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Building your skills and experience

Do you know how to get the experience and skills that employers look for? Do our quiz to find out.

  1. Most key stage 4 students spend some time in a real workplace.
  2. Enterprise activities improve your employability.
  3. Volunteering doesn't help you gain the experience and skills that employers look for.
  4. The law says you can't have a job if you're still at school.

What next?

Work out what you can do to get the skills and experience that employers look for.

Tool kit