Helping you find your career path
We are happy to attend events at schools and colleges promoting technical and office support apprenticeships and will bring along an example of cutting edge science and technology.
Currently we have a sample of Vanta Black – the darkest material ever created and it was developed in Sussex!
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SIGTA work with companies offering apprenticeships – From Flight Simulator Technicians to Test Engineers, Micro-Electronics to Building Power Systems, Technical Design (CAD) to Healthcare Technicians keeping hospitals running. We offer ‘in business’ apprenticeships for office based roles. Our Training Officers help you gain qualifications and most apprenticeships include day release at college. (50 words)
Why go to a careers event?
Find the career path that you want to take. This is an excellent opportunity to explore all the options available to you.
There are plenty of careers and job fairs out there, and there are even careers events designed just for school leavers to look at apprenticeships and other options. They’re out there for you to visit, but why should you go?
Meeting training providers, companies and universities
Yes, you can learn a lot from a training provider like Sigta, company’s or university’s webpage, but you’ll learn a lot more from talking to those who already know what it’s like working or studying there. If you have any questions you can get them answered immediately and it’s a great way to make a first impression before you even apply.
You could be speaking to recruiters like us which is great. Use the opportunity to learn more about what they’re looking for and application processes. You can start an apprenticeship from the age of 16.
Sometimes you might be speaking to a current apprentice or student, from whom you can find out about what it’s actually like. They’ve been in your shoes and might be able to give you some tips for applying.
You can weigh up being paid to learn as an apprentice against attending a full-time college course or taking out a student loan to study at university. Almost all of our apprenticeships include college for one or two days a week so you will still get the college experience.
Extra activities
Often there’s more than just training providers, companies and universities. You might be able to hear talks on wide range of topics, get advice from impartial advisers, take part in workshops for employability skills or to flex your skills, and more. Most of the time these will be free so make sure to make good use of them.
When else are you going to have access to so much free advice in one room?
Discovering all your options
You might already have a specific career in mind. You might not have clue what you want to do. A school leaver careers event could help you no matter how prepared you are.
It’s a chance to discover apprenticeships, industries, universities, courses, skills, and career routes you may have never known existed. You might be surprised by the wide range of options you’ve found and maybe it will bring you down a completely unexpected path. And even if it only confirms you want already do, won’t it be great to go forward with your post-school steps knowing for sure it’s the right choice for you?
Now what?
Go to the school leaver fair! Book your ticket, see who will be there, plan your journey, dress up a little smarter than normal and take the first steps towards your post-school life.
Engineering skills for a greener world
The climate crisis and Net Zero challenges are real. Policy makers, employers and educators need to deliver practical, green skills solutions so that today’s engineers – and tomorrow’s – can change our world for the better. We are helping them.
Engineering & Manufacturing is critical to the future of the green economy. Minecraft is the most played game in the world. We are using it to inspire the next generation of greener engineers. Click on the image below to find out more.
