Jobs of the Week are live!

This week's features include an opening at Stromness Academy for an Administrative Assistant, a vacancy with E Fraser Electrical in Finstown for an Electrician/Labourer, a part-time opportunity for a Warden at the Birsay Hostel, and more!

For full details on the vacancies we've included this week, click on the button below.

When talking about your experience in a job interview, use the STAR approach: Situation - what were you dealing with?; Task - what had to be done?; Action - what did you do?; Result - what was the outcome of your action? For more information on the STAR method, have a look at this article from the National Careers Service. You may also know this as the CAR method, which stands for Context, Action and Result, and this can often be easier to base your answers around.

Jobs of the Week are live!

This week we have a fair variety of positions, such as an opening for a Registered Nurse at the Balfour that would suit someone who has recently qualified, Customer Assistant vacancies at Lidl and the Co-op in Kirkwall, and an opening at Orkney Islands Council for a Database Support Officer, suitable for someone with good working knowledge of SQL and a HND in computer science. Also featured, the Kirkwall Hotel are looking for Housekeeping staff, with immediate start available.

For more information on the jobs we've included this week, click on the button below.

Asking questions at the end of a job interview is a great way to make yourself stand out from other applicants, and interviewers will often expect them. If you're having trouble thinking of questions to ask, you can research the company online, or have a look at this blog post for ideas: https://resources.biginterview.com/interview-questions-answers/questions-to-ask-at-the-end-of-interview/

An event to showcase the variety of careers connected to the Heritage sector was held at Kirkwall Grammar School recently as part of Heritage Careers Week.
 
Heritage Careers Week is an annual week of activity held in October, which aims to raise awareness of the variety of heritage careers and pathways into the workforce.  It also aims to inspire young people to consider a career in the historic environment.

Jobs of the Week are live!

This week we have a couple of 18+ part-time opportunities with Papdale Stores and the Royal British Legion in Kirkwall, alongside a social care role from Scottish Autism, as well as Orkney Islands Council, who are offering two posts for Support For Learning Assistants at Glaitness Primary School. Also featured is an opening for a Medical Administrator at the Stromness Surgery, which will be closing next week.

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

Remember, your skills and strengths can always be developed. Some great ways of doing this might be to join an evening class, short course or club outwith school or work. Community Learning and Development operate the Learning Link and a variety of evening short courses - check out this link for more information!

Pupils at Kirkwall Grammar School have been given an insight into medical careers by local GPs, to encourage them to consider applying to Medical School in the future.

Targeted to pupils in S3, 4 and 5 who are taking two or more sciences, the Medical Insight Session was offered by NHS Orkney and run by Doctors Ingrid Seatter, Anne Nicolson and Angus Lyon from the Heilendi Medical Practice.  They were joined by Merin Manoq, a fifth-year medical student.

Pupils at Kirkwall Grammar School have recently completed a course which gives them an insight into early childhood development, helping them to gain the skills and knowledge they will need in their future career.

This is the third year the Solihull Approach for Young People – Understanding Yourself and Parenting has been delivered in the school by staff from the OIC’s Early Years Team.  The course is offered by pupils interested in working with babies and young children.  It gives an insight into early child development and looks at how babies and teenagers’ brains develop and how relationships are built between child and adult.

Twelve pupils from Kirkwall Grammar School took part in this year’s programme.

The Solihull Approach is also being delivered to pupils at Stromness Academy as part of their Friday afternoon activities, with 12 pupils from there also taking part.  This is the second time the programme has run at Stromness.

As part of the course, pupils got to meet a mum and their baby, giving them a chance to put into practice some of the skills they have learnt.  The course concluded with an additional session focusing on Early Years careers. Pupils heard from Early Years Managers and Practitioners, to learn about the different routes they could take into this career, as well as the opportunities to progress their career into more senior roles.

A huge thank you to Lorna Barry and Nicola Moar who ran the sessions at both school this year.

This week’s Jobs of the Week are now live and include a festive opportunity with Tesco, and two roles that offer work-based learning opportunities – a Pharmacy Support Worker with NHS Orkney and Early Years Practitioner at Stromness Nursery.
 
For full details of all of the vacancies included this week, click on the button below.
 
When you are looking for a job, it is sometimes difficult to know where to start and how to find the job that is right for you.  For advice on tips on starting your job hunt, visit My World of Work, here, or find help on the DYW Orkney website, here.