Career Ready: Could you change a young person's
life?
I am excited to be writing this blog. Truth
be told, it's an urgent ask to the IFSD business community to
mentor and provide an internship to talented Glasgow school
students who may face barriers in education and employment due to
their socio-economic-cultural background.
We're a social mobility charity, who wants every young person,
regardless of background, to progress to a positive post-school
destination and prosper in work and life. Since 2011, Morgan
Stanley and many other organisations and their people have
supported and empowered 100s of Career Ready school students in
Glasgow, as they enter S5.
It's hard to believe how far Career Ready has come in just a few
short years. In partnership with many dedicated employers, we have
helped expand the horizons of amazing young people. These fabulous
students, from all of Glasgow's secondary schools, are matched with
a business mentor in S5 and S6, join employer led skills
masterclasses, and importantly, have a four-week paid
summer internship with their mentor's organisation.
The mentor and internship combination are a magical part of the
Career Ready programme. Young people are exposed to a wide range of
workplaces, people and career journeys. Over the four weeks of
their internship, their confidence comes on in leaps and bounds,
and often they are unrecognisable by the end of the programme.
Confident, clearer on the direction they want to take in life, and
often stretching further than they ever thought possible.
The experience is also life changing for many of our mentors,
learning how to encourage and coach a young person and guide them
through the unknown that is the workplace.
If you want to see and hear about the impact you could make,
here's two videos from Career Ready alumni empowered by Morgan
Stanley.
Click Here for
Ryan's story
Click Here for
Ibinabo's story
It's been a tumultuous year for young people. Now more
than ever they need to build connections to prepare for the world
of work.
You may already support us! Thank you. If not, could
now be the time, however big or small your organisation? To explore
joining up by the end of September, please contact me anne.wexelstein@careerready.org.uk
and I or one of my small, incredible team will be happy to talk you
through the finer details.
I'll close with a quote from Sandy Begbie CBE, CEO of Scottish
Financial Enterprise and Chair of Career Ready:
'Young people will be the driver of our Covid recovery, so we
must have a response which puts them at its heart. I've seen many
talented young people just crying out for an opportunity to realise
their talent and fulfil their promise within a meaningful career,
and Career Ready makes this happen.'
You can visit the Career Ready Scotland website https://careerready.org.uk/scotland/
for more information about the programme.
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