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Over 4,000 learners - 7 Industry Sectors – 37 Exhibitors - Over 50 Career Videos - Company Fact Files – Over 40 mini challenges - Digital Cracking the code Hunt
Funded:
The newfound collaboration with Heart of the South West LEP, HotSW Careers Hub and Learn by Design brought together over 4,000 learners in 40 schools in a 3 day virtual careers event. Supported by Devon County Council the Virtual Careers Fair titled “Which Way?” provided the opportunity for students across the region of Plymouth, Torbay, Devon & Somerset FREE access to an online event that explored careers and their pathways into employment.
Audience:
Aimed at Years 7-13, the event connected young people with local and national employers together with further and higher education providers across Devon, Somerset, Plymouth and Torbay, broadening horizons and raising aspirations through career-related learning.
The 3-day event, took place on the 27th, 28th and 29th April, and involved a virtual exhibition as well as 6 live sessions, including opportunities for Q&A and meaningful interactions with employers. All sessions aligned with the Gatsby Benchmarks 5 and 7 primarily.
Over 37 employers provided videos, resources and mini challenges which were hosted by Learn by Design on an exclusive built online portal for learners to access virtually. Each fully branded exhibitor booth provided students with company fact files, career links and access to LIVE panel sessions for learners to ask their burning career questions. Pre resources also provided a fully immersive learner journey for them to access as pre event resources were created in order to help students prepare for the upcoming LIVE event.
LIVE PANEL SESSIONS Included:
27th April:
Pathways: Where are they now?
Josh from Babcock, Lorna from Maritime UK, Jakki from Cosmic UK and Nina from the PSDA talked about their different pathways after GCSE’s and explored the journeys they took to their current roles. Link to video.
Super Skills webinar
Cora from EDF Hinkley Point and Marcus from Plymouth College of Art explored discussions around transferable skills and how important it is stand tall, be confident and share your passions in interview settings.
Sector Spotlight: Fact or Fiction?
Thomas from EDF Hinkley Point and Ffion from Wilmot Dixon shared their experiences about the careers in energy and construction and revealed that 50% of trainees within Wilmot Dixon are women.
28 April:
Pathways: Where are they now?
Christian from Babcock, Chelsea from Somerset Skills and Learning, James from Software Solved, Anna from the PDSA and Iain from Balfour Beatty talked about different pathways and the journeys our panellists took to their current roles.
Super Skills
Joanne from Cathedral Appointments, Nick from Naturally Talented Me, Cora from EDF Hinkley Point and Joanna from the NHS discover more about standing out in applications and transferable skills.
29 April:
Sector Spotlight: Fact or Fiction?
With the help of Tommy from Midas, Helen from University Hospitals, Thomas from EDF Hinkley Point and Liz from the NFU learners discovered more about careers in construction, pharmacy, energy and farming.
Panel Highlights:
Results:
> Sign in to event: 4,198 > 7 Industry Sectors > 37 Exhibitors took part > #WhichWayCareers had a reach of 228,000 and over 835 interactions on social media.
Highest resource download was The online virtual code breaking quiz with over 780 downloads.
> Peak website traffic reached 28,604 hits
Winners of online actions:
Congratulations go out to:
Eggbuckland Community College - WINNERS of Scavenger Hunt Torquay Boys' School for submitting the most post evaluation forms.
Quote:
“Please accept this email as a heartfelt thank you from everyone at the HotSW Careers Hub for all your hard work and dedication to our Which Way? Virtual Careers Fair.
The event was a huge success and continues to enjoy lots of positive social media attention. Most importantly, our young people were able to access a fully immersive careers fair experience and gain valuable insight into education and career pathways – helping them to make informed choices about their futures. The resources that have been created in partnership with our Careers Hub community will continue to add value well into the future.
Learn by Design have been an absolutely pleasure to work with and I hope that we will work with you again in the future.”
Victoria Gage
Careers Hub Lead
Heart of the South West
Post Event:
Learn by Design are pleased to be able to offer the continued hosting of the resources and recorded videos from all the sessions on a fully Branded WhichWay career portal for learners to access until Christmas 2021.
If you'd like to view the online event - register using this link: https://www.learnbydesign.co.uk/which-way
Get in touch:
Learn by Design branded, developed, hosted and managed the Which Way Careers virtual Fair, so if you're looking to hold a similar experience for your learners, please get in touch today.
Email: learn@bydesign-group.co.uk
Huge thanks to:
HotSWlep Careers Hub and The whole team at The Heart of the South West LEP. What an incredible experience for all involved.