Skills you particularly value

Hi JMorrison
I would suggest that most marine employers, who I represent, value skills such as reliability, honesty and taking responsibility.
Practical skills and job specific skills will be taught. Also in the industry the ability to talk to customers is very important. So having the ability to look people in the face when communicating and remembering peoples names is key.
Hope that helps,
regards
Blue Davies from British Marine (Training Manager)

We are a science and maths specific sixth form and are trying to put together a "skills pack" for our students so that they can develop these alongside their academic studies.
What skills do you particularly value and feel we should encourage?

At Thales we are aware that young people are still developing their skills however we do look for strong communication, leadership qualities, the ability to take responsibility for their own learning and a real interest in the area they are applying for.

Extra curricular activities that allow young people to develop these skills for example DofE, Crest Award, Adventure Scouts, part time jobs etc always look great on their CV and gives them strong examples of how they have developed these skills to talk about at an interview.
I hope that helps Eve

Hi

For the social care sector it's more about the values and behaviours that people have that's important. Things like treating people with dignity and respect, a commitment to learning and working in a team. There's lots more information at [link removed] including activity sheets that people can fill in about whether they have the right skills and values to work in social care.

If you;re interested our I [link removed] are people who work in social care who deliver careers activities to talk about working in the sector, including the skills and values you need. You can find a local ambassador at [link removed]

Hope this helps, Jenna

Question for engineering firms. Any recommendations about schemes that our sixth formers can undertake which will develop skills and make more employable.

Hi John. Students should look at their key skills and utilise this as a starting point to establish what sort of career path would suit them. Many careers seek transferable skills which are attainable through varying experiences that the students would have [link removed] communication, IT, numeracy, presentation, organisation, logical thinking etc. For those who are interested in financial services careers the CISI have a suite of professional exams which students can take as enrichment, alongside their core programme of study during sixth form. We also offer career insight days to all students taking CISI qualifications, which provides opportunity to engage with practitioners from the securities and investment industry at various points in the year. If interested, please get in touch by emailing [email removed]

Hello! PwC is a professional services firm. The skills we look for are transferable skills such as communication skills, teamworking, the ability to manage a task/project, commercial awareness & leadership. You can find details here: https://www.pwc.co.uk/careers/student-jobs/apply/the-skills-we-look-for.html
Whilst relevant work experience is useful, it's not necessary as employers will provide specific technical training. We'd encourage students to get involved in extra curricular activities e.g. volunteering, sports, clubs, part time jobs etc to develop transferable skills. Competition wise, PwC runs the National Schools Employability Challenge.
http://www.nsechallenge.co.uk/
PwC also run skills sessions & open days involving group projects, business games & practice assessments. We also have a toolkit on our website where teachers can download the sessions to run themselves.