Aspiring apprentices sign up and access our AI Interview Coach for FREE!
Remembering that the decisions you make as a school leaver can have long-lasting, far-reaching life and career consequences is a thought that many rightfully feel is fear-inducing. Factor in an unprecedented global pandemic to the mix, 18-year-old me who was used to feeling like she had it all figured it out, felt completely panicked and in unknown territory. 4 years later, I am nearly halfway
When you begin the journey of work, you figure out there are many things you didn’t realise were such important aspects of your future career. That’s if you know what career you wanted in the first place. When I was in school, my mind wandered through many possibilities. Police officer, lawyer, journalist. By the time I realised media and marketing was my cup of tea, I had jumped in the deep
Just as I had got comfortable at school, it was time to move on to something new. While some of my friends were racing off to college, university or into a job, I was left wondering what came next for me. I had no idea what I wanted to “do for the rest of my life” but I did know I didn’t want to go to University straight from school. If the degree apprenticeship opportunity had been ava
I've always enjoyed school. I love learning, and I've been lucky that it's reflected in my academic grades. Because of my aptitude, my teachers right from primary school all the way until college assumed that I would go to university. Heck, I assumed I would go to university! My high school especially really drove home the idea that the only way for me to succeed would be to go to university.
Trying to make decisions about your future at the start of your life is hard. I know some people have a sudden insight that they want to be a doctor or athlete or underwriter, but most of us aren’t that clear. How can we be? Even with the internet we are only aware of a small subset of all the possible jobs and careers out there in the world, and what else may become possible during
