturingYouth WorkerDirect Line Insurance S Hankinson Window ServicesApprenticeshipLittlewoods UnknownEasy JetArmstrongs StockbrokersClarinsRoyal Oldham Hospital Royal Bank of ScotlandThe Apprentice AcademyOldham Dental Bank Hill GarageRoyal NavyJ D WIlliams KeytimeTV CompanyHealthcare RestaurantLittlewoodsGazprom ApprenticeshipRES EngineeringKidz In2 Sport First PersonalBookmakersRoyal Oldham Hospital Rochdale TrainingCarer

8.  Difficult to tell exactly what they are doing!  ‘Foot in the door’ jobs – I’ll get experience working at a low level for this employer and hope to be able to progress  Jobs with a set career path eg Royal Navy, apprenticeships  Good for experience jobs – eg working in care and support work to gain experience to progress into a specific NHS career later on  Any job has value in terms of income and skills gained. Even a paper round!

9. See Finding Job Vacancies – copies available on ozone

10. Find job vacancies that may suit the following students… Abdul – Favourite subject Law. Would love to work in any aspect of law, particularly for a solicitors but also enjoyed college trips to the courts. He’s most interested in criminal law. He lives in Chadderton and will work in Oldham, Rochdale or Central Manchester. Holly - Favourite subjects Psychology and Health and Social Care. Wants to work directly with adults or children who need support for physical or learning disabilities. She helps look after her brother who has disabilities so she’s keen to work within 30 minutes of Shaw if possible. Nathan – Favourite subject ICT. Would be happy doing any job that involves sitting at a computer but would ideally like to work in managing networks or on a help desk. He lives in Royton and would like to work as close to home as possible. Fatima – Wants to become an accountant. She has never studied accounting, finance or business and has no work experience. She is happy to travel within Rochdale, Oldham, Ashton or Central Manchester.

11.  The Labour Market describes the availability of jobs.  From this activity and what you have seen in the news, how would you describe the current labour market ?

12.  Changes in technology  Changes in customer behaviour  One off big events/developments  Changes to the population and their needs  Anything else?

13. https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/advi ce/planning/jobfamily/Pages/default.aspx This is about all jobs. www.prospects.ac.ukwww.prospects.ac.uk is about graduate jobs and gives ideas and actual vacancies as well as labour market information.