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How I got the most out of my work experience…and how you can too.
Jess explains how Virtual Work Experience helps you get the most out of work experience.
5 tips to help parents support students towards employability
How can teachers help parents with their children’s journey to the workplace? Janet Colledge, chief careers education consultant with Outstanding Careers, offers some invaluable advice.
Why all work experience is good work experience
How work experience can have a positive benefit on your career
Zena’s story – one mum’s LifeSkills experience
Parenting blogger Zena tells us how LifeSkills helped her son prepare for work.
How to use the LifeSkills CV builder
How to use the LifeSkills CV builder and tips from a newbie.
Virtual Work Experience: An educator’s experience
Read Lin’s story about how she used our interactive video tool to prepare her students for work experience.
How to get the most out of school (and build an awesome CV in the process)
Lily, aged 16, shares her top tips on how to get the most out of school!
How organising a party could get you a job
From communication to creative thinking, the skills that you can learn from extra-curricular activities
How to make tough decisions at school or work
Top tips on how to tackle tricky decisions at work or school
In conversation with Mohammed, the first LifeSkills Champion
Hear from our first Champion out about his experience and why others should get involved.
5 tips for turning your internship into a job
Keep your eye on the prize and make a lasting impression with these top tips
BITC Scotland: Cultivating a culture of enterprise amongst young people
Hear from BITC Scotland about the positive impact business engagement in schools can have.
Tweet your way to the top
Head of LifeSkills Kirstie Mackey explains how social networking is the new networking.
Bridging the gap between school and work
How businesses can work with LifeSkills to give students the skills they need.
A school social action programme that works for all
Read how Laura Mason rolled out a social action & volunteering programme to her whole sixth form at High Storrs School in Sheffield.
5 myths about the working world…and the reality I’ve found
5 myths Miles heard about working, and the reality he found early in his career.
Bridging the gap between education and work
Research shows businesses aren’t doing enough to give young people the skills they need to succeed. Could you or your businesses help LifeSkills change this? Head of LifeSkills Kirstie Mackey explains more.
CVs and covering letters – putting their best foot forward
How do these two crucial documents combine to make a positive first impression?
Getting ahead through social media
Head of LifeSkills Kirstie Mackey tells us how social networking is the new networking.
CVs and covering letters – putting their best foot forward
How do these two crucial documents combine to make a positive first impression?