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Learning about careers can be daunting when students first start out.

One way to overcome the overwhelm is to write out a list of the career areas a student is most interested in and discover the links between them.

Read more here: https://step1ltd.com/thinking-creatively-about-careers/

Whether it’s for work experience, an internship, or first job, September is a good time for your students to start thinking about a first work wardrobe.

Read our top tips here: https://step1ltd.com/tips-for-creating-your-first-work-wardrobe/

College and career counselling involves so much variety, and we absolutely love that. No two days are ever the same. But the endless plate-spinning can sometimes make our days feel quite fractured, with snatched bits of time here and there that aren’t long enough for any deep work.

So, how do we make the most of these ‘offcuts’ of time, between appointments, calls and other demands?

At Step One HQ we find bits of time for bits of joy - find out more and download your free bullet journal page now.

https://step1ltd.com/bits-of-time-for-bits-of-joy/

When parents are active participants in their childrens’ career education, it makes a huge difference in outcomes. Yet engaging parents remains a universal challenge for careers professionals.

Read our top tips here and download our checklist here:https://step1ltd.com/how-to-engaging-parents-in-career-guidance-activity/

No-one ever has enough time. So how do you best use your time to open up the lines of communication with your guidance students?

Here's what our experienced counsellors said
➡️ https://step1ltd.com/30-minutes-to-change-a-life/

📣 New on the blog: Engaging Parents in Careers Guidance Activity

Parents need helpful guidance too but we know it can be a challenge finding the right way to reach out to them.

Read our top tips here ➡️ https://step1ltd.com/how-to-engaging-parents-in-career-guidance-activity/

First impressions count. We asked Step One counsellor, Emma Gotz, for her top wardrobe tips for students on making an impression for the right reasons.

Read all the tips ➡️ https://step1ltd.com/tips-for-creating-your-first-work-wardrobe/

💡"You know that there is more to careers in medicine than being a doctor or a surgeon" but do your students understand the breadth and possibility within each subject sphere?

Read more and download a Computer Science mindmap
➡️ https://step1ltd.com/thinking-laterally-about-careers/

On the blog this week: change a life in 30 minutes ⏳

How can time-crunched counsellors have more meaningful careers conversations?

👉🏻 https://step1ltd.com/30-minutes-to-change-a-life/

30 minutes to change a life | Step One Ltd. Our favourite questions for counsellors to build rapport, making the most of their time with students and having more meaningful careers conversations.

New blog post: Using Bits of Time for Bits of Joy:
👉 https://bit.ly/3bCk46W

Now we don’t mind a bit of plate-spinning, but fractured days make difficult sometimes. How can guidance counsellors and educators use offcuts of time meaningfully?

💡 Time management guru Laura Vanderkam’s suggestion of using bits of time for bits of joy is still our favourite ever way to build in some sparkle when we’re chasing our tail between calls, meetings and other commitments.

Read on for ideas for guidance counsellors to make use of this awesome tip

"Young people have had a really difficult time, and it’s vital to provide emotional support during guidance and to allow for their lack of motivation to undertake follow up activities between meetings.”

Guidance counsellors: read the full write-up of our summer research project, Career Guidance in the time of Covid-19, here:
👉 step1ltd.com/careerguidance-in-the-time-of-covid-19

💡 Our global network of counsellors have shared their experiences and insights. There are some fantastic tips and ideas for those supporting students and colleagues in these uncertain times 💛

(photo: Dan Meyers on Unsplash)