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Work experience
Click here for the latest information about work experience opportunities.
Virtual work experience
These virtual work experience resources show you how to help your students access opportunities, and can be used by students aged 11 and above.
Virtual Work Experience: An educator’s experience
Read Lin’s story about how she used our interactive video tool to prepare her students for work experience.
How to get work experience
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Help your students get work experience virtually
Support your students to gain insight into a range of workplaces virtually from a simulation tool, broad range of industry films and interactive worksheets.
Making the most of your virtual work experience
Explore a virtual workplace and understand the different roles available and what skills are needed for them.
Exploring job sectors and preparing for work
Help prepare your students gain virtual work experience with our interactive worksheet around developing job skills for different sectors.
Managing workplace challenges activity
Challenge your students to complete projects similar to those set in the workplace.
Job sectors preparing for work activity
Prepare your students for work with this activity exploring different job roles and sectors, including film case studies.
Bridging the gap between school and work
How businesses can work with LifeSkills to give students the skills they need.
BITC Scotland: Cultivating a culture of enterprise amongst young people
Hear from BITC Scotland about the positive impact business engagement in schools can have.
Making the most of LifeSkills
Find out how to make the most of our employability resources and insight to help more young people. Or contact us to book a call to find out how to make the most of LifeSkills.
Getting ahead through social media
Head of LifeSkills Kirstie Mackey tells us how social networking is the new networking.
CVs and covering letters – putting their best foot forward
How do these two crucial documents combine to make a positive first impression?
Social action toolkit
Build a comprehensive social action programme and support young people to access enriching experiences that build transferable skills for work.
Social action: An educators experience
Read Simon’s story about how to go about implementing a social action programme in your school.
Creating your personal brand
This module will help learners build a personal brand and understand how this is presented in the workplace.
Finding better work opportunities
This module will boost learners' confidence and resilience by increasing positivity and managing their doubts to give them the best chance of success in returning to work.
Building your career network
This module aims to help learners proactively seek opportunities to network and increase their ability to source jobs that might not have seemed accessible otherwise.