Skills West Midlands

• Welcome

  Skills West Midlands is the biggest skills and careers event happening in the region. Aimed at 14-19 year olds this free event will inspire and motivate. Hands on interactive features will give you a chance to get a real taste of different future career options whatever your dreams or ambitions.

• Visit

  Get along to Skills West Midlands, the region's biggest skills and careers event for 14-19 year olds. Whether you're at school or college, starting work, a teacher, parent/carer or family this is the one event that could change your future. Visit and be inspired, motivated and thrilled with over 70 organisations providing interactive features from every major career sector imaginable.

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• Exhibit

  Why Exhibit?

  West Midlands Skills will be the region's biggest skills and careers event for 14-19 year olds. As an exhibitor you will be meeting the next generation of employees for your organisation. With the emphasis on interactivity visitors get the chance to touch, feel and experience first hand the huge range of careers available and you get the chance to show what your organisation has to offer.

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Whatever your dreams or ambitions there will be something to inspire you at Skills West Midlands. The event is the place to try out your future and get hands on with the exciting demonstrations. Get a makeover finding out about careers in beauty therapy, fix a car finding out about a career in motor mechanics, blow your top finding out about careers in chemistry.  Wherever you want to go in the future, find your route at Skills West Midlands.

Opening Times in 2011 

Wednesday 23 March 2011
9.30am – 3pm

Thursday 24 March 2011
9.30am – 3pm

You can visit Skills West Midlands at any time. With so much to see we offer special staggered slots for big groups so everyone gets a chance to try the interactive features. We recommend visiting the event for approximately two hours.

Information, Advice and Guidance

Skills West Midlands fits really well with the latest IAG strategy, so make your time out of the classroom count:

Your students will get

• quality careers advice from industry experts in the region  
• a feel for different courses and careers, through taster sessions and quality experiences 
• access to online resources and specialist local help
  
  

 As a teacher you will

• network with regional business and decision makers 
• get ahead with IAG with additional resources quality careers advice from industry experts in the region 
 
• a feel for different courses and careers, through taster sessions and quality experiences 

What happened in 2010?

Loads of companies had loads of fun at the event and helped thousands of students get involved with demonstrations and activities. Many ran competitions with great prizes 

Engineer your future
Bridging the gap between school and work Arup made structures out of drinking straws and the ICE created a giant free standing archway out of newspapers.

Investigate your future
There was a murder scene on the Henley College Coventry’s stand, visitors got to piece the clues together and find their perfect career solution.

Find a new you
Heart of England Training students were busy sharing their skills and offering hair and beauty treatments and demonstrations.

Taste challenge
HIT Training tested taste buds with a fruit guessing game followed by a chance to try the chocolate fountain.

Performances 

There was a programme of exciting demonstrations on the performance stage including dance, cheerleading, makeovers and fitness displays.

Click here to see the 2010 list of exhibitors.

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