Planning Ahead
Don’t have a clue: /- Think about your skills, strengths and interests
- Register on for careers information and resources. There is a ‘my strengths’ tool which you may find useful
- Run through Kudos to obtain a list which matches your interests. Miss Johnston can give you the instructions and you can do it at home if you have access to the internet.
Have some ideas but need to explore options available: /
- Use to research different jobs
- Visit career and course information
- Try getting some relevant work experience or work shadowing.
- Start to research the post-school options outlined below using the available resources.
Post-school options and resources
Further Education /- Visit for course availability
- Read college prospectuses in the careers library or visit college websites:
for information on land based courses (formerly Oatridge
There are many other colleges throughout Scotland which you can access through the Planitplus website
Higher Education /
- Visit , you can take a quiz to help you identify course ideas
- Visit and for course information
- Visit for financial advice
- Visit for student advice
- Visit degree course progression
- Read university prospectuses in the careers library or visit university websites.
Employment/ Training /
- Register on for help with CV’s and interview skills
- There are lots of job search websites, you can pick up a list from the school library
- Visit or use the Yellow Pages to identify employers to contact about recruitment.
- Try to get some relevant work experience or work shadowing or do some volunteering:
Year Out /
- Visit and
- Think about what you hope to gain from a year out. Plan what you would like to do at the end of your year out too
START PLANNING NOW!