Make a Life, Not Just a Living - Your Journey Starts Now!

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2. Make a life, not just a living “A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step” – Lao Tzu

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5. Options: Further and Higher Education • Traditional academic • Traditional vocational • Semi-vocational • Combined degrees

6. Why people choose a degree (HE) • New people, places, experiences • Half as likely to be unemployed • Find a job twice as quickly • More likely to become millionaire (ONS) • Earn more • Live longer • Happier / resilient

7. Options: HE with a twist • Year in industry • Sponsored degree • Private uni • Foundation courses • Level 4 diplomas (private sector)

8. 6 year programme – immediate client work and opportunities to travel Earn a salary of up to £20k Achieve a BSc in Accountancy (4 years at either Birmingham, Durham or Exeter University) No tuition fees & uni accommodation paid for Become a fully qualified chartered accountant in 6 years with either ICAS or ICAEW You will need ABB at A-level, and a minimum of a B at GCSE English Language and Maths (or equivalents) Company benefits (eg: car scheme) A sponsored degree…

9. Options: Studying abroad • European uni • American uni • Uni somewhere else • UK uni with a year abroad • UK uni abroad

10. Options: ‘Degree jobs’ • Partner degrees

11. Options: Apprenticeships • Apprenticeships • Government-backed • Earn-while-you-learn (1-4 years) • Work closely in a specific job • Learn from skilled professionals • Levels of study: 2,3,4+

12. Options: Degree Apprenticeships • Engineering (automotive, aerospace, power, electronic systems, defence systems) - Bristol, UCL, Lancaster • Aerospace Software Development • Construction – Anglia Ruskin, BCU, Derby, Liverpool, Southampton • Chartered / Quantity Surveying – BCU, London Southbank • Digital Industries – Exeter, Manchester Met, UWE, Winchester • Financial Services – BPP University for the Professions • Life and Industrial Sciences – Greenwich, Kent, Manchester Met • Nuclear – Bristol, Manchester • Public Relations, Customer Services

13. Options: On-the-job training • Join the circus (or a band)

14. Options: On-the-job training • School-leaver training schemes • Armed & emergency forces, NHS

15. Highest paying jobs you don’t need a degree for • Air Traffic Controller: trainee (college) £10,000 – qualified (£50,000) – senior (£91,000) • Project Manager (Construction): £25,000 - £80,000+ a year • Marketing & Sales Managers: £18,000 - £100,000+ • Personnel & Training Managers: CIPD (£18,000 - £50,000) • Train Drivers: trainee (£17,500), qualified (£30,000), experienced (£40,000), TFL London Tube drivers: £50,000 • Customer Service Managers: £40,000+ • Firefighter: £28,000+ • Royal Navy Mine Clearance Diver / Commercial divers: £60,000+

16. Options: Training and courses • Niche vocational training • Craft/artisanal courses /tutoring • Online / part-time courses

17. Options: Get a job • A job, not a career • Temping • Hidden job market • Portfolio careers

18. Options: Self-employment • Go ‘freelance’ • Start your own business

19. Options: Get experience • Work experience • Internship • Unpaid work • Traineeship • Volunteering

20. Options: Chancing it • Get lucky

21. Options: Not even chancing it • Do nothing

22. Choose an experience you’ll love What you want to do What you can do What the job involves /60

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24. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJeg1A35Fsk&t=1s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ors4tOZdg2A&t=6s

25. Get plotting your road trip NOW • Start researching routes • Think about what you want from life • Plot out a 5-10 year journey (reassess mid-20s) SOON • Make some choices NEVER • Forget about it, blame other people, make excuses • Wait and then just give up