What are the influences on children’s career perceptions and why should primary schools get involved?

primary children

There are multiple factors that affect a child’s perception of what is available to them as a future career. Recent research from Education and Employers “Drawing the Future” revealed that not only are children’s career aspirations often based on gender stereotypes, socio-economic backgrounds and by TV, film and radio, these barely change between the age […]

Using creativity in careers interviews


What is creativity? It’s an interesting question and not an easy one to answer. I tried to find the perfect definition but it seems very difficult to define. However, several words and phrases come up again and again: thinking differently problem solving curiosity imaginative innovative unique Interestingly none of these are specific artistic abilities yet […]