Careers Day

 

On Tuesday 19 March 2024, we were delighted to welcome Councillor Fiona Gaskell, The Town Mayor of Harpenden and Claire Robins OBE, Chief Executive Officer at The Scholars’ Educations Trust, to our annual Careers Day.  The aim of the day is to educate our Year 12 students on the full array of opportunities available to them post A Level including School Leaver Apprenticeship Programmes and Graduate Schemes.

This is by far the largest event of its type in our local area and over the course of the day over 900 students from Sir John Lawes School, Schools within the Scholars’ Education Trust including Samuel Ryder Academy, Robert Barclay Academy, Priory Academy and Longdean School, plus our neighbouring partner schools including St George’s School and Roundwood Park School were in attendance.

Careers Day included over 70 businesses across the day giving employer talks in the morning and filling the Sports Hall to capacity in the afternoon during our Careers Fair, offering students specific information on post A Level career opportunities within their own companies. Students attending the Careers Day learn about a vast range of career options, with some also securing invaluable work experience and contacts for their futures.

This was the eighth year of the event and each time the day surpasses all our expectations attracting a high calibre and diverse range of local, national and international companies, with more employers than ever becoming involved this year. 

'It is a fantastic opportunity to have so many of the top graduate employers here at SJL, giving bespoke advice and guidance to our students. This is a real jewel in our careers advice and guidance programme and we are very thankful of the companies for giving up their time and expert knowledge. It was great to see so many SJL students benefitting from this day.'

Philip Newbery, Headteacher

Careers Day Video 

 

Thanks to the many organisations who supported the Careers Day:

AD Practice Ltd Alban Teaching Schools Hub Amazing Apprenticeships Aon Apple Azalea Balfour Beatty Ballistic Moon Ltd Barhale BDO Bedfordshire NHS British Army CapGemini Cisco Computacenter Communities 1st Costa Coffee Cyber Choices easyJet Everyone Active GSK Harpenden Dental Centre Harper Collins Children’s Books Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Hertfordshire NHS Trust Hertfordshire Police HHJ Geoff Payne Hillier Hopkins Inflow Media Iqvia InvestIN Jones Lang LaSalle Keystone Law LB Sound Design Leonardo

LifeArc Love Productions MBDA Mercer & Hole Metis Consulting Microsoft National Film & Television School Newsworks NHS Oxfam Picture Shop Rayden Solicitors Richard Washbrooke Photos Rothamsted Research Roots Federation Royal Air Force Royal Navy and Royal Marines Schroders Services for Young People Sky Studios Elstree Slanting Arrow Limited Taylor Walton The Athena Network The Hershey Company The Like Me CIC The Project Box TJX Europe TRL Software University of Hertfordshire University of Portsmouth VolkerWessels Volkswagen WM Morrison Supermarkets Ltd WSP XMA Ltd

 

Our students had spent considerable time researching the companies attending and this was really appreciated by the employers, many of whom commended our students for their knowledge, the quality of questions they asked and the professional way in which they conducted themselves.  In fact, once again many have secured much sought after relevant work experience and contacts to support their future aspirations.