Jobs of the Week are live!

This week's features include various factory and office opportunities at Orkney Crab, vacancies for Cloakroom Attendants at Rapture for age 16+, an opening at Cooke Scotland for a Business Support Assistant, and more!

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We're not the only place that posts jobs! If you're not feeling any of the jobs we've curated this week, you can check out sites like orkney.com, My Job Scotland or The Orcadian for more postings.

A pilot project to help young people access experiential careers learning has recently been undertaken in Orkney.

​In May, second year pupils at Kirkwall Grammar School took part in ‘Island Legacy’ which was part of a Skills Challenge Pilot developed by Skills Development Scotland in response to the 2023 Careers Review, and the recommendation that schools offer experiential careers learning which is practical, work-related and skills focused.

Established as a co-design project, the partnership initiative included Kirkwall Grammar School, Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) Orkney and the local Skills Development Scotland team.

Jobs of the Week are live!

This week we've included an opportunity with OIC Marine Services for an Apprentice Engineer, a vacancy at Emily's Tearoom in Hoy for a Kitchen Assistant, an opening at R Clouston Ltd for an Administrator, and more!

For full details on the jobs we've featured this week, click on the button below.

Your CV can be tailored to the job you're applying to. Read carefully through any documents the employer may have provided on the job listing, and make any improvements to your CV as you see fit. However, don't be tempted to lie! You're likely to be caught out, especially at the interview stage.

Jobs of the Week are live!

This week we've featured an exciting Apprenticeship opportunity with Anderson and Cluness, openings at Orkney Dental and Aquatera for Administrators, vacancies at the Pumphouse Cafe at the Scapa Flow Museum in Lyness, and more!

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Relief, temporary, seasonal and part-time jobs are a brilliant way of gaining experience and refining your skills, which can be put to use in jobs you work all through your life.

As part of the Activity Days held at Kirkwall Grammar School at the end of May, we teamed up with the Hospitality Department to put on the Great KGS Bake Off!

The day started with a cake decorating masterclass from Ingrid Groat, Hospitality Lecturer at UHI Orkney. She showed pupils how to make sugar paste monkeys and gave them tips on decorating cupcakes. The pupils then made their own cupcakes and were able to decorate them however they wanted to.
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In the afternoon, Ingrid returned with Callum Budge from Callum’s Cakes, Kerry Leask from Orkney Food and Drink and Rachel Scarth from DYW Orkney, who all unleashed their inner Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith to judge the cupcakes. The judges selected their top three based on decoration, before tasting a cupcake from each of the top three to decide who would be crowned Star Baker and win the coveted ‘Great KGS Bake Off’ wooden spoon.

They didn’t have an easy job with pupils coming up with some fantastic, creative ideas for their decoration which showcased their skills with piping, making sugar paste figures and attention to detail.

Pupils also had a chance to learn more about the Hospitality courses available at UHI Orkney and the career journeys that Ingrid, Callum and Kerry have all taken into their current jobs.

Thank you so much to the fantastic pupils who did a fab job decorating their cupcakes, and the judges for taking part.

Check out some photos from the day below.

Jobs of the Week are live!

This week's jobs include an opening at the Stromness Museum for a Relief Custodian, a vacancy at Cooke Scotland for an Inshore Deckhand, and an opportunity at Archive Coffee for a Baker. This posting will close on Sunday, so get your application in quick if you're interested!

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If you're struggling to fill out an application form, we're here to help! Check out the guide on our website here, or on My World of Work here for more information.