The Careers & Enterprise Company

Help bridge the knowledge gap for parents and carers, so they can effectively use information about #careers, pathways and the labour market to have confident careers conversations with their children. Our free CPD, backed by Gatsby, will equip you to develop practice in parent and carer engagement in careers. The free training will help you to: ✅ evaluate your current provision ✅ overcome barriers to engagement ✅ understand how to engage parents/carers in your institution strategically. ⭐ Start your CPD today: https://bit.ly/42bDFVe

📣 Calling all Training Providers! After successfully delivering high-quality training for over 4,000 Careers Leaders, we are developing and updating our learning outcomes to reflect the changing world of education and careers. We are looking for Training Providers who have the knowledge and passion to continue this success through delivering high-quality and engaging training to help Careers Leaders accelerate their school, special school or college towards achieving the #GatsbyBenchmarks. Read the tender in full: https://bit.ly/426hjV0 #CareersLeaders #CareersLeaderTraining

⭐ Careers Leaders! ⭐ Check out our top picks of resources for this month, on the theme of understanding the Gatsby Benchmark updates. 1️⃣ If you have 5 minutes... Watch a short film about the impact of the updated #GatsbyBenchmarks at St Leonard's Catholic School and hear from subject leaders about the benefits of #careers being embedded into their curriculum. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4kYzO6K 2️⃣ If you have 30 minutes... Read Gatsby's Summary of Updates to quickly get up to speed with the changes to the #GatsbyBenchmarks. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4inXu2L 3️⃣ If you have more than one hour... The updated Gatsby Benchmarks emphasise the crucial role parents and carers play in shaping young people's futures. Explore our Gatsby-backed CPD which will equip you to develop practice in parent and carer engagement in careers. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4kLeYYm Looking for more? The Careers & Enterprise Academy offers a range of CPD to support Careers Leaders, and all those who work with them, to plan and deliver strategic, progressive careers programmes. 👉 https://bit.ly/4bKJ7mB

How can employers equip young people for success? Employers play a pivotal role in preparing young people for the world of work, by bridging the gap between education and employment. In this article for Youth Employment UK, our CEO, Oli de Botton, explores how employers can support meaningful engagement with young people and what the recent updates to the #GatsbyBenchmarks mean for employers. Laura-Jane Rawlings MBE DL

SENCOs and the SEND team play a significant role in the life of a young person with SEND. Our short course supports SENCOs and their teams in understanding how they can, through the work they already do, support young people to make informed choices about their best next step and potential career pathway. Share the course with your colleagues and networks 👉 https://bit.ly/4hmWNpV

After 2 years as one of our Youth Board Members and prior to this, a valued member of our Youth Advisory Group (YAG), we say goodbye and a huge thank you to Mohammed Samir as he steps down from his position on the Board. During Mohammed's tenure, he secured a youth voice segment in every Board meeting, and was a driving force behind establishing stronger connections between the YAG and the Board. CEC Deputy CEO, John Yarham, said: "Mohammed has brought a huge amount to the CEC during his time on both the Youth Advisory Group and our Board. He is highly thoughtful, brings fresh insight – particularly on our digital approach – and has consistently championed the voice of young people. It has been great to work with him." Following in his footsteps as Youth Board Members are Rylie Sweeney and Ife Awotunbo, who will ensure youth perspectives are considered, heard and valued at all levels within CEC.

⏳ The countdown is on to the end of term! Get one step ahead and start preparing for your Internal leadership review next term. Which colleagues could you bring together? Get support: https://bit.ly/4bvLdGB Hear from Andy Moorcroft, CEO at The Challenge Academy Trust, about the impact and value of an internal leadership review. #InternalLeadershipReview #CareersImpactSystem #CareersEducation

We are excited to announce Sareena Bains, CEO of Movement to Work, as the Chair of our second Employer Excellence in Careers Education seminar! Sareena and the panel will explore how employers can recruit talent and maximise the return on investment of their careers education activities. Sign up to join us online: https://bit.ly/4kDFaE9 🗓️ 9th of May 2025 🕐 10:30-12:00 #EmployerExcellenceSeminars

⭐ It's important that parents and carers understand the role they play in their children's decision making when it comes to #careers. ℹ️ Lots of information is shared with young people and their parents and carers. But as highlighted in the revised #GatsbyBenchmarks, parent and carer engagement isn't just about sharing information - it's also about equipping parents with the confidence to use this information to effectively support their child. ❓ How can you help parents and carers to use information and data to support their child’s decision making? ➡️ Our Gatsby-backed CPD is here to help: https://bit.ly/412F4Nl

🎉 🎉 We are so pleased to announce that our 600 fully-funded Careers Leader training places have been filled for this year! Fantastic to see so many Careers Leaders investing in their professional development to help make a lasting impact on young peoples' futures. But don't worry! If you missed your chance this year to get a fully-funded place, please continue to sign up as there will be places on refreshed courses from September 2025. Get ahead for the next academic year and sign up today: https://bit.ly/3FEKPtt