Staff Area
Cornwall’s economy is dominated by agriculture and tourism. In terms of the amount of value produced by individual workers (gross value added per head), it is the fourth least productive region in the UK. The proportion of the working population that is self-employed is higher than in the southwest and Great Britain.
| July 2023 - June 2024 | Cornwall (numbers) | Cornwall (%) | South West (%) | Great Britain (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employees | 219 600 | 62.3 | 67.3 | 66.1 |
| Self Employed | 48 000 | 13.2 | 11.6 | 9.2 |
| Unemployed | 7 100 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 3.7 |
Callywith College is committed to providing high quality careers, education, information, advice and guidance to help inspire students and to enable them to make rational informed career decisions. The college aims to meet all eight Benchmarks identified by the Gatsby Foundation.
David Baldwin, the Executive Headteacher of Churchill Community College in Wallsend, refers to “teaching through a careers lens”. He views careers as not being the responsibility of a Careers Leader and a small number of teachers, but of all staff in schools and colleges.
The world is changing, new technologies, a changing climate, and new ways of thinking about how the world of business and jobs work are creating new career areas. Emerging technologies could become major sources of employment in the future.
For a long time, the concept of a ‘job for life’ was the norm. This is no longer the case. A person leaving education now could have ‘12 or more careers’.
Those jobs may be in one occupational sector, such as construction, engineering, creative and digital or health and social care but it is increasingly likely that people will move between sectors during their working lives. This makes it increasingly important that young people develop TRANSFERABLE SKILLS such as: listening, communication, team-working, meeting deadlines, analysis, and organisation. It is important they consider ‘WHAT SKILLS ARE EMPLOYERS LOOKING FOR?’ and develop these through their courses, part-time jobs, volunteering activities, sports, other leisure activities and travelling.
Labour Market Trends
Although labour market trends have become more difficult to predict, taking labour market information into account when making career decisions, is more important than ever. The two links below provide information on Cornwall and UK trends:
CORNWALL LMI SECTOR GUIDES
LMI FOR ALL
At Callywith College we would like all subject areas to do the following:
Have a prominent display that links subject learning and skill development to different careers.
Develop links with businesses and organisations.
To invite alumni and other external speakers to come into school (virtually where an actual visit is not feasible).
Where possible organise external visits by students to local businesses/organisations.
Record careers learning opportunities for students in schemes of learning.
Explore the possibility of developing real projects/challenges for students with a local business or organisation.
Provide students with the opportunity to develop subject specific and ‘transferable skills.’
Develop their knowledge and understanding of local businesses, organisations and sectors through immersion activities. These can be recorded using the following link: Immersion Experience Template
Record careers learning opportunities in their lessons using the following link: BM4 Template - Recording Careers Learning across the Curriculum