[Lilly]

Originally Posted by whittle1985

All schools now have a career person or someone assigned as the careers officer, most schools usually have a careers lesson, it is definitley taught somewhere or the oppurtunity is there to go and see somebody, even if not in school, places like connexions are there for these sorts of things where people can just drop in and ask for help and advice. If not with the wide use of the internet now it wouldnt take long to find an example CV even word has templates, they may not be what your looking for but its a start, how do people expect so much from schools? They now have to incorporate sex education, drugs education, Citizenship, Careers on top of the curriculum and normal lessons. This attitude of 'no - one taught me that' really annoys me, people should use some initiative sometimes!

I agree that some people do expect the schools to teach their children everything, including some things that are really a parents job to teach, ie manners and good behaviour but I do believe that what we are discussing here, careers guidance and preparing a cv is something which definitely needs to be covered in school. A school's major aim is to educate and prepare children for life....and careers advice and constructing a cv is a big factor in that. These things should certainly be covered in schools.