Advice for Parents and Students

The Greater Manchester Apprenticeship & Careers Service, or GMACS, is here to help you plan your future.

It’s packed with advice, tips and information and designed to help you find everything you need to make choices about your next steps and begin your career. From ideas to applications, it’s easy to explore what’s out there, be inspired by what Greater Manchester can offer, and develop the tools to start your working life.

GMACS | Inspire, Explore, Apply | The Greater Manchester Apprenticeship & Careers Service

 

What we offer in each year group

Year group	Activities offered to students
Year 7	Careers education: Employer engagement.  How can curriculum subjects be applied in the workplace? Careers assemblies. Enterprise Day of bespoke employability skills lessons
Year 8	Careers education: In Academy employer engagement.  How can curriculum subjects be applied in the workplace? Careers assemblies Enterprise Day of bespoke employability skills lessons Enterprise day careers fair – encounters with HE, FE, training providers, alumni and employers
Year 9	Careers education: Employer engagement.  How can curriculum subjects be applied in the workplace? Careers Education: How to plan your future in relation to GCSE options, post 16 qualifications and university? Careers assemblies Workplace safaris – experience of the workplace Enterprise day careers fair – encounters with HE, FE, training providers, alumni and employers Information evening regarding option choices
Year 10	Careers education: Employer engagement.  How can curriculum subjects be applied in the workplace? Careers education: What are our options post 16? What is it like to do an apprenticeship? What it is like at university? How can we find a job? Why is it important to impress at interview? How do we make ourselves stand out?  Careers assemblies Information evening for parents regarding GCSE examinations, post-16 options and careers guidance. College application preparation – personal statement writing. Begin personal careers interviews with independent careers advisor College taster days. Mock interviews One-on-one careers guidance interviews
Year 11	Careers education:  Preparation for Life Beyond GCSE Support in college applications process. Careers assemblies Salford City College familiarisation sessions with pastoral team Engagement with summer programmes Follow up calls in September to check student destinations and ensure local authority engagement  Invitation to join our Alumni network

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