Every young person deserves careers education to inspire and give them the tools they need for their best next steps.

For the past three years, I have volunteered as an Enterprise Advisor with my local school. I get involved in the school’s Careers Fair, Mock Interviews days and Work Experience initiatives, using my professional network to bring in other volunteers. I really enjoy using my business skills to help the team devise alternative ways to strategically drive the careers plan to guide students at they prepare for the future.

Working as an Enterprise Adviser with a local school has been a great experience. As well as being able to share experiences about the world of work with careers teams in schools, it’s a good way of understanding how to engage with schools to create a talent pipeline for my own business.

As a Cornerstone Employer we welcomed seven teachers from the Brighton, Hove & Sussex Sixth Form College (BHASVIC) as part of ‘Teacher Encounters’. During two airport visits, 20 Gatwick colleagues introduced the teachers to their roles, teams and working environments. We then joined an Inset Day where teachers shared their insights with colleagues to inform curriculum content in subject areas to improve students’ knowledge of real-world working environments and develop their employability skills. As employers the programme is valuable to maximise our reach to learners and keep up to date with current teaching practices and student experience.