St Brigid's High School Armagh

Careers Education and Guidance

Department:

Mrs Deirdre Grant (HOD)

Mr Phil O'Hanlon (Careers teacher)

Mrs Bernie McCann (Careers Advisor)

Access to quality Careers Education and Guidance is vital to the success of our young people and to Northern Ireland’s economic development.

The six statements of requirement are:

1 Explore self employment and identify relevant sources of support.
2 Examine the impact of globalisation on employment.
3 Investigate the recruitment and retention procedures taking into account the rights and responsibilities of employees and employers.
4 Consider how employers and employees might maintain an effective working environment.
5 Investigate the increasing social responsibility of business in the community.
6 Develop a personal career plan based on relevant information and guidance.

Here in St Brigid's we pride ourselves in offering first class Careers Guidance, Advice and Information. We strive to offer all of the above statements of requirement.

Mrs Bernie McCann works as an advisor with the Careers Service Northern Ireland and comes to St Brigid's one day per week to interview all year 12 pupils and offer advice and guidance.

Click on the link below to access the Careers service website:

www.careersserviceni.com

In Year 12 all pupils go on work experience for one week in December 2008.

We would like to thanks our local business community for their help and support over the years for offering placements to our pupils.

Work Experience Student of the Year:

2005/2006 Richard Sheridan

2006/2007 Adam Hunt/Gary Hamilton

2007/2008 Manus Loughran

2008/2009 James Devlin

2009/2010

Picture: (Mr Ciaran Maguire (SELB), Peadar McGerrigan (Past pupil), Manus Loughran (Cup Winner), Mrs Deirdre Grant (HOD) and Mr Enda Cullen (Past Principal)

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