​This week’s vacancies for Jobs of the Week include an Office Assistant at R Clouston Ltd, a Finance Assistant at Orkney Housing Association, Marine Pilot / Trainee Pilot with Orkney Islands Council, a Part-time Chef / Cook at Helgi’s and many others.
 
For full details of all the vacancies, and how to apply, check out the link below.
 
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Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) Orkney and Skills Development Scotland (SDS) are joining forces to host the second Orkney Careers Fair this September in Kirkwall.

This free event will be held in the Arena of the Pickaquoy Centre on Thursday 15 September 2022, from 9.30am-6pm, and will be open to school pupils, parents and guardians, teachers and the general public.

This week’s vacancies for Jobs of the Week include a Customer Service Apprentice at Northlink Ferries, Cleaner at Kirkwall Grammar School, Kitchen Assistant & Retail Assistant at Bruce’s Stores and many others.
 
For full details of all the vacancies, and how to apply, check out the link below.
 
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Our Jobs of the Week post, that is normally uploaded on a Thursday, has been posted today (Wednesday 10 August) due to the DYW Orkney Office being closed on Thursday 11 and Friday 12 August for the local shows. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.    
 
This week’s vacancies for Jobs of the Week include a Marine Pilot / Trainee Pilot with Orkney Islands Council, a Finance Assistant / Trainee Accountant with CRC Accountancy, Part-time Retail Assistant with The Orcadian Bookshop, a relief Porter with NHS Orkney and many others.
 
For full details of all the vacancies, and how to apply, check out the link below.
 
Relief and temp jobs are a great way of gaining valuable experience and skills that you will use all through your life.

Young people across Orkney will receive their exam results from SQA today (Tuesday 9 August).  If your results are not what you expected, don’t panic you still have options – and there are experts on hand to help you navigate the next part of your journey.
 
From 8am on Tuesday 9 August, a dedicated Results Helpline from Skills Development Scotland (SDS) will run with Careers Advisers waiting to answer calls and offer advice, information and support to young people and their parents or carers.
 
You can call the helpline on 0808 100 8000.  It will be open from 8am-8pm on Tuesday 9 and Wednesday 10 August.  Thereafter, it will be open on weekdays between 9am-5pm between Thursday 11 and Wednesday 17 August.
 
If you would rather speak to someone familiar, you can also contact Careers Advisers from the SDS team in Kirkwall.  You can get in touch with them by calling (01856) 872 460 or emailing [email protected].
 
You can find further advice on myworldofwork.co.uk.
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This week’s vacancies for Jobs of the Week include Nightshift Bakery Workers at Rendall’s Bakery, Front of House, Chef / Kitchen Assistant at The Storehouse, Finance Assistant at Orkney Housing Association Ltd, Waiting Staff at Willows Coffee Shop and many others.
 
For full details of all the vacancies, and how to apply, check out the link below.
 
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