Calling all ECCAN members working in the fields of sustainability an climate action!
This is a fantastic opportunity to take part in a Speed Networking Sustainability/ Green Careers Event at Portobello High School, where S2 pupils will have an opportunity to meet people working in the sector.
Event Date: Monday 7th October 2024
Event Time: The event runs in 3 sessions: 3 x double period sessions of 100 mins each with a third of the S2 year group (80 pupils) attending each of the sessions in the school’s Assembly Hall. Session times will be:
Session 1: 8.40am – 10.20am
Session 2: 10.35am to 12.15pm
Session 3: 1.45pm – 3.25pm
It is possible to volunteer for 1,2 or 3 of these sessions
Event Format: The speed networking event will consist of the career professionals sitting at stations in the school’s assembly hall. Groups of 4-5 S2 pupil will talk to the career professional for 5-7 mins per speed network over the session. After 7 minutes a buzzer will sound and the young people will move onto the next station.
Event Location: Portobello HS, 1 Milton Road East, EH15 3PY
The young people will have some prepared questions to guide the conversation just in case they get stumped with what to ask. They will want to hear about your job role/ title, a little bit about the organisation you work for, your route into your current role (career to date), your qualifications journey (less direct routes particularly interesting e.g. apprenticeships, articulating from college etc.) and how you found your subjects at school and anything about your role you think they may find inspiring/ exciting.
Prop: If at all possible, people at Portobello High School would like you to bring a small interesting prop from your workplace – anything that you think young people may find interesting to handle and look at and talk about that would spark conversation.