Careers

Careers Support at TRC

Your Careers Advisers at TRC are:

Cerise Walters – Manager for Career and Employer Engagement

Rachel Bentley – Careers Adviser

Lorna Barton – Careers Adviser

You can make an appointment to speak to one of our Advisers and E-guidance is also available via emailing careers@thomroth.ac.uk .

Thomas Rotherham College are proud to be affiliate members of the Careers Development Institute.

As careers professionals and affiliate members of the Careers Development Institute, we adhere to their high standards of professional behaviours and Code of Ethics.

https://www.thecdi.net/write/Documents/BP260-X8513-Code_of_Ethics-A4-digital.pdf

Our College Careers Leader:

Cerise Walters

Should you have any questions regarding our careers programme or the careers provision available at TRC, she can be contacted on cerise.walters@thomroth.ac.uk

Cerise has been shortlisted for the Individual Best Practice Award – Career Services Manager of the Year, at the 2020 UK Career Development Awards.

Our Governor for Careers is Paul Jagger.

TRC policy statement on provider access

Trust CEIAG Policy June 2019 final

What services do we provide?

Higher Education Progression:

1-2-1 careers information, advice and guidance
Help with university applications including personal statements
Mock interviews
Targeted support for students applying for: Medicine, Dentistry, Vet Science, Allied Health & Teaching degrees
Support for Oxbridge applicants
Mentoring support from local University students

Employment / Apprenticeship Entry:

1-2-1 careers information, advice and guidance
Help with job and apprenticeship applications
CVs an applications
Interview techniques and mock interviews
Where to look for opportunities

Events

Career Fair – September

Over 70 exhibitors including Universities, Apprenticeship providers and local Employers

Job Ready Event – March

Recruitment Fair, One to one interviews with recruiters and Q&A sessions with employers

Options Evening – June

Applying to University, Apprenticeship opportunities, Gap Year

Regular Guest Speakers from local Universities, Companies and Apprenticeship Providers

TRC Careers Education Information Advice and Guidance (CEIAG) Programme

The TRC Careers programme is delivered through the tutorial programme, student briefings, careers events and 1:1 IAG support and is designed to support the 8 Gatsby Benchmarks.

The specialist Job Ready tutorial programme supports those students in their final year who are targeting the world of work and apprenticeship opportunities after college. Sessions in the programme include:

Transferable/employability skills
Your future and job ready
CV’s
Covering letters
Interview skills
We draw on our experienced bank of Employers in Education to input on sessions such as:

Employment law, rights and responsibilities
Psychometric test workshops
Self-assessment workshops

The Job Ready event and Recruitment Fair held in the spring term, gives those students targeting employment/apprenticeships a mock interview with an employer/apprenticeship provider as closely related as possible to their chosen career area. This gives students the opportunity to put the skills they have been developing throughout the programme into practice and gain feedback on their CV and interview performance to help enhance their future applications and interview techniques. The recruitment fair enables students to gain a realistic insight into the local labour market opportunities on offer and help them decide which employers they want to target upon completion of their level 3 studies.

The first-year tutorial programme provides students with an introduction into the support available and information on the options after TRC. The annual Autumn TRC Careers Fair, which sees around 70 exhibitors representing HE, employment and apprenticeship opportunities, gives all students the chance to engage with a wide range of providers to research the options open to them. Towards the end of the first year the focus moves towards informing students of UCAS (University College Admissions Service) and to those students applying for competitive careers such as Medicine, Dentistry, Vet Science, Allied Healthcare (Optometry, Pharmacy, Midwifery, Nursing etc.) and Primary teaching specialist support by the careers team.

The Options Evening Event and University Open Day Visit in June/July time helps inform parents and student of their option after college.

In their final year those students applying to university can access specialist support with writing their personal statements to competitive Russell Group Universities as well as accessing several widening participation initiatives to support those students who are first generation to university.

The following document provides details of our Careers Programme here at TRC:

TRC Careers Programme

This link provides information about a wide range of professional careers and bodies. http://www.totalprofessions.com/home

The Russell Group have released new guidance about entry to their courses and universities. Information about this can be found at: https://russellgroup.ac.uk/news/informed-choices-relaunch/

Please visit their website for an interactive tool https://www.informedchoices.ac.uk/

Please see the PowerPoint which will help you to understanding your options after TRC:

STR OPTIONS FEB 2019

Y13 Next Steps Jan. 2020 (1)